Alaska's $5 Billion Health Care Bill - Who's Paying?
dc.contributor.author | Goldsmith, Scott | |
dc.contributor.author | Foster, Mark | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-19T00:43:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-19T00:43:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12200 | |
dc.description.abstract | Spending for health care in Alaska topped $5 billion in 2005. Just how big is $5 billion? It is, for perspective, one-third the value of North Slope oil exports in 2005—a year of high oil prices. It’s nearly one-sixth the value of everything Alaska’s economy produced last year. In 1991, health-care spending in Alaska was about $1.6 billion. Even after we take population growth into account, spending for health care increased 176% per Alaskan in 15 years. These soaring costs are taking a growing share of family and government budgets, increasing labor costs, and putting businesses at a competitive disadvantage. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Understanding Alaska (UA) is a special series of ISER research studies examining Alaska economic development issues. The studies are funded by the University of Alaska Foundation. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska. | en_US |
dc.subject | health care | en_US |
dc.subject | competitive disadvantage | en_US |
dc.subject | Understanding Alaska | en_US |
dc.subject | oil prices | en_US |
dc.subject | spending | en_US |
dc.title | Alaska's $5 Billion Health Care Bill - Who's Paying? | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Understanding Alaska Research Summary No. 6 | en_US |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-08-19T00:43:56Z |