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Health Care
Trump nixes Utah's partial Medicaid expansion plan
Last week the Trump administration blocked Utah’s efforts to partially expand Medicaid eligibility to able-bodied, working-age adults. Now Utah will likely move forward with a full Medicaid expansion plan despite budgetary concerns from lawmakers.Kaitlyn Finley | August 6, 2019
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Health Care
Health care working group membership announced
The co-chairs of a newly formed legislative health care working group are among the leading proponents of Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | July 30, 2019
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Health Care
Mapping out Medicaid
Kaitlyn Finley | July 29, 2019
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Health Care
Lawmakers to review Medicaid expansion as petition proceeds
A newly formed working group, comprised of state House and Senate members, will examine Medicaid in the coming months.Ray Carter | July 26, 2019
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Health Care
Stitt names Medicaid-expansion supporter to advisory position
Gov. Kevin Stitt, although vocal in his opposition to Medicaid expansion, has named as deputy secretary of health and mental health an individual who has voiced support for Medicaid expansion, criticized welfare work requirements, and indicated he views gun control as a component of health policy.Ray Carter | June 27, 2019
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Health Care
New federal rule expands health insurance options
The Trump administration has finalized an executive rule change that could offer more health insurance options to millions of Americans.Kaitlyn Finley | June 24, 2019
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Health Care
Insurance Commissioner defends Trump health care effort
In a recent legal filing, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready pushed back against the efforts of Democratic politicians to outlaw insurance plans that are now making insurance coverage available to millions, including people in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | June 20, 2019
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Health Care, Law & Principles
Court rejects Medicaid petition challenge
Making an apparent about-face from a similar ruling issued just a year ago, the Oklahoma Supreme Court found Tuesday that a Medicaid-expansion petition could proceed, even though its gist contained material several justices conceded was misleading to voters.Ray Carter | June 18, 2019
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Health Care
Federal judge could quash new health insurance options for Oklahoma small businesses
Kaitlyn Finley | June 18, 2019
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Health Care
Will state spend millions to insure the already insured?
While supporters of Medicaid expansion tout it as a way to provide insurance to the needy, recent research and the experience of Louisiana suggest expansion would also involve Oklahoma government spending millions to provide taxpayer-funded coverage to people who already have private insurance.Ray Carter | June 13, 2019