Nick Begich: Healthcare, Mental Health, Drugs, and Addiction Highlights

• Begich called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” to compensate for the Social Security trust fund being invested into government debt.
  • 112,221 Alaskans received Social Security in June 2024.
• Begich was a fellow for the Club for Growth, which supported repealing the Affordable Care Act and turning Medicare into a voucher system.
• Begich was the president of the board of directors for the Alaska Policy Forum, which opposed Medicaid Expansion.
  • The Alaska Policy Forum opposed Medicaid expansions and called for it to be rolled back.
  • A Medicaid rollback would cause 41,000 Alaskans to lose access to healthcare.
• Begich supported tightening Medicaid work requirements, which would disproportionately threaten healthcare coverage for Alaska natives.