The Alaska Legislature has adopted a bill that would legalize subscription-based health care in the state. The bill would allow primary care providers to offer care to patients based on a monthly ...

Last year, the Legislature appropriated $7.5 million as part of the budget for child care subsidies. Just under 1,600 workers received a wage boost of $4,860 per recipient, the Alaska Department ...

It is in these tenuous conditions that Alaska lawmakers passed the child care legislation. The proposed law expands eligibility for families to get financial assistance for child care, offers tax ...

The state Department of Health told the Anchorage Daily News that Alaska could lose up to $500 million in annual Medicaid ...

Mar. 26—Editor's note: This story was updated Wednesday to add comments from Alaska State Medical Board member Dr. Matt Heilala. The Alaska State Medical Board is asking the Legislature to ban ...

The Alaska legislature has passed a bill that would allow physicians to diagnose or provide a prescription for patients either online or over the phone, according to a news release from the bill ...

On Wednesday, Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz and Rep. Don Bacon reintroduced the Urban Indian Parity Act, renewing bipartisan support for health equity in Indian Country. The bill aims to permanently extend key ...

The Alaska State Medical Board is requesting that the state legislature ban transgender medical treatments for minors due to insufficient safety and efficacy data. The seven-member medical panel ...

In a case that highlights the political realities of health reform’s growing pains, Alaska is poised to take extreme measures to stabilize its struggling Affordable Care Act marketplace, ...

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Alaska Gov. Bill Walker about his concerns with the American Health Care Act. With its remote rural communities, Alaska has some of the highest insurance costs in ...