When implemented in state employee health plans, reference-based hospital price caps have the potential to save states money that can be reallocated to crucial services, while also increasing the ...

Gov. Mike Braun is putting his ideas into action when it comes to the state employee health insurance plan. For 2026, the plan—which provided health care benefits to nearly 26,000 state employees and ...

SPRINGFIELD – Health insurance costs are expected to take a bigger bite out of the state’s budget and out of state employees’ pocketbooks next year. Officials from the Department of Central Management ...