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Marketplace health premiums set to rise in 2026
Here’s what you need to know about how coverage is changing, and for whom.
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Alaskans call for senators to take ‘hands off Medicaid’
Juneau demonstrators join statewide warning, Alaska gains protections in latest version of the bill
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Pent-up complaints heard by SEARHC during annual “listening session” in Sitka
Concerns voiced about faulty care, home health for elders, waits for service and hard-to-navigate system.
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Trump administration abruptly cuts billions from state health services, including Alaska’s
State was using funds to purchase lab equipment and update electronic records.
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SEARHC starts up new online portal for patients
Starting later this month, SEARHC patients will be able to schedule appointments, message their medical team, renew prescriptions,…
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Alaskans across the state rally to save Medicaid: their ‘lifeline’
Caregivers raise their voices to protect their jobs and the thousands of lives impacted if Medicaid is cut.
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Planned Parenthood opens virtual health center for Alaska following Juneau closure
Online access to birth control, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing and other services offered.
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Opinion: Scores of Alaskans face another eye-watering spike in their health care costs next year
Late last year, when I went to sign up for my 2024 health insurance on the federal Obamacare…
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New local behavioral health crisis program using hospital, fire and police officials debuts
Mobile crisis team of responders forms five months after hospital ends crisis stabilization program.
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Gastineau Human Services completes hasty expansion one month after Rainforest Recovery Center closes
Two four-bed apartments added to 19 existing beds for substance abuse recovery at nonprofit’s campus.
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Rainforest Recovery Center closure stands as Gastineau Human Services fires back at critics about its program
Accusations about closure prompt hospital, GHS, city leaders to meet about local substance abuse care.
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Funding for hospital’s hospice, home health and Rainforest Recovery programs get Assembly support
Plan includes Gastineau Human Services expanding to accommodate Rainforest’s substance abuse treatment.
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Bartlett Regional Hospital shuts down programs at recently opened Aurora Behavioral Health Center
Crisis stabilization program halted at center due to lack of funds and staff, officials say.
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Precollege program for rural, Alaska Native health students gets reboot and grant after funding gap
Della Keats program introduces students from far-flung parts of Alaska to college courses.
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As residents worry about program cuts at Bartlett, hospital leaders worry about competition from SEARHC
Risk of a “monopoly” by Native nonprofit expressed at meeting discussing hospital’s “non-core” services.
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Bartlett seeking help from Assembly and public as program cuts considered to halt huge losses
Hospital losing $1M a month; comments sought on proposed “non-core” program cuts during coming weeks
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Bartlett Regional Hospital looking at eliminating or trimming six ‘non-core’ programs to stabilize finances
Rainforest Recovery Center, autism therapy, crisis stabilization, hospice among programs targeted.
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Alaska tribal health consortiums are legally immune in many cases, state Supreme Court says
The Alaska Supreme Court overturned a 20-year-old precedent Friday by ruling that Alaska Native tribal organizations can more…
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Alaska lawmakers OK rules for subscription-style basic health care
The Alaska Legislature has voted to approve a health care approach likened to a gym membership.