SJR 10 Summary

• Encourages Alaska's Congressional delegation and federal government to raise Medicare reimbursement rates to cover actual cost of care for Alaska seniors.

• Identifies that Medicare rates are below Alaska Medicaid rates for most services and inadequate to cover care costs given Alaska's high cost of living and health care expenses.

• Documents Alaska's health care challenges including the lowest primary care provider-to-capita ratio of any state, fastest growing senior population per capita over 10 years, and closure of the Alaska Regional Senior Health Clinic.

• Notes that low Medicare reimbursement rates discourage providers from accepting Medicare patients, limiting seniors' access to primary care and resulting in more serious health interventions.

• Directs copies of the resolution be sent to President Biden, U.S. Senators Murkowski and Sullivan, U.S. Representative Peltola, and all members of the 118th United States Congress.