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dc.contributor.authorGoldsmith, Scott
dc.contributor.authorFoster, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-19T00:43:55Z
dc.date.available2021-08-19T00:43:55Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/12200
dc.description.abstractSpending 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.sponsorshipUnderstanding 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.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInstitute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska.en_US
dc.subjecthealth careen_US
dc.subjectcompetitive disadvantageen_US
dc.subjectUnderstanding Alaskaen_US
dc.subjectoil pricesen_US
dc.subjectspendingen_US
dc.titleAlaska's $5 Billion Health Care Bill - Who's Paying?en_US
dc.title.alternativeUnderstanding Alaska Research Summary No. 6en_US
dc.typeReporten_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-19T00:43:56Z


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