Oklahoma COVID-19 vaccines: Cold prompts temporary changes; state scraps mega-POD plan; Oklahoma County launches portal; Mass COVID vaccination sites in partnership with FEMA on hold; Oklahoma selects 4 private payers to manage Medicaid for $2B, faces legal suit;
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Managed care push brings a flow of campaign cash and lobbying that is likely to continue; Oklahoma’s jail mortality rate ranks second in nation; Officials hopeful COVID vaccination of Oklahoma teachers will start by end of February;
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Oklahoma State Medical Association to file legal challenge against state's managed care contracts; Oklahoma follows national trend of lower COVID-19 cases; Leaders: Legislature must focus on COVID-19 recovery;
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Oklahoma Dental Association comes out against managed Medicaid plan; Despite federal moratorium, thousands of evictions continue in Oklahoma; Number of Oklahomans vaccinated exceeds number of infections;
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Report questions Stitt administration’s spending of $1.26B of CARES Act funds; ‘Our fear is great’: People with disabilities feel left out as Oklahoma rolls out COVID-19 vaccine; Senate Floor Leader Kim David clears air with colleagues over Medicaid comments;
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Oklahoma's COVID-19 drop is real this time, but mitigation and vigilance must remain, epidemiologist says; Stitt presents $8.3 billion budget plan; Oklahoma OB-GYN explains why pregnant, nursing women should get COVID-19 vaccinations;
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Gov. Kevin Stitt praises his COVID-19 response, outlines priorities in State of the State; Vaccination sites conduct complex dance; Hospital fees floated to pay for expanding Oklahoma Medicaid;
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Oklahoma to outsource Medicaid care to four health insurance companies; Despite high marks in distribution, minorities lag in COVID-19 vaccine access in Oklahoma; At Oklahoma COVID ward, staff fight to prevent lonely deaths;
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COVID-19 deaths continue to mount in rural Oklahoma; Upping minimum wage, protecting gun rights among bills filed for Oklahoma's 2021 legislative session; Gov. Stitt says no budget shortfall ahead of upcoming session, talks Medicaid privatization; First-time state unemployment claims earlier this month were highest since August.
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Despite opposition, Health Care Authority moves forward with $2B plan to privatize Medicaid; Budget Summit: State needs more revenue but needs to find it equitably; Arms Race: Why 62,000 doses of COVID vaccine sit frozen in Oklahoma;
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