However, in 2014, when Indiana filed an application for the program, FSSA said the program would be targeting 559,000 “non-disabled adults” between the ages of 19 and 64.

Sen. Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, said Medicaid is 23% of the state’s budget. He said Indiana’s Medicaid program “exploded because of COVID,” when non-eligible people joined the program.