Voices

This week, Indiana received approval to continue its successful alternative to the traditional Medicaid expansion program, the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), for 10 more years, allowing the state to continue providing medical coverage for over...

Dear LEAP Members,Every year is different and 2020 has really pushed that envelope. It has been a challenge in so many senses of the word. The pandemic has had far-reaching impacts throughout the world and here in La Porte it has been especially...

On my desk, at the corporate office for the health system I work for as well as in my office at home, I have a small scrap of paper taped down. All it says is ‘pride,’ with a circle around it and a line through it.  Like ghostbusters, I...

Gov. Eric Holcomb and U.S. Administration for Children and Families Assistant Secretary Lynn Johnson recently announced Indiana is the top state in the nation for increasing the number of children adopted from foster...

Sometimes it’s obvious. A figure stands in the doorway both sudden and timid, wanting a conversation, “Do you have a minute?” Something is wrong and they need to talk. It’s serious. They’re worried. Sometimes it’s more...

There’s a situation out there called golden handcuffs. It’s a problem some might argue they’d really, very much like to have.  Be careful what you wish for. Today I’m going to write about three people I know.  The first…...

Editor's note: Andrew Grimm is a contributing columnist at GreatNews.Life. I grew up in an underprivileged housing community with my divorced mother fighting to bring herself an education and lift us out of poverty (which she did).  No one paid...

HAMMOND and WESTVILLE, Ind. – Purdue University Northwest (PNW) released the following statement, which was developed collaboratively by representatives of its students, faculty and staff. A message from the Purdue Northwest Campus Community...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana’s mission is to inspire and enable the youth of our communities to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. As an organization that serves only school-aged...

A recent New York Times editorial — “How Health Insurers Can Be Heroes. Really.” — makes the case that health insurers have an opportunity to distinguish themselves during the COVID-19 crisis. We’re not sure if companies can be heroes, but...