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The state has already selected contractors to proceed with managed care for more than $2 billion, and the court ruled that the contracts are invalid.

Online Applications Open For Oklahomans Wanting To Apply For SoonerCare Benefits Applications are now open for qualifying Oklahomans to sign up for SoonerCare online. SoonerCare is Oklahomas Medicaid program which expanded after being voted through last year. Supporters said this expansion will help nearly 200,000 Oklahomans with health care coverage. To be eligible to apply for SoonerCare, residents must be between 19 and 64 years of age and have an income the is 138% of the federal poverty ...

Here’s what you need to know about who’s eligible and how to apply. What’s changing with Medicaid in Oklahoma?  Last year, Oklahoma voters passed State Question 802, which expanded Medicaid eligibility to include many low-income adults.  Oklahoma’s Medicaid program, called SoonerCare, has covered children, pregnant women, elderly adults and disabled people. Under the expanded eligibility guidelines, over 200,000 more people will be eligible for coverage, according to the Oklahoma Heal...

What does Oklahoma’s Medicaid expansion mean for me? Who’s eligible and how to apply Dana Branham, Oklahoman © NATE BILLINGS Boxes of petitions for state question 802 to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot are stacked in the lobby before being delivered to the Oklahoma Secretary of States office in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Oklahomans eligible for health coverage through Medicaid expansion can begin applying for benefits Tuesday.  Popular Searches What’s...

Dorman: A progress review as legislative session winds down By: Joe Dorman Guest Columnist May 19, 2021 Joe Dorman The leadership at the Oklahoma Capitol last week reached an agreement on the fiscal year 2022 budget. In this proposal, key elements of this $8.3 billion spending package: • Increases in common education funding by $171.8 million, or 6%, to a record high of $3.2 billion, triggering class size reductions in kindergarten and first grade. • Boosts for the Rainy Day Fund...

The attention comes as the board is playing a more pivotal role than ever in the criminal justice system in Oklahoma, finding itself embroiled in a high-profile death penalty case

Budget features tax cuts, more for education and savings By: Trevor Brown Oklahoma Watch May 14, 2021 A new budget unveiled for the state reduces corporate income tax from 6% to 4% and was crafted to make Oklahoma more attractive for investment by business and industry, Gov. Kevin Stitt and Republican leaders say. (Photo by Science in HD on Unsplash) You almost wouldn’t know Oklahoma was coming out of a pandemic and financial downturn based on a state budget agreement Gov. Kevin St...

Credit Provided Top Oklahoma lawmakers and Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday unveiled their plans for the state budget next fiscal year, which begins July 1. The new budget agreement for Fiscal Year 2022 would total $8.3 billion dollars. Top Republican lawmakers say the agreement would maintain all state core service funding while also providing tax relief to individuals and businesses. The corporate income tax would be cut from 6 percent to 4 percent, while personal income tax would be cut from 5 p...

Oklahoman After Oklahoma voters narrowly passed a state question to expand Medicaid, new laws will change the states initiative petition process.  Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law bills that will allow for recounts of state questions and require some initiative petitions to include a fiscal impact statement.  The initiative petition process, enshrined in Oklahomas constitution, allows citizens to push for a statewide vote on an issue. In recent years, Oklahomans have increasingly used th...

In States With Teacher Strikes, Voters Refuse to Raise Education Funding The election defeats come at a time when support for raising teacher pay is at an all-time high. August 23, 2018 •  (AP/David Zalubowski) For results of the most important ballot measures, click here. Colorado and Oklahoma were both home to wide-scale teacher walkouts and strikes this spring, but it wasn’t enough to sway voters to raise education funding. In Colorado, a proposal to raise income taxes for some was e...