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Hundreds of Thousands of Oklahomans Can Now Get Free Health …

WebDr. Daniel Joyce has been giving out a different type of news to patients at Lawton’s Hearts That Care Clinic. Joyce, who runs the non-profit free clinic, has been …

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Oklahoma COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Mapped by ZIP Code

WebUse this data visualization to look up COVID-19 vaccination rates in your ZIP code. Included will be a range of rates for first dose and vaccination completion, along …

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Nursing Home COVID Data Renewed Following Public Pressure

WebFamilies fought back last week after the state health department pulled back these numbers from public view. Early this month the agency decided to stop publishing …

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Experts: Oklahoma, Among Nation's Unhealthiest States, Faces …

WebWith 2,357 cases and 131 deaths as of Thursday, Oklahoma hasn’t been hit as hard by the coronavirus as some other states. But health experts caution that COVID …

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Homeless in Oklahoma: Sacrificing healthcare for daily survival

WebShay Swindall lives in a tent, under a busy Oklahoma City overpass, in a sprawling homeless encampment. When she needed a new albuterol inhaler recently, …

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Oklahomans Share Their Struggle for Mental Healthcare as Feds

WebLow insurance reimbursement rates limit the types of insurance that Oklahoma providers can accept leaving low-income Oklahomans with the fewest options …

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What You Don’t Know and Should About Nursing Home Care

WebMore than 13,000 residents and workers have contracted COVID-19, according to the state’s latest report. At least 1,224 have died. Following requests from …

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Why Most Oklahoma Rural Hospitals Haven’t Accepted Congress’ …

WebThirty-three hospitals in Oklahoma have shuttered because of financial strain since 2007. A dozen were in rural communities such as Frederick, Pauls Valley and …

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Lawmakers Seek Changes to Mental Health Law

WebWhitney Bryen is an investigative reporter at Oklahoma Watch covering vulnerable populations. Her recent investigations focus on mental health and substance …

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Lawmakers: Gov. Stitt’s Managed Care Plan Complicates Medicaid

WebAnd Gov. Kevin Stitt’s recent push to privatize SoonerCare now threatens to sink a previously agreed-upon deal that would use cost offsets and an increase in a fee …

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As Pandemic Widens, Oklahoma Diminishes State Epidemiologist …

WebThe new state epidemiologist who starts work this month will be Oklahoma’s third person in that role since the state’s response to COVID-19 started in March, raising …

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These Oklahomans Needed Mental Health Care. Instead, They …

WebFive days into her jail stay, on July 15, Lena Corona hanged herself in a cell. State laws guiding mental health and addiction care in jails are vague, leaving it up to jail …

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Why Oklahoma’s Rate of Mental Illness Is 2nd Highest in Nation

WebThis is the second in a series of Oklahoma Watch Q&As with state policy makers and other top officials and community leaders. In a previous Q&A, Oklahoma …

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Pandemic Protections Ending for Oklahomans Covered By …

WebAn estimated 12,400 Oklahomans retained their coverage as a direct result of the state’s 30-day pause in SoonerCare disenrollments, according to the Oklahoma …

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How Relocation, Privatization Compromised the Oklahoma Public …

WebHow Relocation, Privatization Compromised the Oklahoma Public Health Lab Mission. by Paul Monies December 9, 2021. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, center holding …

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Q&A: What the Findings on State Health Department Mean, and …

WebA reported cash crisis at the Oklahoma State Department of Health that led to job cuts and an emergency injection of $30 million was more of a mirage than the real …

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Unsettled Country: Rural Oklahoma's Struggle with Addiction, …

WebThe largest city in the 10 counties with the highest mental distress rates is Muskogee, whose population is just shy of 40,000. Not all rural areas are beset with high …

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How a Southwest Oklahoma Town Lost its Hospital, and is …

Webby Lionel Ramos February 1, 2023. Clinton Regional Hospital closed its doors on December 31, 2022, after Alliance Health chose not to renew its lease for the city-owned facility. …

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A Lawmaker Seeks to Make Oklahoma Top-10 State For Women, …

WebAccording to the study, the gender earnings gap in Oklahoma is larger than it is nationally. Between 2015 and 2019, Oklahoma women made 74.5 cents for every …

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