More than 120,000 uninsured Oklahomans get health coverage
Thursday when voter-approved Medicaid expansion takes effect.
Voters narrowly approved a state constitutional amendment
last June to make more working adults eligible for the program. It was put on
the ballot through the initiative petition process after lawmakers declined to
expand Medicaid for years.
Oklahoma Policy Institute has long made the case for
Medicaid expansion. Policy Director Carly Putnam and Legislative and Outreach
Director Angela Monson said tying health insurance to a job is problematic.
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