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the purchase of a state sponsored health plan operated under the state Medicaid program (Individual Plan). In November 2004, the Oklahoma Health Care Initiative created the funding mechanism to fund Insure Oklahoma. SQ 713, passed by a statewide vote, increased the sales tax on tobacco products. A portion of these revenues were designated to be ...
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 ...
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is an agency of the government of Oklahoma.Under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services, Oklahoma Human Services is responsible for providing help to individuals and families in need through public assistance programs and managing services for seniors and people with disabilities.
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) significantly expanded FQHCs by allocating $11 billion through the Community Health Center Fund between 2011 and 2015, supporting the establishment and expansion of delivery sites. [5] By 2014, the number of FQHCs grew by 82.7% to 6,376, with most new sites in urban areas.
5. Abortion access. The issue: Oklahoma lawmakers have banned nearly all abortion procedures in the state, with limited exceptions for the mother's life. Their views: Stitt, who signed this year's ...
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The department is led by the Secretary of Health and the Commissioner of Health. Oklahoma law requires the Commissioner of Health to have professional expertise as any of the following: 1) an actively licensed physician (MD/DO), 2) a doctoral-level degree holder in public health or public health administration, 3) a masters' degree holder with a minimum of five years experience in ...