Topic: Federal Impacts

H.R. 1 could push Oklahoma’s health care system past its breaking point

Medicaid (aka SoonerCare) doesn’t just insure people — it sustains the hospitals, clinics, and health care providers that care for entire communities. In Oklahoma, billions of Medicaid dollars keep emergency rooms open, behavioral health beds available, and rural providers afloat.… Read more [More...]

H.R. 1’s hidden costs: What the federal megabill really means for Oklahoma

H.R. 1, also called the One Big Beautiful Bill, is a federal reconciliation law passed in 2025 that delivers large tax cuts to corporations and high-income households while reducing long-term federal revenues. Marketed as a plan for “tax relief,” the… Read more [More...]

What Oklahomans need to know about expiring ACA premium tax credits

What’s happening with the ACA premium tax credits? Since 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made health insurance more accessible by creating online Marketplaces where people can compare plans and qualify for help paying monthly payments (aka premiums). That… Read more [More...]

How the not-so-beautiful bill will push eligible Oklahomans off SoonerCare

Medicaid – known in Oklahoma as SoonerCare – is the health backbone for nearly a million Oklahomans: children, working parents, people with disabilities, and seniors. But under the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” also known as H.R. 1, that foundation is… Read more [More...]

Statement from the Oklahoma Policy Institute on passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill”

On July 3, 2025, H.R.1 — also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — cleared both chambers of Congress and now heads to the President’s desk for final approval. Statement from OK Policy’s Executive Director Shiloh Kantz:  Today’s… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma Policy Institute condemns U.S. House passage of federal budget bill that harms vulnerable Oklahomans

The proposed federal budget bill immediately threatens the well-being of countless Oklahomans by slashing essential health care and food programs while creating tax shelters for the wealthiest Americans. Simply put, this bill is a transfer of wealth from America's poor and middle class into the pockets of the nation's richest 1 percent. [More...]