Health care and Medicaid agency funding
The FY2027 budget package increases funding for health-care agencies relative to a mostly flat overall budget, while DHS and related items receive specific allocations (including ADvantage Waiver and SNAP-related amounts). Mental-health Medicaid match pressures and broader health-care agency needs remain part of the legislative debate as agency requests overall exceeded the final agreement.
Should Oklahoma increase state funding for health care agencies and Medicaid-related costs?
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Sources
Legislative leaders and Gov. Kevin Stitt — https://oklahomavoice.com/2026/04/01/oklahoma-officials-announce-12b-budget-deal
a nearly $12.79 billion state budget agreement that includes teacher pay raises, increased funding for health care agencies and adjustments to state employee pensions.
NonDoc / budget portals — https://nondoc.com/2026/04/01/oklahoma-legislature-strikes-early-fy-2027-budget-deal-teacher-pay-hike-cola
$38.9 million to the Department of Human Services in FY 2027 for the ADvantage Waiver program that provides alternatives to placement in nursing facilities for eligible adults. ... $25.5 million to DHS for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program “changes”;
Healthy Minds Policy Initiative — https://www.healthymindspolicy.org/policy/2026-oklahoma-legislative-session-mental-health-bills-to-watch
$20 million as a recurring ask to cover the state-funded portion of Medicaid, for the same reason;
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Expand health-care and Medicaid state funding well beyond the current budget deal
- Support the deal’s health agency increases and add more for waivers and match costs
- Fund the agreed health-care increases but resist further Medicaid growth
- Freeze most health agency budgets and tighten eligibility to control costs
- Cut state health-care spending and reduce Medicaid commitments where possible