Every day, Alaska families are making impossible choices. And recent reporting made something painfully clear: Dan Sullivan is working to make those choices even harder by refusing to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. The consequences could be devastating.

Alaskans pride ourselves on resilience — caring for one another, showing up for our neighbors, and building communities where no one gets left behind. But right now, working families are being forced to shoulder more and more financial burdens in a time when many are barely getting by.

As we honor Veterans Day, we’d like to call special attention to a chapter of Alaska’s history that shows the best of who we are — neighbors stepping up to defend one another when no one else will.