By:
David Blatt
February 26, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In her 2013 State of the State address, Governor Mary Fallin reiterated her opposition to accepting federal dollars to provide coverage to uninsured Oklahomans through Medicaid, as provided under the Affordable Care Act. In states that extend Medicaid, the federal…
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By:
David Blatt
January 16, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In announcing that Oklahoma would not take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to expand Medicaid to cover low-income adults, Governor Mary Fallin stated she was committed to developing an “Oklahoma Plan to reduce the…
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By:
David Blatt
November 27, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In announcing her decision not to participate in the expansion of Medicaid for low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, Governor Mary Fallin asserted:
Expanding Medicaid as written in the [Affordable Care Act] would cost the state of Oklahoma as…
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John Henning Schumann is a writer and doctor in Tulsa. He runs the Internal Medicine residency at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine. He created the blog GlassHospital.com and is on Twitter @GlassHospital.
Despite its complexities and its…
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By:
Kate Richey
January 17, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Our health care system is experiencing an unprecedented period of upheaval. Decades of rising costs, an ever-increasing share of citizens without insurance, and an aging baby boom generation are putting immense pressure on payers, providers, and patients alike. A new…
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By:
David Blatt
October 26, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Under the new national health care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), one major strategy for providing health insurance coverage to the 50 million Americans who are currently uninsured is an expansion of eligibility in the Medicaid…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 18, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
At last week’s Fall Legislative Forum organized by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, a panel of state agency directors discussed some of the accomplishments and continuing challenges facing Oklahoma government. Taking part in the panel were leaders from the…
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In the new national health care law (the Affordable Care Act, or ACA), exchanges are state-level competitive marketplaces for individuals and small businesses to purchase insurance. After winning a $54 million Early Innovator grant earlier this year, Oklahoma was poised…
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The Tulsa Association of Health Underwriters hosted Governor Mary Fallin and Insurance Commissioner John Doak at a forum on how health care reform would affect the insurance industry. Addressing a packed house at the Tulsa Country Club, Governor Fallin repeated…
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By:
Kate Richey
February 10, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the sixth in an ongoing series of posts examining the Affordable Care Act, including previous posts on the Temporary High Risk Pool and tax credits for small businesses. You can also visit the health care reform page on…
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