Topic: Health

Oklahoma CountySTATS 2012

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
September 4, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
These factsheets provide quick and colorful access to key demographic, economic, and social indicators for each county in Oklahoma.  Get important county-level statistics – as well as statewide rankings and comparisons – at a glance.  Counties are listed in alphabetical… Read more [More...]

Employers better off keeping workers’ coverage under new health law

By: David Blatt
August 23, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post originally ran on our blog in November 2011 and is part of an ongoing series of posts examining the Affordable Care Act. For links to previous posts and additional resources, please visit the health care reform page on… Read more [More...]

Overview of the Affordable Care Act in Oklahoma

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
August 16, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This presentation was given to health care workers during a two-hour training seminar on the Affordable Care Act in Oklahoma.  Click here for the presentation, which outlines major changes already enacted and on the horizon regarding the new federal health… Read more [More...]

Avoiding the Medicaid 'coverage crater'

By: David Blatt
August 13, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
When Congress approved a prescription drug benefit for the Medicare program in the mid-2000s, it created the infamous ‘Medicare donut hole‘ – a large gap in coverage of prescription drug costs. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), the landmark health care… Read more [More...]

Guest Blog (Dr. John Schumann): 'Help Wanted' for Medicaid expansion

By: Kate Richey
July 30, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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… Read more [More...]

(Summer Re-Run) Medicaid Matters: Study finds coverage boosts health outcomes and financial security

By: David Blatt
July 17, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, states must decide whether to expand Medicaid to cover adults with incomes below 133 percent of the federal poverty level.  This post originally ran on our blog… Read more [More...]

Step up or step aside: Looming deadline forces Oklahoma's hand on a health exchange

By: Kate Richey
July 10, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the health care law, or Affordable Care Act (ACA), will soon compel even the most reluctant states to address their central responsibility under the law – state-based health insurance exchanges.  Exchanges, which we’ve blogged… Read more [More...]

Health care reform’s Medicaid expansion is right for Oklahoma

By: David Blatt
July 2, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling upholding the bulk of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) struck down one key component of the law: it made the law’s Medicaid expansion optional rather than mandatory by declaring that that the federal government may… Read more [More...]

STATEMENT: Supreme Court ruling means it's time to move forward

By: Kate Richey
June 28, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
David Blatt, Director of Oklahoma Policy Institute, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act: The Supreme Court ruling to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act is a significant victory… Read more [More...]

Legislature poised to limit access to mammograms, prostate screenings, immunizations & more

By: Kate Richey
April 25, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
While the new federal health law has expanded consumer guarantees for minimum health benefits, Oklahoma is poised to move in the opposite direction. Embedded in an ‘interstate compact’ bill to allow out-of-state insurers to sell policies in Oklahoma is a… Read more [More...]