Oklahoma Medicaid Recipients to get Temporary Plan

Thousands of uninsured Oklahomans who lost their Medicaid benefits last month will be getting them back - but only temporarily.<br><br>The Oklahoma Health Care Authority voted yesterday to postpone the

Friday, October 11th 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

Thousands of uninsured Oklahomans who lost their Medicaid benefits last month will be getting them back - but only temporarily.

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority voted yesterday to postpone the cuts until March. They hope to increase federal payments to University physicians, and transfer the savings in "State" money to the Medicaid recipients.

The plan would buy them some time to find more funding,

But if the state budget doesn't improve before March of 2003, the Authority says it will be right back in the same situation.