JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is expected to begin running out of money to pay doctors, hospitals and clinics who treat Medicaid patients. The shortfall is a consequence of last year’s budget cuts and the failure of the Alaska Legislature this year to approve a $360 million supplemental budget. Mike Dunleavy and the Alaska Legislature cut nearly $170 million from the Medicaid budget last year with plans to save that amount through a series of program changes. The governor proposed to reverse most of the cuts in the supplemental budget, but in the meantime the state’s Medicaid accounts have been depleted. {{featured_button_text}}State House Republicans blocked funding for the supplemental budget because they disagreed with a provision reducing their negotiating power on other legislation.

Source: Daily Sun March 23, 2020 13:07 UTC