OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma Senate committee
has approved a bill calling for an investigation into the state's care
of people who are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare.
The bill by Republican Sen. Kim David of Porter
cleared the Senate Committee on Appropriations without opposition
Wednesday and now heads to the full Senate for consideration.
The proposal would set up a study by the Oklahoma
Health Care Authority into the state's current care coordination to see
if those models could be improved or streamlined and costs could be
contained while protecting the goals of the programs.
The OHCA says nearly 110,000 Oklahomans were eligible for both programs last month.
The bill calls for the study to be completed by December.
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