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Medicaid brochure or publication: Your Medicare Rights and Protections source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 44pp   languages: English Fairly detailed explanations and descriptions about your Medicare rights and protections. web page: Avoiding the Pitfalls: Funeral Policies, Other Life Insurance and Medicaid source:Oklahoma Bar Associationlanguages: English "Even the seemingly simplest of issues in a Medicaid plan are ticking bombs for those who are unfamiliar with the intricacies of Oklahoma Medicaid law and rules. One such trap for the unwary is the funeral policy. .." (Oklahoma Bar Journal Articles) web page: (Oklahoma) Medicaid Program Overview source:Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) Department of Special Education and Student Services languages: English "Medicaid is a federal and state entitlement program that provides medical benefits to low-income individuals who have no or inadequate health insurance coverage. Medicaid guarantees coverage for basic health services based upon income and/or resources..." web page: Medicaid funding - OKAAP v. Fogarty source:American Medical Associationlanguages: English "This case contends that the Oklahoma Medicaid Program violates the "equal access" provision of the federal Medicaid law and deprives Medicaid recipients of their civil rights. Therefore, the suit maintains, the State of Oklahoma, if it is to continue the program, must increase its funding and reduce the bureaucratic barriers to access...." Medicaid brochure or publication: Medicaid At-a-Glance 2005 source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services file size: 12 pg.   languages: English A brief explanation of the Medicaid program. Medicaid brochure or publication: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid and SCHIP in Oklahoma source: US Dep't of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration file size: 7 pg.   languages: English "As of July 2003, 545,326 people were covered under Okalahoma's Medicaid/SCHIP programs. There were 498,031 enrolled in the Medicaid program, and 47,295 enrolled in the Medicaid SCHIP expansion program. In state fiscal year 2003, Oklahoma spent $2.4 billion to provide Medicaid services... " web page: Oklahoma & United States State Medicaid Fact Sheets source:Kaiser Family Foundation file size: 1 pg.   languages: English Medicaid brochure or publication: A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Oklahoma source:healthinsuranceinfo.net file size: 39pg.   languages: English from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. As a resident of Oklahoma, you have rights under federal and state law that will protect you when you seek to buy, keep, or switch your health insurance, even if you have a serious health condition. This guide describes your protections as a resident of Oklahoma. brochure or publication: The Medicaid Program: A Brief Overview source:AARP Policy and Research file size: 4 pg.   languages: English "Within broad federal guidelines, states have the flexibility to design and manage their Medicaid programs... Medicaid eligibility is limited to individuals who fall into specified categories. " Medicaid brochure or publication: OKLAHOMA MEDICAID FACTS source:AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS file size: 2pg.   languages: English "Did You Know? Forty-nine percent of Oklahoma’s children are enrolled in Medicaid...." web page: Oklahoma Public Health Insurance for Parents source:National Center for Children in Poverty languages: English "Parents have access to public health insurance coverage primarily through plans that target “families”, with significant variation by state in the types of plans that are available and in the eligibility criteria that parents must meet. Most family plans are funded through Medicaid, but a handful of states have waivers to use State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) funds to cover parents..."   more from National Center for Children in Poverty: Oklahoma Demographics of Low-Income Children languages: English "Research suggests that, on average, families need an income of about twice the federal poverty level to meet their most basic needs. Children living in families with incomes below this level—$40,000 for a family of four in 2006—are referred to as low income..."

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