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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