Topic: Health

State cost of health care reform likely to be modest and could yield net savings

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… Read more [More...]

Interview with Steven Dow: Rules are rules

By: David Blatt
October 10, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Note: In September, the Attorney General’s office issued a letter addressing whether the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services had acted improperly in approving changes to the state’s child care subsidy program at a June meeting without going through the official… Read more [More...]

Health Care Reform and the State Budget: Savings likely to fully or partly offset modest new costs

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
October 3, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
An OK Policy issue brief looks at the expected impact of the new federal health care law, the Affordable Care Act, on the state budget. Its main findings: Most studies of the impact of the Affordable Care Act have concluded… Read more [More...]

Health Care Reform (11): IT investments propel U.S. health care system into the 21st century

By: Kate Richey
September 19, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the eleventh in an ongoing series of posts examining the Affordable Care Act, including previous posts on state insurance exchange flexibility and rate review. For links to all previous posts and additional resources, please visit the health care… Read more [More...]

Guest Blog: In Pursuit of Happiness? Health Care in the 21st-Century U.S.

By: David Blatt
September 15, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This article is co-authored by Dr. Kristen Marie Burkholder, Dr. James Cane-Carrasco, Dr. Douglas Catterall, Elizabeth Powers, Rev. Scott Scrivner, and Dr. Tony Wohlers. For the authors’ longer study of the American health care system, click here. On March 23rd,… Read more [More...]

Xchange Factor: Why Oklahoma should be wary of buying the Utah model

By: Kate Richey
September 13, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Please visit the health care reform page on our website for links to previous posts and additional resources, including our ongoing series examining the Affordable Care Act. The deadline for Oklahoma to begin operating an online health insurance exchange is… Read more [More...]

Health Care Reform (10): Feds promise flexibility on state health insurance exchanges, but not complaisance

By: Kate Richey
August 16, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the tenth in an ongoing series of posts examining the Affordable Care Act, including previous posts on rate review and temporary high risk pools. For links to all previous posts and additional resources, please visit the health care… Read more [More...]

Guest Blog (Monica Barczak): Healthy Women are the foundation for a child’s Healthy Future

By: David Blatt
August 15, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Monica Barczak is Director of Innovation Lab at Community Acton Project. Oklahoma has the sixth highest infant mortality rate in the nation, with 8.5 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births; the rate of infant deaths for African Americans is… Read more [More...]

Medicaid Matters: New study finds coverage boosts health outcomes and financial security

By: David Blatt
July 20, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
As states and Washington grapple with ongoing budget shortfalls, the Medicaid program is often in the crosshairs of those calling for major reductions in government spending. But while the costs of funding Medicaid are readily apparent, we should not forget… Read more [More...]

Keeping score: Most federal courts are upholding health care law

By: Kate Richey
July 6, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Legal challenges to national health care reform have proliferated since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in March 2010.  There have been 26 federal lawsuits filed seeking to overturn the legislation, most of them challenging the constitutionality of the… Read more [More...]