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Lawmakers: Managed care plan complicates Medicaid funding By: Trevor Brown Oklahoma Watch February 22, 2021
With Oklahoma’s 2021 legislative session underway, lawmakers and the governor will need to simultaneously weigh funding options for an expanding state Medicaid program along with pros and cons of revamping the system that lower-income Oklahomans depend on for health care coverage. (Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash)
More than half a year after voters approved a state question that will require Oklahoma to offer health care coverage to more than 200,000 low-income adults, state officials are still unsure how they’ll pay for it.
The passage of State Question 802 last June started a countdown for the state to start enrolling newly eligible Oklahomans in the state’s Medicaid program, known as SoonerCare, by July 1.
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More than half a year after voters approved a state question that will require Oklahoma to offer health coverage to more than 200,000 low-income adults, state officials are still unsure
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, state lawmakers are looking at easing Oklahoma liquor laws to allow some restaurants and caterers to sell takeout cocktails and mixed drinks.
An Oklahoma House panel on Thursday unanimously passed legislation that would allow businesses with mixed-beverage licenses to offer some alcoholic beverages as takeout items during the pandemic.
"This is to help restaurants because they've been hurt by the pandemic, and this allows them to regain a revenue stream," said Rep. Marcus McEntire, R-Duncan, who is carrying House Bill 2122 from the Oklahoma Restaurant Association.
HB 2122, which would create the "Oklahoma Cocktails To Go Act of 2021," easily cleared the House Alcohol, Tobacco and