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Expanding Medicaid is the wrong path for Oklahoma’s health care system.
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Reject Medicaid expansion
by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 09, 2020 at 07:00PM
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![]() Expanding Medicaid is the wrong path for Oklahoma’s health care system. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) ![]() Reject Medicaid expansion by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 09, 2020 at 07:00PM Read the entire article at OCPAthink.com
"College regents and boards of trustees should work closely with administrators to right the budgetary ship...Schools should not balance the books on the backs of their students. They should direct resources where they will make the most impact: to teaching and learning." ![]() The coronavirus has eroded nearly every source of university revenue. But the pandemic has simply exacerbated—rather than created—this fiscal peril. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) ![]() Leading Through the Crisis: How College Regents and Trustees Can Steady the Fiscal Ship by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 10, 2020 at 09:56AM Read the entire article at Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs on Facebook
Is Medicaid insurance? Short answer: No. It's a welfare entitlement program. ![]() Is Medicaid insurance? by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 09, 2020 at 02:11PM Read the entire article at Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs on Facebook
Thanks to a popular scholarship program enacted 10 years ago, many of Oklahoma’s special-education students, foster kids, and adopted children are now attending private schools. Families describe it as a “lifesaver” and a “godsend.” One of the most significant and revolutionary school reforms ever enacted in Oklahoma, the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship program, was signed into law 10 years ago. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) ![]() ‘A godsend for so many families’ by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 09, 2020 at 11:16AM Read the entire article at Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs on Facebook During the state’s last recession, income tax cuts were repeatedly cited as the reason for the state’s shortfalls. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) ![]() Despite record-high revenues, some lawmakers sought tax hikes by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 07, 2020 at 07:00PM Read the entire article at OCPAthink.com A letter signed by 1,288 self-proclaimed public health professionals, infectious diseases professionals, and undefined “community stakeholders” declares that anti-racist protests “must be supported” and should not be constrained by authorities due to COVID-19 concerns. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) ![]() Health ‘experts’ take contradictory stance on protests by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 04, 2020 at 07:00PM Read the entire article at OCPAthink.com
It is a basic principle that the more you tax something the less of it you get. So, taxing a person’s income disincentivizes work. ![]() During the state’s last recession, income tax cuts were repeatedly cited as the reason for the state’s shortfalls. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) ![]() Despite record-high revenues, some lawmakers sought tax hikes by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 08, 2020 at 04:14PM Read the entire article at Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs on Facebook
One of the most significant and revolutionary school reforms ever enacted in Oklahoma was signed into law 10 years ago today. ![]() The program allows parents of special-needs children to use a portion of the money allocated to their schooling to send them to accredited private schools. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) ![]() ‘A godsend for so many families’: Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship program turns 10 by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 07, 2020 at 11:14AM Read the entire article at Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs on Facebook
Oklahomans were asked: “If given the option, what type of school would you select in order to obtain the best education for your child?” 32% would choose a regular public school, while 51% would choose something else (private, charter, or home school). Polling the American public and parents monthly, and teachers quarterly, on timely K–12 education topics (Feed generated with FetchRSS) ![]() EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 06, 2020 at 03:19PM Read the entire article at Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs on Facebook
This year, lawmakers had the chance to expand the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act, but House Republican leaders refused to give the bill a hearing. The magnitude of that failure can be seen in this fact: Thanks to school choice, some of the most economically challenged youth in Oklahoma received a better education this year than their counterparts in some of the state’s wealthiest suburbs. ![]() Thanks to school choice, some of the most economically challenged youth in Oklahoma received a better education this year than their counterparts in some of the state’s wealthiest suburbs. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) ![]() Free Market Friday: Lockdown proves value of school choice by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - June 05, 2020 at 06:13PM Read the entire article at Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs on Facebook |
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