Penalizing the uninsured in Oklahoma

BY DON MECOY Oklahoman    Leave a comment

Published: November 21, 2008

No health insurance, no football tickets.

Oklahoma must take drastic steps to improve its dismal ranking in the number of residents who have no health insurance, state Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said Thursday during her agency’s Summit on the High Cost of Health Insurance. Barring a law requiring the purchase of health insurance, which Holland concedes would be a political long shot, "inducements” that penalize those who fail to insure themselves would help, she said.

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Potential penalties

• No personal exemption on state income tax.

• No OU, OSU season football tickets.

• No hunting or fishing license.

• No driver’s license.

• No homestead exemption.

• No in-state tuition discount.

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