OKLAHOMA CITY — The governor’s push to outsource the state’s Medicaid program hit another roadblock this week after the state’s highest court ruled that the Oklahoma Health Care Authority pressed
OKLAHOMA CITY — The governor’s push to outsource the state’s Medicaid program hit another roadblock this week after the state’s highest court ruled that the Oklahoma Health Care Authority pressed
By: Storme Jones
OKLAHOMA CITY -
Despite clearing the state House of Representatives with an overwhelming margin in April, a bill that would have upended Gov. Kevin Stitt s Medicaid overhaul stalled in the Senate.
Instead, lawmakers compromised, substituting language they said places guardrails on the privatization of Medicaid program.
“I’ve come to believe that a good policy is policy where everyone is angry, and right now we have very good policy, I believe,” Senate Health and Human Services Chairman Greg McCortney, R-Ada, said.
Earlier this year, Stitt’s administration unilaterally announced the state would outsource it s Medicaid program to four private companies. The plan faced bipartisan criticism for not having lawmaker input.