By: Chan Aaron
July 6, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Chan Aaron is an OK Policy summer intern. He is pursuing an environmental policy degree at The University of Tulsa. He is also a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in philosophy and a veteran of the United… Read more [More...]
By: Chan Aaron
July 2, 2015 // Updated: August 11, 2015
By Warren Vieth
Two private health insurance companies participating in the Affordable Care Act market in Oklahoma are expected to leave the program next year, while another big insurer wants in.
The shuffle, which would occur on Jan. 1, illustrates… Read more [More...]
By: Chan Aaron
June 25, 2015 // Updated: August 11, 2015
By Ziva Branstetter
For Julie Alexander, $8.10 per month bought a lot of piece of mind.
That’s what she had to pay this year for a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act, after subsidies provided by the law.… Read more [More...]
By James Coburn
The Affordable Care Act survived a second challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday morning.
Justices ruled 6-3 in the King vs Burwell case to uphold the federal government’s right to provide health coverage subsidies to people… Read more [More...]
By Warren Vieth
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act means that more than 80,000 Oklahomans can continue to receive federal subsidies to help them pay for health insurance.
It will be days, possibly weeks, before the… Read more [More...]
By: Chan Aaron
June 13, 2015 // Updated: August 11, 2015
By
WARREN VIETH AND BEN FENWICK
Gov. Mary Fallin’s office won’t say if the state has a plan to help thousands of Oklahomans who might be priced out of health insurance if their subsidies are struck down by the U.S.… Read more [More...]
By: Chan Aaron
May 22, 2015 // Updated: June 1, 2015
By Patrick McGuigan
OKLAHOMA CITY – A budget proposal with support from Governor Mary Fallin, House Speaker Jeffrey Hickman, R-Fairview, and Senate President Pro Temp Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, is not particularly popular, but many legislators indicated a willingness to pass… Read more [More...]
By Sebastian Johnson
A Louisiana Senate committee passed a package of eleven bills that would raise an additional $615 in revenue next fiscal year. If passed, the package will raise the state cigarette tax by 32 cents per pack, scale… Read more [More...]