This bill does nothing good for Alaska. Nothing. The PPACA required a few fixes in order to work reasonably well for every Alaskan. Simple fixes. Like having a maximum percentage of income for premiums limit apply to everyone, instead of having a cliff cutoff on the subsidies. I don't have a problem with penalizing people that could afford to buy insurance, but don't. I pay (unsubsidized) premiums, I pay for medical services, and I pay taxes. It's people like myself that end up paying for provider writedowns, welfare, and bankruptcies when those that think they're invincible and don't need insurance find out that things don't always go as planned.

If the Senate comes back with some great bill, I'll give Don some credit for being crafty. IF that doesn't happen, then Don needs to take responsibility for his vote, because in it's current state this bill is beyond awful for Alaska.