Jillian Taylor
StateImpact Oklahoma Health ReporterJillian Taylor reports on health and related topics for StateImpact Oklahoma. She is a recent graduate of the Gaylord College of Journalism at the University of Oklahoma with practical experience at the Tulsa World and nonprofit The Frontier. She calls Colleyville, Texas her hometown, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
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Hospital leaders are asking for facility-specific projections amid predicted changes to supplemental hospital payment programs, arguing the funding differences will affect individual hospitals differently. -
Budget cuts and modifications are leaving the state Medicaid agency with “razor-thin margins” as it enters the 2027 fiscal year. -
The departure is part of a broader trend of insurer exits nationwide amid federal policy changes and declining enrollment. -
The data comes four years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. -
A health policy analyst says the move comes amid a broader trend of insurer exits as several federal policy changes fuel declining enrollment.
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Some opponents say the law’s quick turnaround and vague language may have led to overcompliance and confusion among patients and providers. -
The opportunity follows Oklahoma lawmakers’ recent expansion of the state’s caregiver tax credit. -
Oklahoma lawmakers wrapped a three-year effort to tighten restrictions on abortion pills during the 2026 legislative session. -
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt criticized Attorney General Gentner Drummond for his independent audit request of the state’s Medicaid agency. -
The 2026 legislative session has come to end. Logan Layden talked with StateImpact Oklahoma reporters about their takeaways on legislation impacting education, health, science and the environment.
