Category: Media Coverage

Numerical snapshot counts, too (Duncan Banner)

By Ed Darling Today’s message, brought to you from the Oklahoma Policy Institute, focuses more on numbers than words and outlines how we compare with other counties in Oklahoma. The snapshot of how we rank among other counties is an… Read more [More...]

About 7,000 Oklahomans complete ACA applications (Tulsa World)

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...]

A fraction of eligible Oklahomans have enrolled in ‘Obamacare’ (NewsOK)

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...]

Oklahomans and the Affordable Care Act: How is Sign-Up Going? (KTUL)

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...]

State of Women (OETA)

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...]

Doak announces re-election bid here; Insurance commissioner launches bid at luncheon (Muskogee Phoenix)

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...]

Stymied by Healthcare.gov? There Are Other Ways to Shop for Marketplace Health Plans (Oklahoma Watch)

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...]

Was That a Threat? (Tulsa Kids)

By Betty Casey The long-awaited, controversial A-F assessment of your child’s school will be released by the State Department of Education this week. After several miscalculations by the State Department and many postponements, the grades are ready to be released,… Read more [More...]

Analysts split on shale gas future (Tulsa World)

By Susan Hylton  Domestic oil and gas production is discussed with great passion today among those who talk of an energy renaissance that is revolutionizing the industry and perhaps U.S. policy. They credit new hydraulic fracturing technologies in horizontal drilling… Read more [More...]

Economic Development: Where The Jobs Are (KGOU)

By Kurt Gwartney You can click through to the original article to hear the panel discussion moderated by Kate Richey on  Oklahoma’s economic development at our Summer Policy Institute. Links to other SPI panel discussions can be found here. A… Read more [More...]