Heidi Hedberg
59:28 - 59:41
"As I mentioned earlier, Medicaid, there is for our expansion population, which is about 47,000 Alaskans, we need to renew their eligibility every 6 months."
“As I mentioned earlier, Medicaid, there is for our expansion population, which is about 47,000 Alaskans, we need to renew their eligibility every 6 months.”
- Speaker
- Heidi Hedberg
- Timestamp
- 59:28 – 59:41
- Transcript
- xit Interviews: What Alaska's Commissioners Want the Next Governor to Know - October 15, 2026
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
The persistent challenges like workforce, we're doing better, but we need to do more, and technology. Like, there's a lot of modernization that's happening with provider enrollment, service agreements. They are not online yet. So what do I wish that the next administration would know. As I mentioned earlier, Medicaid, there is for our expansion population, which is about 47,000 Alaskans, we need to renew their eligibility every 6 months.
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