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OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt has set a June 30 date for state voters to cast their ballots on Medicaid expansion.

Supporters turned in more than 313,000 signatures to get State Question 802 on the ballot, well over the 178,000 needed for a proposed constitutional amendment.

The proposal withstood a legal challenge.

For more than a decade, Oklahoma lawmakers have refused to expand Medicaid in the state, citing costs.

Stitt is opposed to SQ 802, which would add Medicaid expansion to the state Constitution. The governor has pushed his own plan to revamp the state’s Medicaid program, called SoonerCare 2.0.

Supporters of SQ 802 say for every $1 spent in state dollars to expand Medicaid, another $9 in federal funds will return to the state. They also say it would expand coverage for nearly 200,000 Oklahomans.

It would help individuals making less than $17,000 a year and families of three earning less than $29,000 a year.