text: Alaska Medicaid, which at a minimum is 50% federally funded (Denali KidCare is 88% fed-funded and there are other types of Medicaid programs fed-funded at 65%. Medicaid expansion is currently fed-funded at 100%) pays on average $32 million weekly into Alaska's economy. Since 9/1/15, 16,000 Alaskans now receive health care under Expansion and the federal government has paid around $88 million into the Alaskan health care system since (this is included in the weekly total mentioned previously). Politics aside, how many people have taken even 5 minutes to consider how they, their families and friends are affected, either directly or indirectly, by these simple facts. Good or bad, like it or not, health care delivery in Alaska would be a big and possibly unsolvable problem without significant government support. If folks want things to be different, now is a good time to offer ideas and solutions.