Yesterday, Alaska received a $272 million award from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as part of the 5-year Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). RHTP promises Alaska approximately $1.4 billion over the course of five years to help expand and support rural healthcare services.
According to CMS, the funds will go toward five key program goals:
- Bring more care within reach
- Strengthen and sustain the rural clinical workforce
- Modernize rural health infrastructure and technology
- Drive structural efficiency and empower community providers
- Advance innovative care models and payment reform
“This is the biggest investment in rural health care in American history, and certainly the largest investment in Alaska’s health care system from the federal government in our state’s history,” stated Sen. Sullivan. Sullivan also emphasized how the investment allows Alaska to “design a health care system that reflects Alaska’s unique needs” rather than being a one-size-fits-all solution.
You’ve got to be kidding me! Am I reading Must Read Alaska or Pravda propaganda? “Largest Rural Healthcare Investment”?!?! This is simply taking MY income tax dollars that I could spend on MY HEALTH CARE and redistributing my money to people in rural Alaska who do not work. And Must Read Alaska calls this “Largest Rural Healthcare Investment”???? What is wrong with you people? Altho, not sure if anyone is still reading this publication.
Everyone objects about something the government spends money on. Me, I don’t support murdering Venezuelan boat captains. You don’t like helping others.
And socialized medicine marches on.
Except people applying for this rural healthcare can only do so on a few specific dates in anchorage in January which is likely because it’s all a scam to benefit the homeless population again. Would love to know more details on how this rural program will benefit actual people in rural areas, not more homeless in Los Anchorage. Perhaps southeast Ak could have other medical options outside of the fraud ridden SEarHc tribal organization that is rife with more waste and corruption? Our family would love to know which rural communities this will help and exactly in what ways- a public list needs to be born.
So do some research.
We have been giving rural
AK billions for years. Whether it be health care, education, water systems, etc it doesn’t matter. Just throw more money at it from our two senators and all problems will be solved. I often feel like people in urban areas and not minorities get very little for the taxes we pay. How about a really good solution to the homeless problem in urban areas. Many of the homeless in Anchorage are from
Rural AK. Many are not capable of taking care of themselves so they become victims in a constant non-profit solution of throw more money at it! I worked in rural/bush Ak for almost 20 rears. I assure you
most of the time money does not mean solutions to the problem. Those solutions must come from the Community themselves!
Don’t the villages get everything for free anyway?
Do we really think fraud only happens in MN?
This is going to lead to infrastructure changes that will be needing future funding and will grow a problem instead of solving one.
Alaska Native Health Care fraud.
The dirty little secret.
We need a “Nick Shirley” in Alaska.
Natalie – this would be a good one for you – talk to someone in the “industry” – everyone in the industry knows about it.
DOGE Alaska, please.
1 – “Bring more care within reach” ??
Each village has a Fed funded health clinic, what is this? ….. airfair?
2 – employee raises (good idea imo)
3 – tech upgrades
4 – gobballygook
5 – bookkeeping
The brunt of the funds will be spent in Anchorage on healthcare ( administrated ) Alaska Airlines will get a big chunk of the Money for transport of the folks .The homeless issue in Anchorage and Fairbanks will get much worse . From what I see with the homeless folks , it’s mostly villagers that come into Anchorage and Fbks . It’s very sad and the poor individuals have substance and alcohol problems . Not at all being addressed . The Feds gave the city of Anchorage a $150M since COVID and the homeless population has doubled . No accountability. Facts are not lining up . I am smelling another rat !
I’d rather see a govt run substance/ alcohol abuse hospital in both ANC and Fbks for the chronic abusers . Kind of like a halfway house .