WASHINGTON – Governor Bill Walker (I-AK) today joined a bipartisan group of U.S. governors to unveil their framework to help guide future discussions on improving the nation’s health care system. Governor Walker was joined by Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) in unveiling the plan this morning. The blueprint is […]
Washington, D.C. – Following the announcement of the Trump Administration’s proposal to let insurance companies sell skimpy short-term plans year-round that skirt Affordable Care Act requirements because they do not have to cover essential health benefits like cancer treatment, substance use treatment, and maternity care and can deny coverage altogether for those with pre-existing conditions, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Yesterday, the AARP––one of the nation’s largest consumer advocacy groups ––released a statement outlining their opposition to the amendment to the GOP tax bill that repeals the requirement that all Americans have health coverage. “The amendment to repeal the individual health coverage requirement will leave millions of Americans uninsured, destabilize the health […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Yesterday, a group of bipartisan governors sent a letter to Congressional leadership voicing their support of the Murray-Alexander bill to stabilize the insurance market and fund cost-sharing reduction payments. Alaska Governor Bill Walker joined Governors John Hickenlooper (D), John Kasich (R), Tom Wolf (D), Brian Sandoval (R), Terry McAuliffe (D), Charlie Baker (R), […]
For months, President Trump has been trying to sabotage people’s health care, saying that “The best thing we can do…is let Obamacare explode.” and “Let it be a disaster because we can blame that on the Democrats.” As part of his ongoing efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act – and with it people’s access […]
U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday blamed Democrats and a ‘few Republicans’ after the latest Republican effort to overhaul the U.S. health care system fell apart Monday. In Twitter posts Tuesday, Trump praised the effort of most Republicans and wished for the failure of the current health care law, commonly known as Obamacare. Late Monday, two […]
Senator Murkowski recently said she wants to hear from small business owners about the U.S. Senate’s health insurance repeal bill. Hopefully she will read this. My husband and I own an industrial supply company that has been operating in Alaska for 34 years. It is small. During that time we’ve had between 10 and 15 […]
Senator Murkowski returns to Alaska this weekend and faces scathing local headlines and editorials calling out the dangerous Republican Senate health care bill that would strip 22 million Americans’ access to health care and gut Medicaid. The latest CBO report confirms spending cuts would grow even deeper in the second decade increasing by 35% by […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he is confident the U.S. Senate will join the House in repealing and replacing Obamacare. “Republican Senators will not let the American people down,” Trump tweeted Sunday, days after the House voted to replace the Affordable Care Act – the health care law that was among Barack Obama’s proudest achievements […]