Health secretary's ouster gives a look into "frustration" between the Senate and Gov. Stitt
StateImpact Oklahoma
English - May 04, 2023 13:00 - 4 minutes - 6.58 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPolitics News news npr oklahoma radio stateimpact kgou local impact kosu state Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The governor and the Legislature have been at odds over the state’s Medicaid agency, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. That fight came to a head last week, when the Senate booted the agency director from his Secretary of Health position. StateImpact’s Catherine Sweeney talks with Tres Savage, the editor of nonprofit outlet NonDoc, about what led lawmakers to reject Secretary Kevin Corbett's re-instatement.