By skyforbes 
We are Urging a “Yes” Vote on State Question 802
All Oklahomans deserve affordable healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic is shining a spotlight on a problem we’ve been experiencing for a while in rural America: lack of health insurance and underinsurance are difficult for rural facilities to overcome. Since 2010, rural hospitals have been hit hard with seven of the 113 shuttered hospitals across the country being right here in Oklahoma — an estimated 430 more are at risk unless we take action.
Hardworking Oklahomans deserve access to comprehensive and affordable healthcare in their own communities regardless of where they live — particularly during a pandemic. Voting yes on State Question 802 would enable that by taking advantage of already paid-for Medicaid funds. This would ensure 200,000 rural Oklahomans aren’t penalized for living too far from major metropolitan areas just because it’s “unprofitable” to get them the healthcare they deserve — and in the case of Medicaid, that they’ve already paid for.
Since 2010, the definition of who is eligible for Medicaid has expanded and the federal government has been using your tax money to pick up 90 percent of costs for that expanded populations’ care. But Oklahoma has sat out, leaving citizens uninsured and reimbursement for care that’s owed to them on the…