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Article: Health care close to home. (Alaska)
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- August 1, 1995
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Alaskans are finding they don't have to go thousand of miles - and incur high travel costs - to get medical attention. Health care is increasingly available in Anchorage, in regional medical centers and even in more remote Bush areas.
Changes in Alaska's health care system are bringing more medicine closer to home - whether home is Anchorage or Aniak. That's a relief to families of people who get sick, and it's keeping more dollars in Alaska.
When one member of a family gets sick and has to travel out of town for care, others in that family have to spend money on travel, hotels and restaurant meals, as well as lose time at work.
"You have to look at ...