"The governor wants to avoid, at all costs, a federal Obama-care exchange being forced on the state of Oklahoma," Fallin spokesman Alex Weintz said in an email Friday.
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Last year, the Oklahoma Republican Party split on whether and how to deal with those mandates.
Under pressure from tea party Republicans, three GOP bills to establish exchanges foundered, and Fallin had to tell federal officials to keep a $54 million grant to build an exchange after previously saying the state would accept the money.
After studying the controversy for months, a legislative task force has proposed repurposing the state's Insure Oklahoma program as an exchange.
The proposal would connect eligible Oklahomans to Medicaid and act as a place for businesses to buy insurance for workers, but it would not offer insurance to individuals. So Oklahomans who earn too much to get Medicaid but don't get insurance through their jobs would not have access to the federal subsidies.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20120304_11_A8_GovMar449188&r=3096
Hat Tip: Tulsa World
Last year, the Oklahoma Republican Party split on whether and how to deal with those mandates.
Under pressure from tea party Republicans, three GOP bills to establish exchanges foundered, and Fallin had to tell federal officials to keep a $54 million grant to build an exchange after previously saying the state would accept the money.
After studying the controversy for months, a legislative task force has proposed repurposing the state's Insure Oklahoma program as an exchange.
The proposal would connect eligible Oklahomans to Medicaid and act as a place for businesses to buy insurance for workers, but it would not offer insurance to individuals. So Oklahomans who earn too much to get Medicaid but don't get insurance through their jobs would not have access to the federal subsidies.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20120304_11_A8_GovMar449188&r=3096
Hat Tip: Tulsa World
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