Authors: NCUIH

Publication Year: 2009

Last Updated: 2010-08-23 09:37:18

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Keywords: NCUIH, Health Care Reform, IHCIA, NIHB, Urban Indian Health, Urban, diabetes, National Council of Urban Indian Health, American Indians, Native Americans, Health Care

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The iniquity in the state of health care in the United States can no longer be ignored. American Indians and Alaska Natives understand that our health care system is broken. Experiencing health problems at rates far greater than other ethnic or racial groups[1], American Indians and Alaska Natives are among the most vulnerable of citizens. The Indian health care system consisting of Indian Health Service, Tribal, and Urban Indian Health Providers (I/T/U)[2] are directly affected by the failures of the general health care system. As a discretionary part of the federal budget, the Indian health system is chronically underfunded, understaffed, and American Indian and Alaska Native patients are generally uninsured, thus unable to access our financially-driven health care industry.

Abstract: The iniquity in the state of health care in the United States can no longer be ignored. American Indians and Alaska Natives understand that our health care system is broken. Experiencing health problems at rates far greater than other ethnic or racial groups[1], American Indians and Alaska Natives are among the most vulnerable of citizens. The Indian health care system consisting of Indian Health Service, Tribal, and Urban Indian Health Providers (I/T/U)[2] are directly affected by the failures of the general health care system. As a discretionary part of the federal budget, the Indian health system is chronically underfunded, understaffed, and American Indian and Alaska Native patients are generally uninsured, thus unable to access our financially-driven health care industry.

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