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Oklahoma Question 802, the Oklahoma Medicaid Expansion Initiative, was a 2020 ballot measure on the June 30 ballot (alongside primaries for various statewide offices) to expand Medicaid in the state of Oklahoma. It passed narrowly, over the objections of many prominent state elected officials, such as Oklahoma's governor Kevin Stitt. Medicaid ...
In participating states, Medicaid eligibility is expanded; all individuals with income up to 133% of the poverty line qualify for coverage, including adults without dependent children. [43] [50] The law also provides for a 5% "income disregard", making the effective income eligibility limit 138% of the poverty line. [51]
Dec. 22—Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield on Wednesday announced the company had agreed to acquire a Medicaid contract held by Paramount Advantage, action that comes six weeks after a judge ...
2.6 million were in the "coverage gap" due to the 19 states that chose not to expand the Medicaid program under the ACA/Obamacare, meaning their income was above the Medicaid eligibility limit but below the threshold for subsidies on the ACA exchanges (~44% to 100% of the federal poverty level or FPL); 5.4 million were undocumented immigrants;
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has the primary duty of executing SoonerCare, the Oklahoma version of Medicaid. SoonerCare is a health coverage program jointly funded by the United States federal government and the Oklahoma state government. The program provides payments to cover medical services to economically challenged individuals.
As of March 2016 11.1 million people had purchased exchange plans, while an estimated 9 million to 10 million people had gained Medicaid coverage, mostly low-income adults. [citation needed] 11.1 million were still covered, a decline of nearly 13 percent. [47] 6.1 million uninsured 19- to 25-year-olds gained coverage. [48]
Residents of a small Oklahoma town were left angry and frustrated following the sudden resignation of their entire police force.. The four-person police force of Geary, a town of about 1,000 some ...
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