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Health Care
More choices, more savings: Short-term health insurance
Thanks to recent regulatory actions by the Trump administration, individuals in certain states may now take full advantage of short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans. These plans may be 70 to 80 percent cheaper than Obamacare plans.Kaitlyn Finley | January 24, 2019
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Medicaid expansion a budget-buster
When Oklahoma lawmakers assemble in February, they will be assured by many experts that expanding Medicaid under Obamacare will be cheap and that the federal government will foot most of the bill. But those experts are wrong. They have been wrong every time.Jonathan Small | December 28, 2018
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Experts consistently got it wrong on Medicaid expansion
Health care experts from independent research groups and state agencies wildly underestimated the number of newly eligible able-bodied adults that would sign up for Medicaid under Obamacare.Kaitlyn Finley | December 21, 2018
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OCPA statement on Obamacare case Texas v. United States
After a federal judge ruled Obamacare unconstitutional today, Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), released the following statement.Staff | December 14, 2018
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Eliminate barriers to free-market principles in health care
The White House released a policy report outlining their solutions for health care reform. In their report, they urged Congress and states to eliminate unnecessary regulatory barriers that impede competition and choice in America’s health care system.Kaitlyn Finley | December 14, 2018
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New director, new direction
If you haven’t heard, Oklahoma’s Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust is searching for a new director. But what this small state agency with a giant bank account really needs is a new direction.Jonathan Small | December 7, 2018
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Congress must follow states’ initiative and reform Medicaid
To ensure the longevity of Medicaid, Congress should change the funding model and implement block grants that give states the flexibility to innovate and introduce cost-saving measures that deliver better care to their most vulnerable constituents.Kaitlyn Finley | December 6, 2018
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Medicaid health outcomes questionable
Congress and state legislatures together have spent trillions of dollars on Medicaid and CHIP over the past two decades. At the same time, there has been relatively little research on health outcomes for beneficiaries. Studies so far show mixed results, with some even showing worse outcomes for people on Medicaid than for people with no coverage at all.Kaitlyn Finley | November 21, 2018
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Medicaid eating state budget, feeding national debt
SoonerCare expenditures, as a percentage of total state spending, have nearly doubled since 1997. They now account for 30 percent of total Oklahoma state spending.Kaitlyn Finley | November 19, 2018
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Health Care
States turn to work requirements to fight escalating Medicaid costs
Due to rapidly escalating costs and increases in enrollment, states are pursuing new ways to reform their Medicaid programs, including work requirements for certain eligible able-bodied adults.Kaitlyn Finley | November 13, 2018