“The solution is straightforward, and the deadline is imminent,” state lawmakers write in a new letter to Republican leaders, blaming them for the “manufactured healthcare crisis.” Dozens of US state legislators have signed a scathing letter pushing congressional Republicans to immediately back an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to lapse at the end of the […]
HOMER, Alaska — Wednesday, more than 50 residents, caregivers, and health care advocates gathered in Karen Hornaday Park and marched to South Peninsula Hospital as part of Save Our Hospitals Week, raising their voices against federal proposals to slash Medicaid and Affordable Care Act funding. The rally called attention to the devastating impact these cuts […]
“The Trump administration would rather women die in emergency rooms than receive lifesaving abortions,” said one reproductive rights leader. Ensuring unequivocally that hospitals must provide abortion care to patients whose pregnancies have placed them in life-threatening medical emergencies is not “the policy of this administration,” said the nation’s top health agency on Tuesday—making clear, said […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Historically, battles are won by the side that carries momentum throughout the fight. Taking casualties can stop that momentum in its tracks. In Alaska, those tracks are complicated by extreme cold, ice and snow, making casualty care in arctic environments a challenge in the heat of combat. Alaska Army National […]