Let states innovate for Medicaid programs that put patients first Follow Us Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: In 2010, former President Obama and Congressional Democrats told Hoosiers, and all Americans, that the Affordable Care Act will save them money and provide greater access to care. In the following 11 years, we have instead seen a costly overhaul of the Medicaid and Medicare systems resulting in higher premiums, decreased access to health care providers caused by narrowed insurance networks, and lessened access to beneficial drugs. In short, promises made were not promises kept. We are currently witnessing history repeat itself. President Biden and his administration have doubled down on the flawed health care law by promoting policies that inch ever closer to a government-run, socialist single-payer health care system by putting the government at the center, not the patient. No action showcases this more than the Biden Administration’s decision to block states from continuing their quality Medicaid programs. In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revoked Texas’ waiver that extends their state’s Medicaid program this coming after the Trump Administration approved the waiver on January 15, 2021. This unprecedented action by the Administration has also been repeated as recently as last week to attack parts of Indiana’s and Arizona’s Medicaid programs. Instead of encouraging efficient and effective state-based Medicaid programs, President Biden would rather Washington, D.C., bureaucrats be in charge. State-based Medicaid programs can work just look to my home state of Indiana.