Medicaid expansion and Obamacare provisions move a step closer to 2018 ballot
The two initiatives aim to maintain generally popular provisions of the Affordable Care Act in the event they’re repealed by Congress.
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LEE: Alaska’s lucky to have a strong, silent type at the table on health care
She was one of the adults standing on the side of an ego-driven temper tantrum that came in the form of poorly-thought-out legislation that terrified a lot of Americans.
Looming Senate repeal of forced arbitration rule would hit Alaskans hardest
With the Senate’s hopes of repealing Obamacare dashed (at least for now), the Senate GOP’s attention is quietly turning to repealing consumer protection rules on…
Friday in the Sun (Sept. 29): Health care, crimes and local elections
Senate Bill 91 is in trouble, there’s plenty of (non-Anchorage) local elections next week and some not-so-surprising things about Murkowski.
Court case could open up Alaska Democratic Party’s primaries to independents
The potential change could have a big impact on the 2018 elections.
Graham-Cassidy is abandoned in what Murkowski calls a “lousy process”
GOP leadership officially gave up on the last last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare, sparing Alaska’s senators from taking a position on the bill.
Graham-Cassidy sponsors say Alaska would get 3 percent more funding with revised bill
They reach the improved funding number with some creative accounting.
FAGAN: NFL protestors don’t get it
Before you get all riled up about the NFL players disrespecting the flag by refusing to stand for the national anthem, keep in mind, they…
Walker adds “capped hybrid head tax” (an income tax) to upcoming special session
The proposed measure would raise between $300 million and $325 million per year.
Alaska would lose 38 percent of federal health care funding under Graham-Cassidy
The first government-backed analysis of the Obamacare repeal paints a grim picture for Alaska.