By:
Steve Lewis
February 15, 2021 // Updated: February 17, 2021
For the past several months, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority has been in a race against the calendar to get contracts signed with private insurance companies to manage the state’s $2 billion Medicaid program before the Legislature was to go into session on Feb. 1.
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By:
Dave Hamby
February 14, 2021 // Updated: February 14, 2021
Changes to Oklahoma’s drug laws reduce criminal charges and prison sentences; Together Oklahoma Talks Policy: Healthy Oklahomans & Health Care; (Capitol Update) Proposed bills again seek to undo will of the voters; Policy Matters: Breaking the cycle of political inequities
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Though much remains to be done, the Oklahoma Policy Institute has been tracking the effects of justice reform in courts, jails, and prisons as reforms have taken hold and found a steady move towards a less punitive approach to offenses like drug possession and burglary.
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By:
Steve Lewis
February 8, 2021 // Updated: February 8, 2021
From the beginning of statehood, Article 5, Section 1 of the Oklahoma Constitution has provided that,
“The Legislative authority of the State shall be vested in a Legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives; but the people…
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By:
Dave Hamby
February 7, 2021 // Updated: February 7, 2021
Benefits simulator helps families understand assistance programs and helps support better policies; Confrontations between governor, legislature may continue over managed care proposal (Capitol Update); OK Policy’s Response to 2021 State of the State Address; Policy Matters: What was left unsaid in the State of the State Address
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By:
Paul Shinn
February 3, 2021 // Updated: June 1, 2021
OK Policy’s simulator is a menu-driven Microsoft Excel worksheet in which users input details about a family to see how assistance programs help them at various hours of work and hourly wages.
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In pointing Oklahomans towards his vision of Oklahoma as a Top 10 state, Gov. Stitt during his State of the State address shared a quote he attributed to Will Rogers: “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” However,…
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Updated to reflect the OHCA board voted 6-3 to move forward with the managed care contracts.
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We have grown accustomed to confrontational government at the federal level. But the degree to which confrontation between the executive and the legislative…
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By:
Dave Hamby
January 31, 2021 // Updated: January 31, 2021
OK Policy State Budget Summit recap; Statement: OHCA’s approval of privatizing Oklahoma’s health care is bad health care policy and lacks sufficient public comment processes; Legislators must work together to move forward (Capitol Update)
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By:
Steve Lewis
January 25, 2021 // Updated: January 25, 2021
There was some committee work by the Appropriations Subcommittees last week as they began budget hearings with state agencies. But for me and for many, center stage this week was in Washington, D.C. Seventy-eight eventful days from the Nov. 3…
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