The high-priced expert is to deliver “A global roadmap that redesigns the Medicaid and public assistance system at a lower cost.” That means cutting health care for poor people.
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Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer took time out from guarding the state seal to have someone on the state payroll create a fairy tale about the Dunleavy campaign.
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Does he want to close the Anchorage campus? The Fairbanks campus? What programs would he eliminate? He wants to dismantle the system, but he won’t take any responsibility and he hides behind his surrogates.
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“Alaska faces a bleak future if Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes become law.” The Daily News-Miner editorial is right.
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An independent review of Dunleavy’s vetoes says to expect the elimination of about 4,200 Alaska jobs in the short term. But the losses could be a lot worse over the long term and it will take years to see the full impact, according to a new study by two Alaska economists.
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The Dunleavy administration and its apologists continue to try to downplay the impact of a 40 percent cut in state funding to the University of Alaska, claiming it is only 17 percent, repeating an inaccurate statement from temporary budget director Donna Arduin.
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The University of Alaska estimates that the total cost of the Dunleavy veto, if the Legislature does not find the 45 votes to override, will be close to $250 million, with the expected loss in tuition revenue and federal grants.
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With the veto of funding for the voter-approved Ocean Ranger program, Dunleavy is doing a big favor for the cruise ship industry. The state claims the industry didn’t ask for it.
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As a candidate, Mike Dunleavy promised nothing but easy fixes, though most of the news coverage of the state budget debacle has skipped this key point. Amnesia is Dunleavy’s strongest political ally.
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Dunleavy, who likes to claim the state is “open for business,” wants a large part of the University of Alaska to go out of business.
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