Changes To State Healthcare Could Affect Thousands

KOTV Oklahoma

January 22, 2019

By: Grant Hermes

Changes are on the way for Medicaid in Oklahoma, despite criticism and warnings from experts around the country who say new state policies and proposals could force thousands of Oklahoma families off coverage. In 2018, Oklahoma became the 11th state to call for at least 20-hours of work for families on the state-run health care.

Work requirements have been criticized by doctors and health care providers alike who say if parents can’t work, it could force families to lose vital access to care. One of the most-dire and the most recent prediction came from a new study from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families which estimated as many as 13,000 Oklahomans could lose coverage.

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