Alaska’s Health Care costs are among the highest in the world. And the state’s Health Care Commission has spent the last year trying to figure out why. It’s a complicated problem but the commission has some intriguing findings to report, that may start to get at some answers.
HOST: Lori Townsend, APRN
GUESTS:
- Deborah Erickson, Executive Director of the Alaska Health Care Commission, (907)-333-2474, deborah.erickson@alaska.gov
- Jeffrey Davis, President of Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska
- Don Rush, Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center
- Callers Statewide
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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
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Lori Townsend is the chief editor, senior vice president of journalism 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. Read more about Lori here.
