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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Senate Bill 131 bad for taxpayers, Medicaid patients
Beginning July 1, Oklahoma’s Medicaid program will open up eligibility to certain able-bodied adultsKaitlyn Finley | May 10, 2021
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Health Care
Lawmakers should reject Senate Bill 131
Efforts are underway to block Governor Kevin Stitt’s plan to reform Oklahoma’s Medicaid program and help manage the rising costs of the medical welfare program.Kaitlyn Finley | May 6, 2021
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Health Care
Oklahoma House seeks to grow state health agency
The Oklahoma House of Representatives recently passed Senate Bill 131, which would greatly increase the size and scope of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.Kaitlyn Finley | May 4, 2021
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Health Care
House kills patient-protection bill
House Republican lawmakers have killed legislation that would have protected Oklahomans from “surprise” medical bills.Ray Carter | April 22, 2021
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Health Care
Many hospitals not complying with price-transparency rule
It appears that many hospitals are not complying with new federal price transparency regulations.Kaitlyn Finley | April 21, 2021
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Health Care
Health price transparency continues to advance
Legislation that incentivizes price transparency and deters “surprise medical bills” has cleared another legislative hurdle, passing out of a state House committee.Ray Carter | April 7, 2021
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Health Care
Wall Street Journal investigation finds that many hospitals hide their prices from search results
In a March 22 story published in The Wall Street Journal reported that hundreds of hospitals are embedding special code on their websites to make it more difficult to search for their pricing data.Kaitlyn Finley | April 6, 2021
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Health Care
Does the Oklahoma Hospital Association oppose price transparency?
In a recent post, the Oklahoma Hospital Association seemed to imply that it finds “troubling” the idea that hospitals should provide patients a good-faith estimate of costs prior to a medical treatment.Kaitlyn Finley | April 1, 2021
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Health Care
Don’t try to ‘correct’ the market with pharmacy ‘fairness’
Much scrutiny surrounds big players in health care—large hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance companies—and for good reason.Jonathan Small | March 25, 2021
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Health Care
Putting an end to surprise medical bills in Oklahoma
Health care, unlike nearly all other professions, operates with no price transparency. Providers are free to make up numbers as they go, leading to wildly inflated bills.Jonathan Small | March 15, 2021