Alaska Common Ground

Introduction Cliff Groh, Chair of Alaska Common Ground Overview: What’s the Problem? What Steps Could We Take?Overview by Prof. Gunnar Knapp; David Teal, Director, Alaska Legislative Finance Division; Larry Persily, and Ian Laing (with explanatory tools) Moderator: Cliff Groh

A forum exploring the costs of healthcare in Alaska and how they affect Alaska’s fiscal future. Panelists will discuss reasons for the high healthcare costs in Alaska and possible solutions to reduce them. Panelists include: Presentations: Are Health Care Costs in Alaska spiraling out of control? Mouhcine Guettabi, ISER, Assistant Professor of Economics Health Care…