Articles
-
Education, Health Care
Nutritious school meals could pay dividends for Oklahoma students
Oklahoma taxpayers fund school lunches, but the nutritional quality of those meals may be undermining the very students the programs are intended to help.Jonathan Small | November 9, 2026
-
Health Care
Expert links Oklahomans’ rising health care costs to Medicaid expansion, federal policies
An expert who testified before Oklahoma lawmakers says Medicaid expansion has disrupted the state's once-stable Medicaid budget while contributing to higher health care costs for taxpayers and privately insured families.Ray Carter | October 21, 2026
-
Education, Health Care
Experts tell Oklahoma lawmakers healthier school meals can improve health and test scores
Experts told Oklahoma state lawmakers that improving the nutritional quality of school meals could help combat diet-related disease, reduce future health-care costs, and improve students’ academic performance.Ray Carter | October 19, 2026
-
Health Care
Hospital prices have soared. Government policy helps explain why.
Hospital prices have increased about 291 percent since 2000, far outpacing the price changes for many goods and services in competitive markets.Curtis Shelton | September 23, 2026
-
Health Care, Higher Education
HHS report flags OU Physicians-Tulsa claims involving puberty blockers; OU says it complies with state law
A newly released U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report has identified OU Physicians-Tulsa among health-care providers whose insurance claims for puberty blockers warrant further review. The University of Oklahoma said OU Physicians-Tulsa complies with Oklahoma law and will fully cooperate with any review.Ray Carter | August 19, 2026
-
Health Care
Arkansas's costly Medicaid lesson provides warning for Oklahoma
Arkansas' much-heralded Medicaid expansion experienced major cost overruns from the outset, drove up insurance premiums, failed to improve health outcomes, and left the state with dwindling insurer participation.Jonathan Small | August 17, 2026
-
Health Care
Arkansas Medicaid expansion program headed for ash heap
Arkansas' long-running "private option" version of Medicaid expansion is nearing its end after federal officials declined to extend the state's waiver, prompting renewed scrutiny of a program critics say produced soaring costs without meaningful improvements in health outcomes.Ray Carter | August 3, 2026
-
Health Care
Oklahoma death rate increases after Medicaid expansion
More than five years after Oklahoma expanded Medicaid to cover many able-bodied adults, new federal mortality data are fueling renewed debate over the program's effectiveness.Ray Carter | July 30, 2026
-
Health Care, Law & Principles
OCPA legal center files appeal against Oklahoma Board of Nursing
The OCPA Center for Law and Liberty has appealed an Oklahoma Board of Nursing action against a nurse practitioner accused of violating her scope of practice despite no patient harm and based on a complaint from an agency that does not license nurses.Ryan Haynie | July 22, 2026
-
Health Care
Oklahoma Medicaid fraud has hidden victims, report says
A new report from the Hern Policy Institute argues that Medicaid fraud and improper payments harm more than taxpayers by diverting limited health-care resources away from eligible patients and contributing to longer wait times and higher costs.Ray Carter | July 15, 2026