Articles
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Health Care
Celebrate Medicaid diversity
Is diversity a good thing? Last week, the Trump administration embraced diversity in how states run medical welfare programs.Jonathan Small | January 19, 2018
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Health Care
New Medicaid policy allows state diversity
The Trump Administration yesterday announced a shift in Medicaid policy that will allow more diversity in how states design medical welfare programs.Trent England | January 12, 2018
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Learning from the Health Department
Tens of millions of dollars are missing; criminal investigations are underway. Officials at the State Department of Health, it seems, misspent funds and misled the public about it for at least six years.Jonathan Small | December 15, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Medicaid costs continue to rise
By refusing to adopt the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, Oklahoma lawmakers stood up for the premise that Medicaid should remain a safety net for the most vulnerable, not an entitlement for able-bodied adults.Trent England | December 11, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
TSET reforms, Medicaid audits will help the most vulnerable
Medicaid must be dramatically reformed if we are to avoid bankruptcy for the states and return the program to its original goal of helping the most vulnerable.Jonathan Small | December 11, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Oklahoma’s highly profitable nonprofit hospitals
Many “nonprofit” hospitals are highly profitable entities with vast amounts of net revenue, large cash balances, profligate capital spending, and generous executive compensation. Yet they constantly plead poverty and demand ever more government spending.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. & Baylee Butler | November 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
TSET: Don't smoke, get drunk!
Why does a state agency award grants for “alcohol use prevention” while promoting bars and nightclubs?Trent England | September 26, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Cost Avoidance #1: Less fraud in Medicaid
Federal reform is necessary to save Medicaid, both from compromising care for the most vulnerable and from bankrupting states and the country.Trent England | September 25, 2017
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Health Care
Direct primary care puts the focus on patients
Not only do patients in a Direct Primary Care practice have faster, better access to their doctor, they also experience better health outcomes as well.Mike Brake | August 10, 2017
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Health Care
Protecting Medicaid
Medicaid must be dramatically reformed if we are to avoid bankruptcy for the states and return the program to its original goal of helping the most vulnerable.Jonathan Small | August 4, 2017