The Argument Against Expanding Medicaid in Oklahoma, Bulleted

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  Joe Wertz was a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma from 2011-2019. He reported on energy and environment issues for national NPR audiences and other national outlets. He previously worked as a managing editor, assistant editor and staff reporter at several major Oklahoma newspapers and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Should Oklahoma accept a federally funded Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act?

There are four key arguments against it, writes the Tulsa World‘s Wayne Greene. The argument against expanding Medicaid, bulleted:

• 1) It will cost Oklahoma too much
• 2) It will cost the U.S. too much
• 3) It’s expanding a broken system
• 4) It’s philosophically wrong

Check out Greene’s piece for the rationale behind each of the arguments.