Cyndi Munson on Health Care

Fought to protect Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma

MAZZEI: The first thing we have to address with health care is the waste, fraud, and abuse that's in the current system. There was an audit done several years ago that discovered $1.6 billion of questionable expenses in Sooner care every year, and unfortunately, nothing was ever done about that.

MUNSON: It's devastating to see what's happening across our state. As I've traveled talking to rural hospital administrators, visiting our hospitals, listening to the chaos and the destabilization that continues on when it comes to health care funding. That's why I have stood up and fought for protecting Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma, to ensure that Oklahomans not only have health insurance, but that our hospitals stay whole, that those services are there for you when you need them the most. And that also includes long term care facilities for our aging population, especially in rural Oklahoma.

Lower costs of prescription drugs & health insurance

Don't impose work requirements to receive Medicaid

NPR analysis: For the first time in the program's history, states can require people to work a certain number of hours to be eligible for the government health program for low-income Americans. In December 2018, Oklahoma became the 11th state to ask the federal government to sign off on Medicaid work requirements.

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 53-23-24 on May/2/18; Passed Senate 35-8-4 on May/3/18; Cyndi Munson voted NO; Signed by Governor Mary Fallin on May/7/18