Very basicly, Young is waiting until he sees just which way the big financial donors to his next re-election campaign would want him to vote.  This is nothing against him in particular, it is just a fact of reality for all career politicians who have outlived their usefulness to the People.

Yes, Young has brought an obscene amount of "free" federal money to Alaska, but at what cost to the Nation and the National Debt?  No politician should hold the same elected office more than two terms!  State, Federal, or even Borough or City, two terms and out.  

The bottom line is that neither the Federal Government nor the State Government have any legal basis under the US Constitution to "force" any able bodied legal citizen to buy insurance!  You want to make medical costs go down?  Get the government out of the industry and break up the AMA and FDA  monopolies and allow real commerce to exist.  Yes, take care of the disabled but not the able!