STATE ISSUES 2023 HEALTH CARE PRIORITIES MEDICAID REFORM
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE The Chamber supports further protections for our medical workforce facing increased incidences of violence in the workplace. VACCINE MANDATES The Chamber supports allowing each company/business to determine whether to mandate vaccinations for its employees. ADDITIONAL MANDATES The Chamber opposes new health insurance mandates and liabilities that will undermine an employer’s ability to provide quality health insurance at a reasonable cost to employees. The Chamber further opposes new mandates being placed on physicians, hospitals and providers that will increase the cost of providing quality health care in Oklahoma. PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE The Chamber opposes a state-mandated and/or state-run paid family and medical leave program of any kind imposed on Oklahoma employers. NETWORK PROTECTION The Chamber opposes legislation which would eliminate the incentive for medical providers to contract with managed care networks and, as a result, potentially frustrate efforts at cost and quality control and ultimately deny consumers the benefits of cost-reducing arrangements with providers.
As the state seeks to improve health outcomes and modernize payment models to incentivize value within the state’s Medicaid system, the Chamber supports the ongoing implementation of a statewide Medicaid Managed Care Model. We further believe this model will most effectively address the state’s total health care needs on a system-wide basis. The Chamber supports protecting the current Medicaid supplemental payments or equivalent programs to our state’s medical schools and their hospital partners to ensure uninterrupted funding for medical education and the other unique services each provide. INSURE OKLAHOMA The Chamber supports continued efforts to protect, preserve and further improve Employer Sponsored Insurance (ESI) offered under the state’s Insure Oklahoma program. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Chamber supports efforts to foster an environment that is conducive to further research and will oppose efforts to unreasonably restrict the continued development of the state’s bioscience and research programs. OKLAHOMA CITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT The Chamber supports local public health efforts/responses and, therefore, supports protecting the independence of the Oklahoma City County Health Department.
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