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State Will Not Receive National Health Care Funds

Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DCWhen the federal government announced, last week, that every state will get $1 million to help pay for a new piece of the national health care law, just two states were left off the list:  Alaska and Minnesota.  They didn’t apply.  Alaska’s governor doesn’t want the money.  As APRN’s Libby Casey reports, critics of the Parnell Administration say that decision hurts Alaskans.Download Audio(MP3)