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On Friday, Woodward hosted the Oklahoma Health Care Authority's first town hall meeting on the topic of privatized Medicaid. It was encouraging to hear so many thoughtful questions from Medicaid recipients, health care providers and the community at large. This proposed change to Oklahoma's current model resulted from a unilateral decision by the governor. The OHCA board, which serves at the governor's pleasure, awarded contracts totaling more than $2 billion to four large insurance companies....
When you go to the polls on June 30, you will have an opportunity to vote for State Question 802, Medicaid expansion. As a hospital administrator, I have received questions about this in the past weeks and wanted to provide a few facts about the impact Medicaid expansion will have on our community and on Share Medical Center. Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma would provide health insurance coverage to Oklahomans who earn less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level (less than $17,000 for an individual or less than $29,000 for a family of...
