ACT NOW: Protect SoonerCare for Thousands of Oklahoma families

By: Posted bySabine Brown Posted inAdvocacy Alert/ Info to Action

SoonerCare was designed to be a safety net program to ensure that low-income families receive medical care. It is how we make sure that people living in poverty have access to a flu-shot, an inhaler or access to life-saving medication. SoonerCare was never designed to be a jobs program.

Unfortunately, the Oklahoma legislature is attempting to undermine this successful program and turn it into something it was never intended to be. HB 2932 would end SoonerCare coverage for low-income parents who fail to complete work requirements. This move would endanger the health of thousands of Oklahomans and put entire families at risk.

In this five-part series of videos, we examine why SoonerCare work requirements are harmful to Oklahoma families and bad for our state. Please watch and then contact Governor Fallin and ask her to veto HB 2932.

Published by Sabine Brown

Sabine Brown joined the Oklahoma Policy Institute as Housing Senior Policy Analyst in January 2022. She previously worked at OK Policy from January 2018 until September 2020 as the Outreach and Legislative Director, and earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa. Before joining OK Policy she served as the Oklahoma Chapter Leader for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Sabine also earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Health Science from the University of Oklahoma and was a physician assistant prior to discovering advocacy work. She grew up in Germany but has called Oklahoma home since 1998.