The Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a
bill to add legislative oversight and legal guardrails to Gov. Kevin Stitt's
plan to outsource care for most Medicaid recipients.
The passage of an updated version of Senate Bill 131 gives
opponents of third-party managed care a victory, but perhaps not the victory
they wanted.
The latest version of the bill did not include
House-approved language that sought to undo Stitt's plan entirely by requiring
the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to better manage Medicaid care in-house, as
opposed to relying on four health insurance giants.
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2021/05/20/oklahoma-senate-want-framework-stitts-medicaid-managed-care/5162921001/
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