Charles,  Thank you for this article.  

The current state of the healthcare industry in Alaska is a tragedy for middle class Alaskans.  The shameless greed monsters of all stripes (physicians, insurance, bureaucrats, politicians, administrators) are devastating us.  SOMETHING needs to be done.  

I have notified my representatives, and I am now taking the shame route.  I call-out my physicians for their obscene charges.  try it sometime...have them look you in the eye and tell you that $60,000 for a childbirth is a fair market value.  

Shame on the greedsters.