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Health Care
Medicaid expansion bad for states
So, kudos to policymakers for choosing to avoid the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, in any form. Oklahoma lawmakers should be commended for evaluating Medicaid reform possibilities and protecting taxpayers and funding for core government services, as well as a safety net for the truly needy.Lauren Aragon | September 19, 2014
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Medicaid expansion advocate relies on false choice
The most comprehensive study of Medicaid found that simply extending coverage did little to improve health outcomes. It also found that emergency room visits went up. Here in Oklahoma, emergency room visits are also up among Medicaid patients.Trent England | July 24, 2014
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Mourning Our Medicaid Malaise: Lawmakers Reject Free-Market Reforms
Dr. Doug Cox is no Dr. Tom Coburn. And the Oklahoma Hospital Association is no supporter of Medicaid reform.Patrick B. McGuigan | July 2, 2014
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‘Nonprofit’ hospitals and the $987 cortisone shot
“Just because hospitals or colleges say they are ‘nonprofit’ doesn’t mean they are,” Fried writes. “Indeed, they may be anything but.”Brandon Dutcher | June 2, 2014
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Medicaid Reforms Even Obama (or Republicans) Can Love
It may be hard to believe, but it was only four years ago that health care costs became the top cost driver in the Oklahoma state budget, surpassing the traditional “winner,” K-12 public education.Patrick B. McGuigan | May 7, 2014
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Health Care
Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Is a Bad Idea
Even as those parts of Obamacare that have not yet been postponed stagger toward the finish line, one part of the president’s health-care law continues to build momentum. As of this writing, 25 states and the District of Columbia have chosen to expand their Medicaid programs in accordance with Obamacare.Michael Tanner | April 9, 2014
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Surgery Center of Oklahoma: Better Living Through Free-Market Health Care
You had to be paying attention, or have it called to your attention. Thanks to a little bit of both, I’ve investigated another fascinating example of health care affordability in an increasingly insane health care market.Patrick B. McGuigan | April 9, 2014
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The Negative Impact of Multi-Generational Welfare
Government welfare programs were originally designed to be temporary to help people get back on their financial feet. Today, that is no longer true.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | February 12, 2014
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Unaffordable health law is harming Oklahomans
Some Oklahomans are discovering that President Obama’s “Affordable Care Act” is anything but affordable.Kelly Ferguson | January 22, 2014
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Interposition Now
Hope, Advent reminds us, often comes from unlikely protagonists and places, such as a peasant girl in a no-name village. In the less earth-shattering but still consequential case of constitutional federalism, hope comes from frightened state politicians: they can, should, and very likely will interpose their authority against the national government, in protection of their citizens.Michael S. Greve | January 4, 2013