INDIANAPOLIS (AP): Health care advocates and industry lobbyists are asking federal officials for speedy approval of Indiana's request for a Medicaid expansion.
 
Leaders from the Indiana Hospital Association, the Indiana State Medical Association and other groups planned to hold a news conference Thursday morning seeking quick action on the plan.
 
Republican Gov. Mike Pence has proposed using the state's Healthy Indiana Plan as a basis for expanding Medicaid coverage. The proposal would allow for modified health savings account plans for low-income residents and allow them to buy improved coverage.
 
If approved, the federal government would pick up the vast majority of the multi-billion-dollar expansion. The public comment recently ended and the proposal is under review by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.