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Oklahoma will open enrollment on June 1 for more low-income residents to qualify for Medicaid.
Newly eligible Oklahomans can apply for health care coverage starting a month prior to when the state expands Medicaid on July 1.
Following the passage of State Question 802, Oklahoma will expand Medicaid to Oklahomans ages 19-64 whose income is at or below 138% of the federal poverty level, which is roughly $17,796 for an individual or $36,588 for a family of four.
Roughly 200,000 Oklahomans are expected to sign up for Medicaid coverage under the expansion, said Oklahoma Health Care Authority CEO Kevin Corbett. The agency that oversees the state s Medicaid program, SoonerCare, already administers Medicaid coverage to nearly one million Oklahomans.
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Dick Pryor: This is Capitol Insider, your weekly look inside Oklahoma politics, policy and government. I m Dick Pryor with eCapitol news director, Shawn Ashley. So far, this legislative session has been highlighted by several bills that may have important implications but have received attention in large part because of their political shock value. There s been a lot of posturing on social issues, but these kinds of bills often generate more heat than light and wind up not becoming law. So rather than give more oxygen to those bills, today let s talk about some substantive legislation that may not be getting attention but could affect a lot of people. Shawn, first, an update is in the works for the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program.
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An Oklahoma state lawmaker introduced legislation Wednesday to stop Gov. Kevin Stitt from overhauling Oklahoma s Medicaid program.
Rep. Marcus McEntire introduced legislation for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to implement internal managed care as opposed to outsourcing care management for most Medicaid recipients to four major insurance companies.
In other words, McEntire, R-Duncan, wants to reform the Health Care Authority so the agency better manages health care for Medicaid recipients in-house.
McEntire has been an outspoken critic of the governor s $2 billion plan to implement privatized Medicaid managed care, in which the state would pay private companies to oversee health care for most of the program s beneficiaries. The changes, which were approved by the Health Care Authority board, are expected to occur in the fall, after Oklahoma expands Medicaid on July 1 to cover more low-income residents.