JUNEAU – The Affordable Care Act provides Alaska Native people with more choices for additional healthcare coverage beyond the Indian Health Service benefit. Alaska Natives may also qualify for special coverage and protections.
JUNEAU – The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) recently launched Healthy Living Southeast, www.HealthyLivingSE.org, an online, lifestyle magazine that aims to provide readers with the information needed to be successful in a journey toward health as well as to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
JUNEAU – It’s the time of year when it is dark outside as students are waiting for the bus and walking or riding their bikes to and from school. While short days are something we’re all accustomed to in Alaska, evolution has not helped our ability to see any better in the dark.
JUNEAU – The WIC program (Women, Infants, and Children) at SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) may be able to fill in nutrition gaps where food stamp assistance, technically known as the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP) may soon be lacking.