By:
Steve Lewis
November 11, 2019 // Updated: November 11, 2019
There may indeed be an "Oklahoma plan" for Medicaid worth considering, but hopefully the governor won't propose an ill-advised block grant scheme that will fail legal muster and, without Congressional approval, will almost surely never be implemented.
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Oklahoma is home to more than 260,000 veterans, and good policy choices like restoring the Oklahoma Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) would help them and their communities be economically stable.
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Across the country, states are using Medicaid waivers to seek alternatives to simple Medicaid expansion and limit who can access health care.
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By:
David Blatt
November 6, 2019 // Updated: November 6, 2019
Rather than tilting at windmills with a legally questionable approach that poses serious threats for the state’s Medicaid population, our state should focus on tried and tested ways of improving access to care and health outcomes for Oklahomans.
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By:
Steve Lewis
November 4, 2019 // Updated: November 4, 2019
With these recent changes, 462 Oklahomans have a shot at a new life due to the wisdom of their neighbors who voted for SQ 780 and to legislators who voted to make right some wrongheaded war-on-drug policies from the past.
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A new national report shows the number of uninsured Oklahoma children held steady last year, however the rate remains significantly higher than the national average.
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By:
David Blatt
October 31, 2019 // Updated: October 31, 2019
I can honestly say that being part of this organization for 12 years, and leading it for the past ten, has been the great honor of my life.
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The report found that 8.2 percent of Oklahoma children in 2018 did not have health insurance, up from 8.1 percent the previous year.
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By:
Steve Lewis
October 28, 2019 // Updated: October 28, 2019
Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the request of Chairperson Sen. Julie Daniels (R-Bartlesville), held an interim study on an important criminal justice reform issue: Using the criminal justice system, including incarceration, to collect court-imposed fines, costs, fees, and assessments.
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On Thursday, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a report which found that cuts in funding for higher education have contributed to rapid, significant tuition increases and pushed more of the costs of college students, leading to worsened racial and class inequality.
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