Coronavirus pandemic complicates Medicaid expansion efforts in Oklahoma

The Oklahoman: Oklahoma is on track to expand Medicaid on July 1, but legislators still don’t know how to pay for the state’s share of the expansion.

And the COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the situation.

Skyrocketing unemployment claims mean the expansion, and costs for the state’s current Medicaid program, could be about $100 million more than previously anticipated.

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