Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Time is running out for Oklahoma families

Dear Friend,

Oklahoma families are counting on us. At the direction of the Governor and the Legislature, Oklahoma’s Medicaid agency has drafted a plan to cut health coverage for low-income parents who don’t meet a work requirement. In Arkansas, nearly 17,000 people lost coverage in just six months after a similar proposal was implemented.

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There are only a few days left to speak up and tell federal regulators why this proposal is harmful for Oklahoma families:

  • Most parents who can work already do. Those who don’t have barriers to working this proposal doesn’t fix
  • Cutting health coverage makes it harder for parents get and keep a job
  • Loss of health coverage puts whole families at risk for bankruptcy
  • This proposal creates a catch-22, putting parents at risk of losing Medicaid because they work too much - with few other health coverage options

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Learn more about the plan here, and submit a comment here by January 18th. Please hurry. Oklahoma families are counting on you - and so are we.

Thank you,

David Blatt and the OK Policy Team

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