Carly Putnam joined OK Policy in 2013. As Policy Director, she supervises policy research and strategy. She previously worked as an OK Policy intern, and she was OK Policy's health care policy analyst through July 2020. She graduated from the University of Tulsa in 2013. As a student, she was a participant in the National Education for Women (N.E.W.) Leadership Institute and interned with Planned Parenthood. Carly is a graduate of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits Nonprofit Management Certification; the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council’s Partners in Policymaking; The Mine, a social entrepreneurship fellowship in Tulsa; and Leadership Tulsa Class 62. She currently serves on the boards of Restore Hope Ministries and The Arc of Oklahoma. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and doing battle with her hundred year-old house.
By: Carly Putnam
November 17, 2013 // Updated: July 25, 2015
The Weekly Wonk is a summary of Oklahoma Policy Institute’s events, publications, blog posts, and coverage. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know. … Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
November 14, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post is the second of a two-part series on the state of women in Oklahoma based on the Center for American Progress’s report “The State of Women in America: A 50-State Analysis of How Women are Faring Across the… Read more [More...]
By Ziva Branstetter
Nearly 7,000 people in Oklahoma have completed applications for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act, though only a fraction have chosen an insurance plan, according to data released by the federal government Wednesday.
Nationally, more… Read more [More...]
By Jaclyn Cosgrove
Only 346 Oklahomans selected a health insurance plan in the first month of the federal health insurance marketplace’s existence, according to federal government data released Wednesday.
The federal marketplace, created through the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,”… Read more [More...]
By Caitlin Alexander
A report indicates thousands of Oklahomans have applied for health insurance through the marketplace. Only hundreds have completed that process. Some experts around the area are not surprised by the news.
Recent numbers show 6,905 Oklahomans have… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
November 12, 2013 // Updated: January 9, 2014
OK Policy analyst Kate Richey, joined by Mana Tahaie of the YWCA Tulsa, Felicia Collins Correia, representing the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition, Sen. Constance Johnson, Rep. Jeannie McDaniel, Rep. Katie Henke and Rachel Hutchings of Workforce Oklahoma, discusses a report from… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
November 10, 2013 // Updated: July 25, 2015
The Weekly Wonk is a summary of Oklahoma Policy Institute’s events, publications, blog posts, and coverage. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know. … Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
November 7, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the first of a two-part series examining the state of women in Oklahoma based on three indicators: economic security, leadership and health of women and families. The first post focuses on economic security and leadership; the second post… Read more [More...]
By D.E. Smoot
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak launched his bid for re-election Thursday during a Rotary Club luncheon at the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
The Tulsa native was elected to his first term in 2010, which he describes… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
November 5, 2013 // Updated: January 9, 2014
By Warren Vieth
Looking for health insurance? Can’t get the Obamacare website to work?
There are other ways to shop.
You can go directly to insurance company websites, where you’ll find coverage details and premium costs of every policy each… Read more [More...]