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OK Healthcare Authority Meets Tomorrow (Feb 13, 2013)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The agency that oversees Oklahoma's Medicaid program will be releasing updated client and financial information.

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority's board of directors meets Thursday. Chief Executive Officer Mike Fogarty is scheduled to report the status of the agency's financial condition.

The board will meet about three months after Gov. Mary Fallin rejected the option of expanding the state's Medicaid program under the nation's federal health care overhaul law. Fallin said expansion was unaffordable for the state.

The authority says about 17 percent of Oklahoma's population, or 630,000 people, has no health insurance. It administers a federal health care program for low-income and disabled Oklahomans.

The agency typically serves about 800,000 people, about 65 percent of those children. The agency's budget is $5.13 billion, including $907 million in state funds.



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