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Health care reform law includes limited definition of 'Indian' (05/13)
The Affordable Care Act requires all Americans to obtain health insurance but a key provision exempts American Indians and Alaska Natives who receive care through the Indian Health Service. But...
Filed Under: Health
Goshute Tribes launch first health care facility off reservation (05/13)
The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation have opened the first off-reservation health facility in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. The 3,800 square-foot Sacred Circle Health Care in downtown...
Filed Under: Health
IHS facility on Navajo Nation aims to improve patient service (05/09)
An Indian Health Service facility on the Navajo Nation is looking for ways to improve its customer service. The Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, started a committee...
Filed Under: Health | Law | National | Politics
Sen. Murkowski challenges DOI on contract support costs (05/08)
YouTube: Senator Murkowski to Secretary Jewell on Contract Support Costs Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pushed the Obama administration on Tuesday to abide by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in...
Filed Under: Health | National
IHS continues to see rise in new HIV cases on Navajo Nation (05/06)
New HIV cases on the Navajo Nation. Image from The Farmington Daily Times. The Indian Health Service continues to see an increase in new HIV cases on the Navajo...
Filed Under: Health | National
NPR: Medicaid expansion aids tribal members in New Mexico (04/30)
Tristan Ahtone reports on how the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act will benefit Native Americans in New Mexico: TRISTAN AHTONE, BYLINE: New Mexico has one of the...
Filed Under: Health | Law | National | Politics
Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee's budget hearing (04/24)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held an oversight hearing this afternoon on the fiscal year 2014 budget request for tribal programs. The committee first heard from Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn,...
Filed Under: Health | Politics
Obama nominates Yvette Roubideaux for second term at IHS (04/24)
President Barack Obama has nominated Yvette Roubideaux to serve another term as director of the Indian Health Service. Roubideaux, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, joined the Obama administration...
Filed Under: Politics
Sen. Max Baucus of Montana to announce plans for retirement (04/23)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, won' t be seeking re-election in 2014, The Hill reports. Baucus has been an ally to tribes on...
Filed Under: Politics
Witness List: Senate Indian Affairs Committee budget hearing (04/22)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds an oversight hearing on Wednesday to discuss the fiscal year 2014 budget request for tribal programs. The committee will hear from federal officials and...
Filed Under: Health | National | Politics
Senate Indian Affairs Committee schedules hearing on budget (04/15)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold an oversight hearing next Wednesday, April 24, on the fiscal year 2014 budget request for tribal programs. President Barack Obama is requesting $2.6...
Filed Under: Opinion | Politics
Mark Trahant: Obama's budget a better alternative than GOP's (04/15)
President Barack Obama’s budget request for 2014 does not roll back austerity. But it would significantly shift resources, adding money to important programs, and protecting much of Indian Country from...
Filed Under: Health | Opinion
Letter: Exempt the Indian Health Service from sequestration (04/03)
James N. Jarvis, the chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Native American Child Health, on cuts to the Indian Health Service budget: In your March 21 editorial...
Filed Under: Health | Opinion | Politics
Mark Trahant: Huge changes ahead for Indian health system (03/25)
Three years ago, on March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the >Affordable Care Act. The bill also included the permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement...
Filed Under: Environment | Health | National | Politics
BIA takes role on controversial road for Alaska Native village (03/22)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will be taking on a new role for a controversial Alaska Native village road. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended against building a road...
Health care reform law includes limited definition of 'Indian' (05/13)
The Affordable Care Act requires all Americans to obtain health insurance but a key provision exempts American Indians and Alaska Natives who receive care through the Indian Health Service. But...
Filed Under: Health
Goshute Tribes launch first health care facility off reservation (05/13)
The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation have opened the first off-reservation health facility in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. The 3,800 square-foot Sacred Circle Health Care in downtown...
Filed Under: Health
IHS facility on Navajo Nation aims to improve patient service (05/09)
An Indian Health Service facility on the Navajo Nation is looking for ways to improve its customer service. The Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, started a committee...
Filed Under: Health | Law | National | Politics
Sen. Murkowski challenges DOI on contract support costs (05/08)
YouTube: Senator Murkowski to Secretary Jewell on Contract Support Costs Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pushed the Obama administration on Tuesday to abide by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in...
Filed Under: Health | National
IHS continues to see rise in new HIV cases on Navajo Nation (05/06)
New HIV cases on the Navajo Nation. Image from The Farmington Daily Times. The Indian Health Service continues to see an increase in new HIV cases on the Navajo...
Filed Under: Health | National
NPR: Medicaid expansion aids tribal members in New Mexico (04/30)
Tristan Ahtone reports on how the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act will benefit Native Americans in New Mexico: TRISTAN AHTONE, BYLINE: New Mexico has one of the...
Filed Under: Health | Law | National | Politics
Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee's budget hearing (04/24)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held an oversight hearing this afternoon on the fiscal year 2014 budget request for tribal programs. The committee first heard from Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn,...
Filed Under: Health | Politics
Obama nominates Yvette Roubideaux for second term at IHS (04/24)
President Barack Obama has nominated Yvette Roubideaux to serve another term as director of the Indian Health Service. Roubideaux, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, joined the Obama administration...
Filed Under: Politics
Sen. Max Baucus of Montana to announce plans for retirement (04/23)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, won' t be seeking re-election in 2014, The Hill reports. Baucus has been an ally to tribes on...
Filed Under: Politics
Witness List: Senate Indian Affairs Committee budget hearing (04/22)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds an oversight hearing on Wednesday to discuss the fiscal year 2014 budget request for tribal programs. The committee will hear from federal officials and...
Filed Under: Health | National | Politics
Senate Indian Affairs Committee schedules hearing on budget (04/15)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold an oversight hearing next Wednesday, April 24, on the fiscal year 2014 budget request for tribal programs. President Barack Obama is requesting $2.6...
Filed Under: Opinion | Politics
Mark Trahant: Obama's budget a better alternative than GOP's (04/15)
President Barack Obama’s budget request for 2014 does not roll back austerity. But it would significantly shift resources, adding money to important programs, and protecting much of Indian Country from...
Filed Under: Health | Opinion
Letter: Exempt the Indian Health Service from sequestration (04/03)
James N. Jarvis, the chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Native American Child Health, on cuts to the Indian Health Service budget: In your March 21 editorial...
Filed Under: Health | Opinion | Politics
Mark Trahant: Huge changes ahead for Indian health system (03/25)
Three years ago, on March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the >Affordable Care Act. The bill also included the permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement...
Filed Under: Environment | Health | National | Politics
BIA takes role on controversial road for Alaska Native village (03/22)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will be taking on a new role for a controversial Alaska Native village road. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended against building a road...
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