Dunleavy budget includes $225M cut to Alaska's state share of Medicaid

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to cut upwards of $225 million from the state’s Medicaid budget would drastically reshape the overall health care system in Alaska, according to the leader of the state hospital and nursing home association. In his fiscal year 2020 budget released Wednesday morning, Dunleavy is proposing to reduce the state’s portion of Medicaid funding, which is expected to be $677 million in the current 2019 fiscal year, by more than 33 percent.