The following resources provide additional information about Indiana and may help you better understand some of the health-related issues in your state.
- Help for Hoosiers with Pre-Existing Conditions – a fact sheet from Families USA that discusses how, under the Affordable Care Act, no one will be denied coverage, charged a higher premium, or sold a policy that excludes coverage of essential benefits because of pre-existing conditions.
- Health Coverage in Indiana: How Will Health Reform Help? – another fact sheet from Families USA that discusses the major gaps in Indiana's health coverage system and how health reform will address these gaps and help Hoosiers, including the insured, the uninsured, people in Medicare, and small businesses.
- State healthfacts.org – a service of the Kaiser Family Foundation that provides health-related statistics about each state. You can compare Indiana to the U.S., as a whole, or to other states. Which state has more residents without health insurance – Indiana or Ohio? Check it out!
- America’s Health Rankings – a service of the United Health Foundation that provides state-specific rankings from 1 to 50 for a variety of national health standards, such as lifestyle and health outcomes. Where does rank Indiana among the states for health-related issues? Would you believe 49th for smoking and 44th for the percentage of children living in poverty?
