By a 52 to 12 split, Oklahomans consider themselves "conservative" rather than "liberal."   If that is the case, shouldn't Oklahoma's...

The budget agreement for Fiscal Year-2012 is one of pleasant surprises and missed opportunities. Hear OCPA’s take on the deal from fisca...

Overconsumption of healthcare services is the primary driver of escalating healthcare spending. But what contributes to overconsumption?...

Oklahoma’s Medicaid program – known as SoonerCare − is growing at a staggering rate, making the program nearly unsustainable. Accordin...

Last week, the Oklahoma Senate passed House Bill 1381, which would establish the Supplemental Hospital Offset Payment Program (SHOPP) an...

Oklahoma City anesthesiologist Keith Smith understands that freedom works. As you’ll see in this video, Dr. Smith treats health-care ref...

Last Friday the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the approval of another 126 waivers of various requirements inclu...

Sandy Chung is grappling with a new kind of request at her pediatrics office in Fairfax, Va.: prescriptions for aspirin and diaper-rash ...

More than half the states want permission to remove hundreds of thousands of people from the Medicaid insurance program, a move that wou...

Pushing back against the current overreach of the federal government—and protecting against future expansions of its power—are urgent an...

“The vehemence of the opposition to President Obama’s overhaul of health care has spawned an assortment of strategies for killing it,” <...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for the doctor's benefit than the patient's, new research ...

“We share a common belief that America’s long-term fiscal gap is unsustainable,” the members of the National Commission on Fiscal Respon...

Okay, I think I’ve got it now. A three-fourths supermajority of Oklahoma’s Republican-controlled legislature is going to raise taxes and...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt filed a legal challenge Friday against federal health care overhaul legislation...

Embarrassed. Ashamed. Failure. These words don’t typically describe an accomplished doctor, but Martha Boone doesn’t fit the mold. The ...

Last week, on March 21st, Congress enacted a new Intolerable Act. Congress passed the Health Care bill - or I should say, one political ...

Those of us who are concerned about health care have a lot to worry about. Sen. Ted Kennedy has been rushing to put together a comprehe...

Earlier this year, the Oklahoma Comprehensive Health Independence Plan, or O-CHIP, was introduced into the intensifying debate over what...

OCPA's comprehensive new plan will strengthen families and make health insurance more affordable. Also in this issue: Why Are Some B...