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Meet Dwayne. He is a cardiologist in Oklahoma City who has spent his entire life caring for and saving the lives of Oklahomans with heart diseases—a task that became exponentially harder when the Oklahoma government shut down “elective surgeries” at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Among the patients being turned away—people with large high-risk aneurysms and people with high-risk carotid artery diseases and lesions.  In a normal world, these types of patients would be deemed “urgent” and receive surgeries, because death could be imminent if an aneurysm ruptured or an artery closed up. Dwayne recalled one patient ultimately had a life-changing heart attack. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Dwayne’s story: A brighter future Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Joe Biden has put together an energy plan that looks to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions over four years, and net-zero emissions for the entire economy by no later than 2050. This proposal would cost an estimated $2 trillion, according to the Biden campaign, by increasing government subsidies for nontraditional energy sources.
How would your family be impacted? Learn more: https://www.ocpathink.org/post/biden-energy-plan-would-wallop-oklahoma-economy  (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Timeline Photos Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Modest state spending restraint, prompted last spring in the face of an unprecedented pandemic-driven economic shutdown, may make dealing with this year’s state budget slightly easier, although it will not eliminate budget challenges.
 Because of the unusual circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the spending levels authorized by the board last February were soon understood to be wildly inflated, and the group met a second time in April and urged lawmakers to spend far less than the amount authorized. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Spending restraint may benefit 2022 state budget Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Meet Marcus, a Tulsa native, who runs Sangha—which is Sanskrit for “community.” It’s a sober-living house where around six men, who are working to kick their addictions, live.
 Marcus, a Tulsa native, runs Sangha—which is Sanskrit for “community.” It’s a sober-living house where around six men, who are working to kick their a (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Marcus’s story: Sober living through community Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Among the 30 states that have adopted private school-choice programs, five are using a new kind of school choice called Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). Oklahoma could have an ESA overnight by expanding its Digital Wallet program.
Learn more: https://www.ocpathink.org/post/oklahoma-needs-a-bigger-wallet  (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Timeline Photos Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Defunding the police is an unserious solution in search of a problem.
 Last week, the issue of police violence erupted again with the death of Bennie Edwards. According to The Oklahoman, police responded to a call that a man was bothering customers outside a store. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Defunding the police is not the answer Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
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< a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> OEA members oppose measurement of students’ learning loss Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
"The solution is not more subsidies," writes OCPA's Policy Research Fellow, Kaitlyn Finley. "Rather, true price transparency and the elimination of unnecessary healthcare “middlemen” are needed to organically bring down health care costs and increase choice and quality in health care for all families."
Learn more: https://www.ocpathink.org/post/average-health-insurance-premiums-hit-21-000  (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Timeline Photos Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
"The solution is not more subsidies," writes OCPA's Policy Research Fellow, Kaitlyn Finley. "Rather, true price transparency and the elimination of unnecessary healthcare “middlemen” are needed to organically bring down health care costs and increase choice and quality in health care for all families."
Learn more: https://www.ocpathink.org/post/average-health-insurance-premiums-hit-21-000 (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Timeline Photos Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
   
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