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Health Care, Economy, Culture & the Family
A day before broad business reopening, COVID-19 tracking stressed
With many businesses across Oklahoma poised to reopen in less than a day, albeit under safety restrictions, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Thursday that the state’s COVID-19 infection rate continues to decline. And officials announced they will be ramping up COVID-19 testing in the weeks ahead to keep the pandemic under control.Ray Carter | April 30, 2020
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Health Care
Agency may impede treatment despite governor’s order
Although Gov. Kevin Stitt has authorized hospitals to again perform “elective” surgeries by May 1, regulations released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) severely restrict the ability of many facilities to treat patients in a timely manner.Ray Carter | April 24, 2020
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Health Care
Uncertainty persists on Medicaid expansion, funding
While Gov. Kevin Stitt’s administration has filed federal paperwork to expand Oklahoma’s Medicaid program to cover hundreds of thousands of able-bodied adults, which officials have dubbed “SoonerCare 2.0,” a top legislative leader indicated Thursday that the expansion issue remains a topic of debate.Ray Carter | April 23, 2020
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Health Care, Culture & the Family
Stitt: Testing key to state’s reopening
Gov. Kevin Stitt and other officials say improved tracking of the COVID-19 virus will be crucial in reopening Oklahoma’s economy in the coming weeks.Ray Carter | April 17, 2020
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Health Care, Economy
Public Health chairman: Let Oklahomans go back to work
The chairman of the state House Public Health Committee, who previously warned the threat of coronavirus was “quite real” and urged Oklahomans to “look at options where they can stay home and limit their exposure,” says it is now time to reopen society.Ray Carter | April 14, 2020
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Health Care, Culture & the Family
Unleash telehealth to fight COVID-19
In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, Gov. Kevin Stitt has fast-tracked licensing requirements to help out-of-state medical workers utilize telemedicine. Action from the state legislature is needed to permanently adopt this reform.Kaitlyn Finley | April 14, 2020
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Health Care, Culture & the Family
COVID may reduce health care providers, but encourage innovation
The government response to COVID-19 has threatened the survival of businesses across the country—including doctors’ offices and major hospitals. It’s a trend that could significantly impact health care access for months or years to come—but those changes could also encourage innovation.Ray Carter | April 13, 2020
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Health Care, Culture & the Family
Short-term insurance plans may help newly unemployed Oklahomans
Thanks to deregulatory action taken by the Trump Administration in 2018, many Oklahomans facing a gap in employment may now take advantage of short-term insurance plans.Kaitlyn Finley | April 8, 2020
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Health Care, Culture & the Family
Catastrophic rupture
A cardiologist looks at the policy response to COVID-19 and its impact on health and human flourishingDwayne A. Schmidt, M.D. | April 8, 2020
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Health Care, Law & Principles
Noneconomic-damages fix must be constitutional, not statutory
Any serious effort to reform a state’s civil justice system must include, as one of its core components, a solution to the problem of excessive claims for noneconomic damages, commonly understood as damages awarded for the pain and suffering experienced by the injured person seeking compensation.Andrew C. Spiropoulos | March 31, 2020