Oklahoma insurance commissioner rejects claims of politics in legal challenge
State Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland on Friday denied separate claims from a lawmaker and a political opponent that politics played a role in her legal challenge of a 1 percent fee charged on health care claims.
State Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland on Friday denied separate claims from a lawmaker and a political opponent that politics played a role in her legal challenge to a 1 percent fee charged on health care claims.
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Sen. Tom Adelson, D-Tulsa, and John Doak, Republican candidate for insurance commission, have called on Holland to disclose communications she had with the State Chamber and industry officials before filing a petition this week with the Oklahoma Supreme Court challenging House Bill 2437.
Doak said he intends to make an open records request regarding those communications.
Holland said there was nothing unusual about her discussions before filing the petition, which challenges the constitutionality of the measure that requires her to collect a 1 percent fee on all health insurance claims in the state to help fund Medicaid.
"I had many conversations with many individuals that expressed concern or curiosity or were seeking information about this particular piece of legislation," Holland said. "I met with citizens, chamber people, insurance people as I do in the normal course of my daily work."
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