Name: Forrest Dunbar: it makes financial sense for us if we can get under 5%, we can save $49 million to the state, to the people of Alaska. And so if it takes significant additional staffing to get us under that 5%, um, please come to the Health Committee and to Legislature as a whole and our Finance Committee and make those asks.
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Description: it makes financial sense for us if we can get under 5%, we can save $49 million to the state, to the people of Alaska. And so if it takes significant additional staffing to get us under that 5%, um, please come to the Health Committee and to Legislature as a whole and our Finance Committee and make those asks.

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Forrest Dunbar

127:18 - 127:54

“it makes financial sense for us if we can get under 5%, we can save $49 million to the state, to the people of Alaska. And so if it takes significant additional staffing to get us under that 5%, um, please come to the Health Committee and to Legislature as a whole and our Finance Committee and make those asks.”

Speaker: Forrest Dunbar
Timestamp: 127:18 – 127:54
Transcript: Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - November 10, 2026 1:00pm
Community: Alaska News
Location: Anchorage
Captured at: November 10, 2026

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But I guess I would urge you, when you come to the legislature this coming year, to make those requests. That is, again, it makes financial sense for us if we can get under 5%, we can save $49 million to the state, to the people of Alaska. And so if it takes significant additional staffing to get us under that 5%, um, please come to the Health Committee and to Legislature as a whole and our Finance Committee and make those asks. And speaking for myself, I will advocate for those additional staffing positions because it just makes financial sense for us looking at this chart. Do you have any comment on that?

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