Regarding "Budget brew: Let's uncork spending for elderly” (Our Views, May 22): If, as the famous author Pearl S. Buck said, the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members, then the Oklahoma Health Care Authority has to be constantly ready for the exam.

As the state's Medicaid agency, OHCA is charged with purchasing health care for many Oklahomans, including our state's young, old,...