Unknown Number Of ObamaCare, Medicaid Applicants Reported To State Agency
Oklahoma Medicaid agency has yet to record applicants from HealthCare.gov
By Jaclyn Cosgrove
The federal health insurance marketplace has identified almost 2,800 Oklahomans as eligible for a state Medicaid program, but it’s unknown whether any of them have signed up for the program.
Since Oct. 1, 2,747 Oklahomans have applied for health insurance coverage through the federal marketplace and been identified through their applications as eligible for either Medicaid or the children’s Medicaid program — but the federal government has not finished creating a system to transmit that information to Oklahoma’s Medicaid agency.
The federal health insurance marketplace was created through the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and serves as a resource for people without health care coverage to enroll in private health insurance.
Oklahoma is one of 36 states that chose to use the federal health insurance marketplace, rather than create its own state-based marketplace.