Giessel-Newsletter

Dear Friends and Neighbors, I am looking forward to chairing the Senate Resources committee again this year. This will be my 9th year in that role. I’m so used to the 3:30-5 PM time slot every Mon, Wed and Fri.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Map Monday: Two Thanksgivings, One Decisions That Divided the Nation. NCSL President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a bold decision in 1939, sparking a spirited debate across America.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Chugach Electric Association rate case outcome can be summarized as better than it could have been, but not as good for residential customers as if regulators had adopted AARP’s recommendations for rate design.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, “Employers are shelling out the equivalent of buying an economy car for every worker every year to pay for family coverage,” KFF President and CEO Drew Altman said. “In the tight labor market in recent years, they have not been able to continue offloading costs onto workers who are already struggling

Dear Friends and Neighbors, On November 2, 1972, Alaskan voters approved establishment of the Alaska Permanent Fund. The vote was 75,588 to 38,518. My parents, husband and I were proud to vote Yes in 1972 on this visionary plan for Alaska.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, I’m in Fairbanks this week at a Geologic Hydrogen Workshop at the UAF. I’ll share more about that in next week’s newsletter.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, If you’ve been reading my newsletter for very long, you’veheard information about Pharmacy Benefit Managers, the middlemen inthe pharmacy space. PBMs stand between the drug manufacturer, the insurancecompany and the list of medications insurance covers, the pharmacy and how muchthe pharmacy is reimbursed for the medications it dispenses to patients, andfinally

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Cuban takes PBM fight to employers. Axios He sees a tipping point coming, because companies increasingly face a legal threat if they mismanage workers’ health benefits or just don’t deliver on promises to hold down medical bills. “I’m going out there and talking to a lot of CEOs … explaining to them they’re

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Cost & Options for Energy RCA issues order mandating conditions for new Chugach Electric tariff. Petroleum News Based on evidence presented, the commission determined that the target TIER should remain at 1.55, a level at which, the commission said, Chugach Electric would be able to maintain its financial integrity. (My comment: A reminder

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Training in Whittier area on October 30. Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, in partnership with Alyeska Pipeline Service Company sponsored the event to observe the annual fishing fleet training for state-of-the-art oil cleanup equipment and systems practice.