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10/1/13 Federal government shuts down; Cuts to Indian Health Service lead to layoffs in Bethel

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Anchorage, AK – House Republicans rejected a continuing resolution to fund the federal government in a fight to defund or delay the 2010 Affordable Health Care Act. Some 13,000 federal employees in Alaska are affected.
Due to sequestration budget cuts, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is laying off 50 workers, will not fill 44 other vacancies, and is cutting its summer employment program.