Enrollment up at Insure Oklahoma
Enrollment up at Insure Oklahoma

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Published: September 9, 2008

The Insure Oklahoma program is enrolling 1,000 uninsured Oklahomans each month.

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But members of a state health care task force said Tuesday more can be done to increase participation in the health insurance premium assistance program and reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans.

In 2004, state lawmakers passed the Insure Oklahoma program, designed to help small businesses provide health care coverage for their low- and middle-income employees.

Under the program, the state pays 60 percent of insurance costs, the employer pays 25 percent and the employee pays 15 percent. The state's portion of the cost is funded by tobacco tax revenue and federal Medicaid matching dollars.

Currently, about 13,500 people participate in Insure Oklahoma but it can afford up to 40,000.


 

Related Topics: U.S. State Government, U.S. Government, Health and Fitness, Medicine, Public Finance, Politics, Business, Taxes, Small Business, Health Care Costs, Health Care Issues

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