By:
Guest
November 27, 2019 // Updated: November 27, 2019
About a third of university students and nearly two out of three community college students nationwide are food insecure, meaning they are uncertain where their next meal will come from.
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By:
Steve Lewis
November 25, 2019 // Updated: November 25, 2019
Recently, an initiative petition to create an independent, bipartisan redistricting commission to redraw legislative and congressional districts in Oklahoma was filed by a group called "People Not Politicians."
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in America.
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in America. Despite its effectiveness, one in four Oklahoma households that are eligible for the EITC do not claim the credit. The rules setting out who can claim the credit are extensive and challenging to understand, and as a result many people simply don’t bother. Unfortunately, that means these families are not getting the help they very much need to thrive. If Congress were to simplify the rules around the EITC, they could make this already effective anti-poverty tool even more effective.
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This week we observed Veterans Day and honored the men and women who have served to preserve our freedom by advocating for policies that help them and their families get ahead.
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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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