Medicaid coverage throughout the country will change starting in 2027 due to President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which the U.S. Congress passed in July. But in Alaska, experts say those changes will look very different from other states.

Emily Ricci, the deputy commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Health, spoke about what the state can expect with the new Medicaid rules Wednesday on the program “Line One .” She said Alaska’s federal match for funding the insurance program won’t change because it doesn’t rely on two funding mechanisms impacted by the bill.

“Alaska is not impacted by reductions to those programs that were contained in the reconciliation bill,” Ricci said. “And that’s important to understand, because every other state will likely experience some form of red

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