Click here to open a printable PDF of the policy brief in a new tab. Health-care costs in Alaska are high, and accessibility to quality care is often difficult, made only more […]
Licensing Recognition for Telehealth Providers in Alaska
Alaska’s Growth in Medicare Spending, Ranked
Alaskans suffer from some of the most expensive health care costs in the nation. Medicare enrollees comprise about 14 percent of Alaska’s population and increases in Medicare spending from 2008 to 2018 have […]
Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care
On March 21, 2019, then-APF Director of Operations Larry Barsukoff hosted the Dave Stieren Radio Show and interviewed the authors of Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care. David Hyman and […]
Policy Brief: Protect Direct Primary Care
To Increase Access to and Quality of Health Care while Reducing Costs Click here to open a printable PDF in a new tab. It’s well known that Alaska has very high health-care costs that […]
America’s Sickening Lack of Health Care Options
This op-ed was co-authored with Jamie Lagarde, the president of Sedera. It originally appeared in the Alaska Journal of Commerce on October 14, 2020. In a country that prides itself on checks and […]
Policy Brief: Certificates of Need Are a 1970s Relic
Dust off Alaska’s Statutes and Eliminate Them Click here to open a printable PDF of the policy brief in a new tab. Alaska has incredibly high health-care costs, and a recent report by […]
Press Release: Controlling Health Care Costs in Alaska
Click here to open the press release as a PDF in a new tab. For Immediate Release June 30, 2020 Contact: Melodie Wilterdink, (410) 725-9079, Melodie@AlaskaPolicyForum.org NEW REPORT: CONTROLLING HEALTH CARE COSTS IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE, Alaska — […]
Report: Controlling Health Care Costs in Alaska
By Dr. Benedic Ippolito Click here to open the PDF of the report in a new tab. Foreword Health care costs have been a very public topic of discussion in America for […]