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Enroll Alaska has successfully signed up seven people this week for health insurance on the state's new Affordable Care Act Marketplace, but nearly three weeks into the launch of the marketplace, the company expected to have many more people enrolled.Download Audio

GCI and KTUU Channel 2 came to a temporary agreement Tuesday to keep the NBC-affiliate carriage in Bethel and eight other areas outside of Anchorage, at least for the next few weeks. It’s a temporary solution to an on-going contractual dispute between GCI and Schurz Communications, the Indiana-based parent company of KTUU. The conflict surfaced when an old agreement expired at the end of September.Download Audio

State Expects Unemployment Filings To Rise Due To Shutdown; Alaska Native Tribal Governments Keep Doors Open For Now; Bethel Economic Summit Looks At Energy Needs; Signing Up For Insurance On Federal Marketplace Still A Waiting Game; Alaska E-Health Network Defends Privacy Protections Of Medical Records; Why Sea-Tac Airport Workers Can't Join a Union for Better Pay; Tlingit & Haida Housing Authority, CCS To Expand Senior Services In Rural SoutheastDownload Audio

The main groups working to help Alaskans sign up for marketplace insurance plans haven't successfully enrolled anyone. One week after after the launch of the federally run health insurance marketplace, it's still not operational.Download Audio

Discussion on the Affordable Care Act continues this week on Line One with particular focus on how these programs affect Alaska Natives, individuals with Veteran’s benefits or Medicare, and how the first week of the Exchanged fared.KSKA: Monday 10/7 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pmListen Now

The Affordable Care Act's online health insurance marketplaces launched across the country on Tuesday. Each state is required to have a marketplace as part of the ACA. The sites are where people can shop for a health insurance plan and figure out if they qualify for a subsidy to help pay for it. Under the health care law, nearly everyone in the country is required to have health insurance starting Jan. 1. Today's guests are here to answer questions about how to sign up for coverage.KSKA: Friday, 10/4 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 10/5 at 6:00pmTV: Friday, 10/4 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 10/5 at 5:00pmDownload Audio

A day after the launch of Alaska’s health insurance marketplace, it’s still impossible to sign up for plans on the website. The federal government says higher than expected web traffic has hampered all of the federally run marketplace sites, like the one in Alaska. They are working to add more server capacity to address the problem.Download Audio

F-16s Will Remain At Eielson Air Force Base; New F-35 Fighter Jets May Be Based At Eielson; State’s National Parks Close Due To Shutdown; High Web Traffic Cripples Federal Health Insurance Marketplaces; Municipal Elections Held Across State; Agricultural Conference Addresses Arctic Food Issues; Circle Still Recovering From Spring Floods; Solace International Helping Syrian RefugeesDownload Audio

Alaska's federally run health insurance marketplace officially launched on Oct. 1 as part of the Affordable Care Act. Starting Jan. 1, most people in the country will be required to have insurance and the Marketplace will allow them to shop for insurance and qualify for subsidies to help pay for it. Large amounts of website traffic and other glitches has made it impossible to sign up for insurance on the site so far today, but community advocates for the law are urging patience.Download Audio

Federal Government Shuts Down; Alaska’s Federal Workers Speak Out On Shutdown; Health Insurance Marketplace Launches In Alaska; Why Are Old Apartment Complexes Burning Down In Anchorage?; Marine Weather Forecasts Remain Available; Can A College Freshman Force State Action On Climate Change?; Cruise Season Short Of Million-Passenger MarkDownload Audio