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Alaska Has the Highest per-Person Spending on Health Care
By Bonner R. Cohen This article was originally published by The Heartland Institute on March 11, 2020. Average annual health care spending for people with employer-sponsored insurance rose to an all-time high in […]
Innovation, Information, and Ingenuity Can Fight COVID-19
By Grace-Marie Turner This article was originally published by the Galen Institute on March 20, 2020. The coronavirus crisis has, in a few short months, reshaped our lives, the world economy, and our […]
Recovery Agenda for Alaska
Alaska Policy Forum commends Alaska policymakers for taking quick action in response to the unprecedented COVID-19 emergency. We applaud the extension of the tax filing deadline, expanding distance delivery and virtual schools, emergency […]
Plastic Bag Bans Put Workers and Consumers at Risk during Pandemic
At the time of this writing, the cumulative number of cases of COVID-19 in Alaska had reached 59, and the first signs of community transmission are being seen. Given the seriousness of the […]
Flattening the Coronavirus Curve Shouldn’t Be Shouldered Solely by Private Businesses
By Win Gruening This op-ed originally appeared in the Juneau Empire on March 19, 2020. In the space of a few short months, our world has been abruptly upended. On March 11, the World […]
Alaska Hit With Lawsuit Over Steps To Address Runaway Medicaid Costs
By Bonner R. Cohen This article was originally published by The Heartland Institute on August 28, 2019. In an effort to transform its financially troubled Medicaid program, the state of Alaska has implemented “emergency regulations” […]
Surprise! Potential Solutions for High Health Care Costs
Alaska has the highest health care costs (per capita) in the nation. There are many reasons for this, and one that has been receiving great attention in recent years is what is commonly […]
Preserving Economic Opportunity for Medicaid Recipients
Care for the needy and assistance to those down on their luck are hallmarks of Americans across the country. Our concern for the vulnerable among us is evident in statistics which regularly place […]
Another blow to Obamacare–Alaskans should celebrate
With the highest unemployment rate in the nation and some of the most expensive health insurance and care costs, Alaskans have reason to celebrate new rules that were released today by President Trump’s […]
Walker’s DHSS Medicaid Failure
All we can say is, “we told you so.” When the discussions on Medicaid Expansion began in earnest in 2013, we brought the facts to light over the next couple of years. There […]
Attention Alaskan small business owners!
If you want to obtain less expensive health insurance for your 50-or-fewer employees, you will want to keep reading. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) states that every health insurance plan must contain ten […]
House Bill 123 Testimony
Price transparency in the health care market is an essential component of a competitive environment. And in most markets, competition reduces prices, and improves quality and access. But health care is not most […]
Senate Bill 193 Testimony
Government can give opportunity to people, but it will never be able to give people what they truly want and what they need: They need dignity, achievement and self-worth. Those things are not […]
Alaska options for health care reform and administrative improvements to the Affordable Care Act
By Roger Stark, MD, FACS, Alaska Policy Forum Visiting Scholar and WPC Health Care Policy Analyst Patients are the most important part of the health care system and they should be in charge of […]