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Health Care
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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Health Care
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
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Oklahoma can't afford to expand Medicaid
Brandon Dutcher | July 30, 2012
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Health Care
The Medicaid Nuclear Option
The legislative process inevitably fathers unintended consequences. The more complex and ambitious the legislative endeavor, the more numerous are its by-blows.Michael Franc | January 1, 2010
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Health Care
Opting Out of ObamaCare
It's been several weeks since Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid floated the idea that states could "opt out" of the government-run health insurance plan. But it's been nearly a year since a growing coalition of lawmakers in 24 states began crafting an opt-out strategy of its own.Christie Herrera | January 1, 2010
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Health Care
Oklahoma Doctor Treats Health-Care Refugees...from Canada
Dr. Keith Smith is a proud capitalist. The anesthesiologist often helps poor patients obtain surgeries at no cost while managing to keep his Oklahoma City-based practice afloat.Jessica Peck Corry | November 2, 2009