Prescription cutback in OK waiver program prompts lawsuit
TULSA, Oct. 4, 2002 --When nearly 11,000 Oklahomans on the state's "Advantage" Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program were notified in September that the state Medicaid agency was reducing the number of prescriptions it would pay for to five a month, Tulsa's Ability Resources independent living center sued the state's Health Care Authority, along with 46-year-old Karol Loy, 73-year-old Earlee Heath and 48-year-old Katherine Fisher, all of whom are on the waiver program and who want to continue to live at home.