Pastors Urge Fallin To Accept Medicaid, ObamaCare Funds

Group of Oklahoma pastors urge Gov. Mary Fallin to accept federal Medicaid expansion in Obamacare

By Carla Hinton | Published: April 26, 2013

Calling on elected leaders to look beyond politics to the moral consequences of certain decisions, an ecumenical faith group on Thursday asked Gov. Mary Fallin and the state Legislature to reconsider the refusal of federal funds to expand Medicaid in Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Conference of Churches, a group of 16 Christian faith organizations in Oklahoma, submitted a “pastoral letter” to Fallin’s office regarding her decision last year to reject Medicaid expansion funding through the federal Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare.

The Rt. Rev. Ed Konieczny, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, gave a brief statement outlining clergy leaders’ concerns at a news conference Thursday at the Capitol.

“I think we need to look past the politics of this and look at what it is that they’re really trying to accomplish. Let’s look at the moral aspects,” Konieczny said.

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