Oklahoma Democratic Disability Federation

08/11/2026

08/11/2026

"Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready did not answer questions from Oklahoma Voice sent Friday about why he believed health care costs are rapidly rising in the state."

On November 3rd elect, Craig MacIntyre for Insurance Commissioner.

Experience and Knowledge in a plain spoken package that is responsive to constituents and the news media during times of change is what we need and deserve.

YOU MUST VOTE NOVEMBER 3RD!!!

As Oklahoma’s state employees face potential double-digit hikes in health insurance premiums, experts are warning that all Oklahomans should brace for a similar shock this year.

08/10/2026

Would you rather have:
More people with disabilities earning a fair wage in integrated workplaces?
Or fully accessible voting for all Americans, regardless of ability?

Why not both?

Support Disability Belongs™’ policy priorities, including the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) and the Accessible Voting Act (AVA). Learn how you can advocate for this legislation at www.DisabilityBelongs.org/Act

08/10/2026

Lack of broadband and cell service in rural areas has a direct negative effect on the disability community in those areas.

Vote for candidates up and down your ballot who know and understand the very real-life issues that constituents face daily.

Last night, I experienced the broadband gap in real time.

I was attending the 39th Annual Bell Powwow and there was something I noticed almost immediately: no cell service.

Many vendors were cash only, and as I talked with people, I heard about the challenge again and again.

This is not an abstract conversation about broadband. Reliable connectivity affects whether a student can complete homework at home. Whether a farmer or rancher can run increasingly technology-dependent operations. Whether someone can access telehealth. Whether a small business can process a payment. Whether a community can attract investment. Whether visitors can navigate, make reservations, discover another local business, or share their experience with others.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it: our children should not be sitting in fast-food parking lots just to finish their homework.

Here’s why this matters in the race for Lieutenant Governor: the Lieutenant Governor serves on the Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board.

When hired as your next Lieutenant Governor, I want to use that seat to keep asking a very simple question: Is the investment actually working for the people it was supposed to reach?

A map can tell us an area has broadband access, but if I can stand at a major community event surrounded by vendors who have to operate cash-only because they can’t reliably connect to the internet, the lived experience is telling us something the report may not.

That’s why I believe leaders have to go to the community, talk to the business owner, try to load a webpage, process a payment, and then take what you learned back to the table where decisions are being made.

Broadband isn’t just about internet access anymore. It’s infrastructure.

If we’re serious about strengthening rural Oklahoma, supporting small businesses, growing tourism, improving education, expanding healthcare access, and creating economic opportunity across all 77 counties, we have to treat it that way.

Last night, Bell gave me another example I’ll carry with me into this work when hired as Lt. Governor.

I believe our best days are ahead. Let’s move Oklahoma forward…together!

I love you, Oklahoma!

08/07/2026

Just in case you need reasons to vote, to contact your representatives, or to engage in nonviolent direct action:
"In its rule, the Trump administration limits the medical frailty definition by inserting a new requirement. For medical frailty or special medical needs to count, they must impair “an individual’s ability to engage in community engagement activities.”
This addition departs from the plain language of the statute, creating an arbitrary process for determining frailty that runs counter to congressional intent, as it would ultimately result in medically frail people not receiving the statutorily required exemption. In addition, it puts people with serious health conditions at risk if they can only work because they have Medicaid coverage."

Last week, the Medicare Rights Center submitted comments on the Medicaid Community Engagement final rule which implements policies from HR 1 that create barriers and red tape for people with expansion Medicaid. We strongly oppose these policy shifts. In our comments, we focused on enrollee impacts,....

08/07/2026

Several great candidates have stepped up to run as Democrats this year. We hope you will take time to check them out.

Between lawsuits, rate hikes and even multiple FOX23 investigations conducted by Janna Clark, there are a variety of issues coming to the forefront when it come