Articles
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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
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Health Care
Statement regarding House Bill 2406
Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, issued the following statement today regarding House Bill 2406.Jonathan Small | May 24, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
The Bogus Budget: Medicaid expanded anyway
Oklahoma lawmakers refused to bow to the demands of the Obama Administration and Oklahoma Health Care Authority.Trent England | May 11, 2017
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Health Care, Law & Principles
HB 1913: A private-sector solution, not government dependence
House Bill 1913 is a private-sector solution for people who have real needs. Let’s hope lawmakers implement this legislation and resist the urge to strangle needed options for their fellow Oklahomans.Jonathan Small | March 13, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
TSET Billboard Spending Examined
TSET currently uses 92 billboards in Oklahoma’s major population areas. The total budget for TSET’s billboard advertising campaign in fiscal year 2017 is $770,000.Jay Chilton | February 20, 2017