Philly Voice : reported that In Alaska, anxiety grows as debate over health care rages

JUNEAU, Alaska — Going without health insurance is a risk. Last month's dead-on-arrival GOP health care proposal would have jacked up premiums on Alaskans even higher. "I just hope it doesn't go away," she said of her Medicaid coverage, her voice faltering. Income-based subsidies are available under the Affordable Care Act to help many Alaskans buy insurance. Only about 19,000 Alaskans get insurance on the individual market, resulting in a tiny pool across which insurers can spread costs.

The ACA debate needs to look elsewhere to reduce health care costs: Emilia Lombardi (Opinion)

We need to look at controlling costs not by pitting people against each other, but by examining how health care costs are determined in the first place. Concerns about health care costs and concerns regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) have been constant even as recent actions produced no change. However, the current strategies likely to be part of any change to the ACA will result in greater health care costs for individuals. Much of the emphasis of health care cost controls revolves around individual deductibles and co-pays. However, our nation needs to reexamine and discuss the relationship we, the citizens of the U.S., have with the health care industry in order to address the biggest issue that remains unresolved: bringing down the costs of health care.

For some, consumer-driven health care translates into bad debt

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