The group hoping to expand Medicaid in the state is celebrating a win in the Supreme Court.
Officials with Oklahomans Decide Healthcare feel like they succeeded in getting their message to justices who decided the case in record time.
Executive Director Amber England says, soon after Monday’s decision, Oklahomans were already contacting the group to help gather 178,000 signatures in 90 days.
“So many people have been reaching out to the campaign asking how they can help get involved, helping collect signatures, get involved in sharing the message of the campaign. They’re response has been overwhelming from people who want to decide this issue.”
She says currently they are waiting on the Secretary of State’s Office to set a date to begin which should come in late summer.
Organizers say passing Medicaid Expansion would bring in almost a billion federal dollars to get health care to nearly 200,000 Oklahomans and protect rural hospitals.
If they get the required signatures the measure would be placed on the November 2020 ballot as State Question 802.
