Medicaid skyrockets for state
Taxpayer costs have gone up 154%
for medical emergencies since 2003.
Illegal immigrants with medical emergencies cost taxpayers almost $10 million last year in Oklahoma , a 154 percent increase since 2003.
For the period ending June 30, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority paid $9.7 million to treat 4,450 individuals identified as "illegal aliens" -- the federal government's term for people who enter the c...
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