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Friday, October 17, 2003

The Indian Health Service spends $800 per patient on the Navajo Nation, less than half the amount the agency's national average of $1.900.

Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights discovered that fact as they toured an IHS facility in Gallup, New Mexico, yesterday. "What do you have enough of here -- besides patients and diseases?" commission chairwoman Mary Frances Berry was quoted as saying.

The panel is in New Mexico to investigate health care disparities among Native Americans. A briefing and public hearing is being held in Albuquerque today.

Get the Story:
Tour Finds Indian Health Care Ailing (The Albuquerque Journal 10/17)

Civil Rights Commission Report:
A Quiet Crisis: Federal Funding and Unmet Needs in Indian Country (July 16, 2003)

Relevant Links:
U.S. Civil Rights Commission - http://www.usccr.gov

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