indian health services

Republicans Can’t Touch Medicaid or Children’s Health

That should also apply to the Indian Health Service since Congress doesn’t have to appropriate those dollars
January 25, 2011 -- Journalists like me have played the role of Chicken Little for many years. We have written dozens of stories about the consequences of an election, predicting what will happen after Republicans win and fulfill their promises to drastically cut government. Read More >>

Indian Healthcare Improvement Act Could Face Funding Cuts

January 4, 2011 -- Will Republicans muster enough votes to repeal the healthcare bill? A Michigan Republican said over the weekend that he sees “significant” bipartisan support for repeal, possibly even enough votes to override a presidential veto. Read More >>

Indian Health Services Should Become a 51st State

It will not only cut administrative costs but create a more efficient system instead of distributing funds to 37 state programs
December 14, 2010 -- President Barrack Obama set a high standard for tribal-federal relations last year. “Today's summit is not lip service,” he said at the summit. That lasting conversation is continuing as promised. Read More >>

Governance Missing From Health Reform Picture

As we talk about health care: Substitute “either, or” for “if … then”
July 21, 2010 -- What’s the most important element missing from our national conversation about health care reform? I’ll boil it down to one word, governance. Read More >>

Battle to Implement Reform Needs More Attention

Indian Health is not included in legislative or legal challenges to health care reform law
May 19, 2010 -- Passing health care reform was easy. Sure it was a legislative mess. Executing on real reform, now that’s a challenge. It’s the same in Indian Country. Read More >>

Obama's Choice to Lead Medicare Spells Reform

An exciting appointment to head the federal Medicaid & Medicare agency
March 30, 2010 -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said: “If you’ve been in government a long time, as I have been, then the most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence. Why is this exciting? Because it’s rare.” Read More >>

Finding Consensus at Blair House

Among complicated sticking points to iron out, there's the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
February 22, 2010 -- President Barack Obama is hosting a health care summit Thursday at the Blair House. It will be televised live. We can all watch and judge the proposals for ourselves. Read More >>

The Debate that Drags On and On

If the Indian Health Care Improvement Act is any indication, the debate has just begun
October 27, 2009 -- How long will the health care reform debate drag on? The Hill newspaper says “deep into December and possibly beyond by a lengthy floor debate.” Read More >>

Will ‘Poor Old Grandma’ Redefine This Debate?

One way or another we need to come up with reform that makes the entire system sustainable. Either that or we will really need to worry about poor old grandma.
September 9, 2009 -- You hear a lot about grandma now that Congress is back to work on health care reform legislation. “Poor old grandma” is a reason opponents say they will fight health care reform. Grandma will lose services, her Medicare will be less than it is, and some bureaucrat far away will decide when it’s her time to die. Read More >>

Double Standard of Government-Run Healthcare

With proper funding, Indian Health Services could be model for reform
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August 7, 2009 -- There seems to be political consensus that our healthcare system won’t end up like those in Canada or England. OK, but what about the American version that exists today of a single-payer, government-run healthcare agency? Read More >>
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