#Nick Begich
New bills would boost Medicare payments for Hawaiʻi and Alaska hospitals
US Reps. Jill Tokuda of Hawaiʻi and Nick Begich of Alaska recently introduced two bills to help with Medicare underpayments to rural hospitals in Hawaiʻi and Alaska. Named the Save our Lone Emergency Services Act and the Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act, these measures would ensure that Medicare payments better reflect the significantly […]
Tokuda, Begich introduce bipartisan bill to strengthen reliability of Essential Air Service flights
US Reps. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawai‘i, and Nick Begich, R-Alaska, introduced a bill Friday to require Essential Air Service carriers to have a plan to accommodate passengers in the event of unexpected cancellations.
