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The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) recently used a letter written on yellow paper to begin notifying certain SoonerCare (Medicaid) members to begin preparing for new federal work requirements that could impact their coverage beginning January 1, 2027. SoonerCare is Oklahoma’s Medicaid program. The federal 2025 budget reconciliation bill, known formally as H.R. 1 or
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Key takeaways Oklahoma’s extensive cooperation with ICE via 287(g) agreements has contributed to the state having the fifth-highest immigrant arrests per capita in the nation in 2025. 287(g) agreements harm all Oklahomans, regardless of immigration status. When a parent is deported, families can lose an average of 70 percent of their income. Children in immigrant
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