Diabetes hearing scheduled in Mont.

TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001

Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has scheduled a public hearing next month to address diabetes among Indians in Montana.

The hearing will take place August 13 and Baucus is asking Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson to appear. Thompson has oversight over the Indian Health Service.

Baucus said 15 percent of the state's Indian population had diabetes in 1997.

Get the Story:
Baucus invites federal health official to discuss diabetes (The Billings Gazette 7/24)

Relevant Links:
Senator Max Baucus - http://baucus.senate.gov