Retired Oklahoma state and local public servants have now gone 10 years without a cost of living adjustment, while inflation has eaten away at their income. For decades they taught our children, kept our streets safe, guarded prisons, fought fires, and provided essential health and social services. They dedicated their lives to making our state better. Now it’s past time to repay our debt to them. We should start on this by providing a long-overdue cost of living adjustment (COLA).Public employment has long been a path to the middle class, particularly for women and people of color, who are...…Retired Oklahoma state and local public servants have now gone 10 years without a cost of living adjustment, while inflation has eaten away at their income. For decades they taught our children, kept our streets safe, guarded prisons, fought fires, and provided essential health and social services. They dedicated their lives to making our state better. Now it’s past time to repay our debt to them. We should start on this by providing a long-overdue cost of living adjustment (COLA).Public employment has long been a path to the middle class, particularly for women and people of color, who are...WW…
To speak out on the managed care proposal:• Contact your legislators, who have the power to stop policy changes that negatively impact Oklahomans. Use to contact your elected officials.• Oklahoma Health Care Authority allow public comment, and interested Oklahomans should use these meetings to express opinions on this substantial change. Following voters’ approval of Medicaid expansion during the June 30 election, Oklahoma’s next steps should be relatively simple. The state has already been providing high-quality, low-cost Medicaid for years; the Oklahoma Health Care Authority...…To speak out on the managed care proposal:• Contact your legislators, who have the power to stop policy changes that negatively impact Oklahomans. Use to contact your elected officials.• Oklahoma Health Care Authority allow public comment, and interested Oklahomans should use these meetings to express opinions on this substantial change. Following voters’ approval of Medicaid expansion during the June 30 election, Oklahoma’s next steps should be relatively simple. The state has already been providing high-quality, low-cost Medicaid for years; the Oklahoma Health Care Authority...WW…
As Oklahomans prepare to vote on during the Nov. 3 general election, opponents have started attacking the justice reform measure in predictable ways, attempting to stir up fear through false and misleading claims. Opponents of SQ 805 are preying on emotions that have resulted in Oklahoma maintaining one of the nation’s highest incarceration rates, driven by long and frequent prison sentences for all types of offenses. Four years ago, SQ 780, a ballot initiative to reclassify many drug and property crimes as misdemeanors, received similar attacks. Since that reform measure passed, , while...…As Oklahomans prepare to vote on during the Nov. 3 general election, opponents have started attacking the justice reform measure in predictable ways, attempting to stir up fear through false and misleading claims. Opponents of SQ 805 are preying on emotions that have resulted in Oklahoma maintaining one of the nation’s highest incarceration rates, driven by long and frequent prison sentences for all types of offenses. Four years ago, SQ 780, a ballot initiative to reclassify many drug and property crimes as misdemeanors, received similar attacks. Since that reform measure passed, , while...WW…
Even before COVID-19 brought new challenges to state education systems, a new report out this week shows that Oklahoma was one of 6 states that cut higher education funding by more than 30 percent between 2008 and 2019: Oklahoma cut higher education allocations by 35.3 percent, or $3,515, per student between 2008 and 2019. Oklahoma had the nation’s third largest percentage decrease in state higher education funding during that period, according to report released Feb. 17. Oklahoma’s failure to invest in higher education during the last decade has contributed to rising college tuition...…Even before COVID-19 brought new challenges to state education systems, a new report out this week shows that Oklahoma was one of 6 states that cut higher education funding by more than 30 percent between 2008 and 2019: Oklahoma cut higher education allocations by 35.3 percent, or $3,515, per student between 2008 and 2019. Oklahoma had the nation’s third largest percentage decrease in state higher education funding during that period, according to report released Feb. 17. Oklahoma’s failure to invest in higher education during the last decade has contributed to rising college tuition...WW…
Note: The Cliff Effects calculator contained here was updated in May 2021 to add Medicaid expansion for adults and updated poverty levels for 2021.The Oklahoma Policy Institute released a December 2020 who need them. A to thousands of Oklahoma households. Because public benefits are so complex and interconnected, OK Policy introduced a benefits simulator that provided data for that report. In this piece, we will show how the simulator works, how families can use it to make decisions about applying for and retaining benefits, and how we can improve the assistance programs these families...…Note: The Cliff Effects calculator contained here was updated in May 2021 to add Medicaid expansion for adults and updated poverty levels for 2021.The Oklahoma Policy Institute released a December 2020 who need them. A to thousands of Oklahoma households. Because public benefits are so complex and interconnected, OK Policy introduced a benefits simulator that provided data for that report. In this piece, we will show how the simulator works, how families can use it to make decisions about applying for and retaining benefits, and how we can improve the assistance programs these families...WW…
As the nation’s , Medicaid is always an important governmental investment. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to , , Medicaid is more important now than ever in providing critical coverage to people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to see a doctor or fill a prescription. As Oklahoma moves to implement Medicaid expansion in July 2021, some 200,000 newly eligible Oklahomans will gain access to affordable health care, and the state will see . Medicaid provides a pathway to coverage for nearly , and the state and federal governments must protect this access to care. Medicaid was...…As the nation’s , Medicaid is always an important governmental investment. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to , , Medicaid is more important now than ever in providing critical coverage to people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to see a doctor or fill a prescription. As Oklahoma moves to implement Medicaid expansion in July 2021, some 200,000 newly eligible Oklahomans will gain access to affordable health care, and the state will see . Medicaid provides a pathway to coverage for nearly , and the state and federal governments must protect this access to care. Medicaid was...WW…
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