Republicans have enacted Medicaid changes with quarterly eligibility checks, work requirements, new waivers and long waitlists. That’s a lot of uncertainty for our 2 million Hoosiers enrollees, half of whom are children. And I want to remind us all of that fact. 

– Reports show that Indiana’s college-going rates have dropped again, dipping to 51.7%. This dip follows critical changes to state financial aid assistance: reducing the amount of individual awards by almost $500 and an overall cut to awards of $78 million. InvestEd, created to provide non-predatory loans to Hoosier students, has also made changes. The quasi-government entity will loan roughly $44 million to students, but only those with credit scores above 750. These changes, combined with the consolidation of payment plans and borrowing caps in the “One Big Ugly Bill,” will drastically impact Hoosier students.