News Report | February 23, 2020
Oklahoma Announces SoonerCare 2.0 Medicaid Plan, An Alternative Medicaid Expansion
On January 30, 2020, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced SoonerCare 2.0, a plan to revamp the state’s Medicaid program by implementing an alternative Medicaid expansion. The plan calls for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) to seek a Medicaid Healthy Adult Opportunity (HAO) waiver to implement a block grant funding structure. The state estimates that there are 220,000 in the expansion population, and that 180,000 are likely to enroll in SoonerCare 2.0.
Oklahoma intends to submit a state plan amendment to expand Medicaid to low-income adults up to 138% of the federal poverty limit . . .