Alaska Health Insurance


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How healthy is living in Alaska?

Alaska is ranked as the 34th healthiest state to live in, according to the 2009 study by the United Health Foundation.

The good news:

  • The rate of the percentage of the state's children in poverty climbed by 1.1 percent in the past year, but at 9.6 percent, it was still the third-lowest rate in the nation.
  • The average amount public health funding ($175)for residents was the third-highest in the nation.
  • The incidence of infectious disease has fallen by 84 percent since 1990.

The bad news:

  • The state's rate for occupational fatalities – 13 deaths per 100,000 workers – is the worst in the nation.
  • Alaska's rating on prenatal care is the third-worst in the nation.

The state's best and worst category rankings:

  • Children (under 18) in poverty – 3rd
  • Public health funding – 3rd
  • Cardiovascular deaths – 5th
  • Air pollution – 5th
  • High school graduation – 43rd (66.5 percent of ninth graders eventually graduate)
  • Violent crime offenses – 44th
  • Lack of health insurance – 46th
  • Geographic disparity – 48th
  • Prenatal care – 48th
  • Occupational fatalities – 50th

See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Alaska.


Does Alaska have a risk pool for the uninsurable?

Thumbs up on offering a risk pool.; Alaska Comprehensive Health Insurance Association
Toll-free 1-888-290-0616


IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Alaska will offer health coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Alaska's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.


Cover The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in Alaska

Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.


Georgetown University's Guide to Health Insurance in Alaska

Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations help fund its research. Learn more about the Health Policy Institute.

Review Georgetown's guide for Alaska.


USNews health insurance rankings for Alaska

USNews logo US News does an annual ranking of what it considers the best health insurance plans in each state. Visit its reports on various health insurance or medical insurance plans being offered in Alaska.


Official State Goverment Sites with Alaska Health Insurance Information

Alaska State Seal.;

Alaska Department of Insurance-- (scroll down for health insurance information).

Denali KidCare -- Denali KidCare is a State of Alaska program designed to ensure that children and teens of both working and non-working families can get health insurance.

State of Alaska Health Care Services -- part of the department of Health and Social Services.

Alaska Health Insurance News

Alaska Governor Up For Re-election Joins Lawsuit Suing Federal Government Over Health Care

Think Progress – Yesterday, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (R) announced that Alaska will join 20 other states suing the federal government over the constitutionality of health care reform. “For the first time we now have a federal government dictating our economic activity,” Parnell said. “Alaska will use the courts to fight [...]

Insurance Industry’s Final Ad Blitz: Don’t Blame Us For Your High Costs

Huffington Post – As President Obama makes his final push to get health care reform through Congress, he is “seizing on a report showing that market concentration for health insurance is so monopolized that insurance companies are willing to raise prices and lose customers in an effort to help their bottom line,” HuffPost’s Sam Stein [...]

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Alaska Health Insurance Companies

Health insurance companies in Alaska.
Get health plan pricing for these companies.

Aetna
Celtic Ins. Co.
Golden Rule
ODS Alaska
Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska

Call Congress: Support Insurance Reform

Contact your federal officials. All Americans need your help to demand that Congress continue to support health care legislation that will make health insurance affordable and accessible to all Americans.
Senator Lisa Murkowski
PHONE: 202-224-6665 (DC office)
FAX: 202-224-5301 (DC office)
Local numbers
Contact by E-mail
Senator Mark Begich
PHONE: 202-224-3004 (DC office)
FAX: 202-224-2354 (DC office)
E-MAIL: Not yet listed

House Members
(follow link, then look for "Contact")

For state-level reform, contact:

Alaskan Governor Sean Parnell
Offices and phone numbers
Contact by e-mail


Contact your Alaskan State Senator
Contact your Alaskan State Representative

Read more on Health Care Reform!


Health Insurance 101: learning center

Individual health insurance an overview for those without employer-sponsored plans

Health insurance scams: tips for defending yourself from insurance fraud

Private health insurance: background on the "American way" of paying for health care

Self-employed health insurance: how to get – and keep – your health coverage

Additional health care resources

Find licensed physicians near you. Each state is home to organizations that can help you find and research physicians, offering online information about a physician's license, schooling, practice information and more.

Alaska Licensee Search
Alaska State Medical Board

Other Alaska Public Resources
Welcome to the Alaska State Medical Association