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Randy Grellner: “There was an audit done in 2019 that looked at SoonerCare…”

Featuring: Randy Grellner, Republican | Oklahoma State Senate, District 21

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Dr. Randy Grellner, Republican, Candidate State Senate District 21 Seat

Published | Video Starts at 04:34

And so how can we save some money and redirect that into rural healthcare and really rural and mental health care in the state because it is suffering terribly. Oh, absolutely, absolutely. So I think, I think we have some ideas. There was an audit done in 2019 that looked at SoonerCare... 35% of the people that got on SoonerCare never went through the process of being truly [qualified]. you have to have certain criteria to get on sooner care. And then the people work for the State just put them on $1.6 billion a year. (04:34–04:52)

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Asserts that a 2019 audit found 35% of SoonerCare recipients were not properly qualified.

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