The decision by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to slash the rate came last week as the state slips into a deepening revenue failure, estimated to reach at least $1.3 billion by next fiscal year.

Jo A. Stainsby was fired Sept. 3, 2019, as public information director with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority by Zumwalt, who was then communications and strategic engagement officer.

H.B. 2011 created the “Fighting Chance for Firefighters Act,” which authorizes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to extend benefits of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Plan to ...