Heidi Hedberg
58:39 - 58:48
"Last year there was a significant change through HR1 that changed Medicaid and SNAP and budget neutrality."
“Last year there was a significant change through HR1 that changed Medicaid and SNAP and budget neutrality.”
- Speaker
- Heidi Hedberg
- Timestamp
- 58:39 – 58:48
- 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
So what I wish we had been able to solve— a lot of what you heard me say was it was 4 years of cleaning up our house. And we've cleaned up our house, so we have defined problems and we have defined solutions. It's the time. There's just, we haven't had enough time to implement all of the solutions. Last year there was a significant change through HR1 that changed Medicaid and SNAP and budget neutrality.
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