High Healthcare Costs in Alaska | Alaska Insight

A lot of factors contribute to the cost of health care in Alaska. Lori Townsend sits down with Julie Taylor, CEO of Alaska Regional hospital in Anchorage and Becky Hultberg, President and CEO of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association to discuss some of the reasons and possible alternatives to the unusually high healthcare costs in the state.

Alaska Insight airs every Thursday night at 7:30pm on KAKM, right after Washington Week. Each week on Alaska Insight, we will continue to go into the community and look beyond the headlines to provide perspective on the issues that have Alaskans talking.

Lori Townsend is the news director and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452.

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