Senate Indian Affairs hearing on contract health
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Filed Under:
Health
|
Politics
The
Senate Indian Affairs
Committee held an oversight hearing this morning on contract health
services.
The hearing started at 10am and lasted about two hours. There was a slight change in witness order, as Robert McSwain testified after all of the other witnesses.
Audio clips can be downloaded below:
Opening Statements
Panel 1/Panel 2 -
Testimony |
Q&A
MS. H. SALLY SMITH
Chair, National Indian Health Board,
Washington, DC
MS. MARLENE KREIN
President / CEO, Mercy Hospital, Devils
Lake, ND
THE HONORABLE STACY DIXON
Chair, Susanville Indian Rancheria,
Susanville CA
THE HONORABLE JEFFERSON KEEL
Lt. Governor, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, OK
THE HONORABLE LINDA HOLT
Suquamish Tribal Council
Member, Suquamish, WA; Chair, Northwest Portland Indian Health
Board, Portland, OR
MS. BRENDA E. SHORE
Tribal Health Program
Director, United South and Eastern
Tribes Inc., Nashville, TN
Panel 1 - Testimony |
Q&A
MR. ROBERT G. MCSWAIN
Director, Indian Health Services, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT
HEARING on “Access to Contract Health Services in Indian Country” (June 26,
2008)
Relevant Documents:
Sen.
Dorgan Letter |
HHS
Budget in Brief
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