Oklahoma’s Medicaid expansion will provide access to coverage for 190k Oklahomans
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• 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, and to date, more than 120,000 people have applied for and were determined eligible to receive coverage.
