Data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that 641,000 Oklahoman under the age of 65 were without health insurance coverage in 2006-07, which is more than one out of every five non-elderly Oklahomans. This fact sheet from OK Policy looks at trends in health insurance coverage in Oklahoma between 1999-2000 and 2006-2007, looking especially at sources of coverage and differences in cverage patterns between children and adults.

On September 22, 2008, the Oklahoma Health Care Reform Task Force heard a presentation from Kathleen Stoll, Deputy Executive Director of Families USA, a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. that brings the voice of consumers to federal and state health care policy issues.

Stoll's presentation offered a detailed and insightful overview of current initiatives to expand coverage in Oklahoma and made a series of recommendations for building on the state's current health care system to provide coverage to at lest some of the 661,000 Oklahomans who are currently uncovered.

This issue brief was produced for the Public Policy Department of the Community Action Project of Tulsa County under the direction of David Blatt, then Director of Policy at CAP.