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Hitting Home: State Health and Community Leaders Outline How The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Threatens Alaska
... the House and Senate budget reconciliation legislation, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” More than 230,000 Alaskans rely on health insurance provided by Medicaid. That group includes 38 percent who are children, including children with disabilities, and 76 percent of the ... goal of getting a bill through Congress before July 4. According to recent nonpartisan estimates, nearly 11 million people nationwide would lose health insurance under the current proposal. Rural hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers in Alaska are at significant risk should the legislation pass. A mass loss of Medicaid coverage would lead to an uptick in ...
Alaska Cancer Advocates Call on Lawmakers to Protect Access to Care, Push Back Against Big Tobacco During 2026 Session
JUNEAU, Alaska -- With Alaskans facing soaring health insurance costs and thousands at risk of losing lifesaving coverage, volunteer advocates of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... person’s ability to prevent, detect or treat cancer,” ACS CAN Alaska Government Relations Director Emily Nenon said. “Alaska faces unique health care challenges, and we have had great success in developing and implementing Alaska solutions to Alaska problems. Programs like telehealth and ...
Protecting DenaliCare & Denali KidCare
The bill that recently passed out of the U.S. House would terminate health care for millions and raise health care costs for all of us. Urge your senators to vote no! 0 Protecting DenaliCare & Denali KidCare ...