Testimony: Health Care Services By Telelealth
Build Back Better or Build Back “Badder”?
Currently, there are more job openings available than there are people to fill them. Nationally, there are 10.4 million unfilled job openings and 7.4 unemployed workers. In Alaska, monthly job openings are not data that is […]
The Consequences of Ballooning Medicaid Enrollment
A recent update by Health Management Associates (HMA) shows that Alaska’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment remains disproportionately high, and enrollment is maintaining a high growth rate more than five […]
Tackling Alaska’s High Health Care Costs
This op-ed originally appeared in several outlets, including the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Anchorage Daily News, and Peninsula Clarion. Unfortunately, many Alaskans have personally borne the brunt of our state’s extremely high health care […]
Federal COVID-19 Funds Come at a High Price
The CARES Act is the largest economic stimulus package ever created in the history of the United States. The $2 trillion bill was passed by the Senate on March 25, passed in the […]
Letter to Congress: Critical Flaw in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
On May 21, 2020, APF joined 23 other organizations in sending the following letter to the leadership of Congress to request a reversal of a critical flaw in the Families First Coronavirus Response […]