Oklahoma to accept federal health insurance grant

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.com
Published: February 26, 2011

Oklahoma will accept a $54.6 million federal grant to develop the information technology infrastructure to operate a health exchange even though the state has filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government's health care law which authorized it, Gov. Mary Fallin said Friday.

Fallin decided to accept the money after she worked with state agencies to ensure no unworkable federal mandates were included, accordi...


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