“How much money are we talking about for Oklahoma? According to the Kaiser Commission, Oklahoma would receive $8.561 billion in federal funds over 10 years from expanding coverage. This means that we are giving up $2.3 million every single day that could be used to boost Oklahoma health-care providers and expand access to needed care for working families. Think of the economic stimulus that money would create.”
-Tulsa attorney Teresa Meinders Burkett, in an op-ed arguingĀ for Oklahoma to stop refusing federal health care expansion funds (Source)