Reports show privatizing state services may cost more, not less

In lawmakers’ quest to cut the state budget, new reports show that privatizing some services would actually cost the state money. The Senate Health and Social Services Committee reviewed feasibility studies Monday for potential privatization of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) and state juvenile justice facilities. 
The studies were a requirement under Senate Bill 74, which implemented reforms to the state’s Medicaid system after it was passed by lawmakers last year.
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