Oklahoma’s Medicaid expansion will provide access to coverage for 190k Oklahomans

• Nearly 120,000 people began receiving full Medicaid benefits on July 1 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced recently that approximately 190,000 individuals between the ages of 19-64 in Oklahoma are now eligible for health coverage, thanks to Medicaid expansion made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On June 1, 2021, the state began accepting applications,…