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Carly Putnam

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Sabine Brown

Julia Kirt

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Damion Shade

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Sabine Brown (Together Oklahoma) and Carly Putnam (Oklahoma Policy Institute) join us to review the current state of healthcare in Oklahoma and their upcoming "Rally for Coverage."

Sabine Brown (Together Oklahoma) and Carly Putnam (Oklahoma Policy Institute) join us to review the current state of healthcare in Oklahoma and their upcoming "Rally for Coverage."

Rally for Coverage (w/ Sabine Brown & Carly Putnam)

On November 6, besides voting for a new governor and several other state offices, Oklahoma voters will decide five state questions on topics from optometry to school funding. To help you make informed choices on these state questions, OK Policy has already released fact sheets for each one with background information and a summary of arguments made by both supporters and opponents. To add to this resource, today I spoke with OK Policy's Executive Director David Blatt and our Policy Director Carly Putnam to discuss what each of the five state questions on the ballot mean and what people are saying about them. This conversation will be one of the easiest ways for you to quickly get up to speed before election day. The OKPolicyCast is hosted by Gene Perry with production help from Jessica Vazquez. You can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or RSS. The podcast theme music is by Zébre. If you have any questions for the OKPolicyCast, topics you’d like us to cover, or people you want us to interview, you can reach us at policycast@okpolicy.org.

On November 6, besides voting for a new governor and several other state offices, Oklahoma voters will decide five state questions on topics from optometry to school funding. To help you make informed choices on these state questions, OK Policy has already released fact sheets for each one with background information and a summary of arguments made by both supporters and opponents. To add to this resource, today I spoke with OK Policy's Executive Director David Blatt and our Policy Director Carly Putnam to discuss what each of the five state questions on the ballot mean and what people are saying about them. This conversation will be one of the easiest ways for you to quickly get up to speed before election day. The OKPolicyCast is hosted by Gene Perry with production help from Jessica Vazquez. You can subscribe to our podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-know/id811352132" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ittdeyppqv6n3z2rwuzz6yngdnm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/oklahoma-policy-institute/in-the-know" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, or <a href="http://okpolicy.libsyn.com/rss" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">RSS</a>. The podcast theme music is by <a href="http://zanzibarrecords.tumblr.com/zebre" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Zébre</a>. If you have any questions for the OKPolicyCast, topics you’d like us to cover, or people you want us to interview, you can reach us at <a href="mailto:policycast@okpolicy.org" rel="noopener">policycast@okpolicy.org</a>.

OKPolicyCast 38: All The State Questions (with David Blatt and Carly Putnam)

This year, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and the state Legislature ordered the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which runs Medicaid in Oklahoma, to come up with a plan to require Oklahoma adults on Medicaid to work at least 20 hours each week. If they don’t meet this requirement, or if they don’t do the paperwork to report their work or get an exemption in time, they will lose their Medicaid coverage and become uninsured. OK Policy’s Carly Putnam has been doing a lot of work on this issue, and for this episode, I spoke with Carly and Hannah Katch of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, who’s been looking at this from a national perspective since the idea has been pushed in multiple states. Right now public comments are being submitted about Oklahoma’s plan, and after the interview we read several of the comments that have been sent in so far. These do a great job of showing how real people’s lives would be affected if this is implemented. The comments are illuminating, and often heartbreaking. After listening, you can learn more and take action by going to https://okpolicy.org/stop-attacks-soonercare/. The OK PolicyCast is hosted by Gene Perry with production help from Jessica Vazquez. You can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or RSS. The podcast theme music is by Zébre. If you have any questions for the OK PolicyCast, topics you’d like us to cover, or people you want us to interview, you can reach us at policycast@okpolicy.org.

This year, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and the state Legislature ordered the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which runs Medicaid in Oklahoma, to come up with a plan to require Oklahoma adults on Medicaid to work at least 20 hours each week. If they don’t meet this requirement, or if they don’t do the paperwork to report their work or get an exemption in time, they will lose their Medicaid coverage and become uninsured. OK Policy’s Carly Putnam has been doing a lot of work on this issue, and for this episode, I spoke with Carly and Hannah Katch of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, who’s been looking at this from a national perspective since the idea has been pushed in multiple states. Right now public comments are being submitted about Oklahoma’s plan, and after the interview we read several of the comments that have been sent in so far. These do a great job of showing how real people’s lives would be affected if this is implemented. The comments are illuminating, and often heartbreaking. After listening, you can learn more and take action by going to <a href="https://okpolicy.org/stop-attacks-soonercare/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://okpolicy.org/stop-attacks-soonercare/</a>. The OK PolicyCast is hosted by Gene Perry with production help from Jessica Vazquez. You can subscribe to our podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-know/id811352132" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ittdeyppqv6n3z2rwuzz6yngdnm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/oklahoma-policy-institute/in-the-know" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, or <a href="http://okpolicy.libsyn.com/rss" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">RSS</a>. The podcast theme music is by <a href="http://zanzibarrecords.tumblr.com/zebre" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Zébre</a>. If you have any questions for the OK PolicyCast, topics you’d like us to cover, or people you want us to interview, you can reach us at <a href="mailto:policycast@okpolicy.org" rel="noopener">policycast@okpolicy.org</a>.