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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Obama’s Affordable Care Act

By Alaska Native News on Jun 25, 2015 Featured, National, State

In a decision announced by the Supreme Court on Thursday, the judges determined that the federal subsidies for Alaska and other states that opted for federally run health care markets were legal. It was determined by a 6-3 vote that it was legal for the 34 states that chose to have the federal government run their […]

Senator Says Employer Mandate Having “Chilling Effect” on First Responder, Firefighter Hours

By Matthew Felling | Office of Senator Murkowski on May 8, 2014 Breaking News, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today stressed the costly and potentially-harmful Alaskan impacts of the Affordable Care Act with the nominee to become the next Secretary of Health and Human Services – who would oversee the further implementation of health care reform if approved. During a hearing of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions […]