Authors: National Council of Urban Indian Health

Publication Year: 2009

Last Updated: 2016-04-21 16:10:01

Journal: NCUIH

Keywords: legislative update, NCUIH, NIHB, NCAI, ACA, affordable care act, national council of urban indian health, national congress of american indians, national indian health board, ecc, energy and commerce committee, hcr, health care reform, ihcia, indian health care improvement act

Short Abstract: 

The American health care system has undergone revolutionary changes in the last two decades. Unfortunately these changes are not reflected on the American Indian/Alaska Native health care system, above all because the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) has escaped reauthorization for thirteen years. Thus, the improvements in technology and methods of health care that have swept through the American medical landscape have rendered Native American health services outdated.

In a coordinated effort NCUIH, NIHB, NCAI and several tribal consultants met with more than fourteen Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Committee last week to discuss the possible reauthorization of IHCIA. The meetings served as a platform for discussing the means necessary to bring Native American health care into the 21st Century.

Abstract:

The American health care system has undergone revolutionary changes in the last two decades. Unfortunately these changes are not reflected on the American Indian/Alaska Native health care system, above all because the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) has escaped reauthorization for thirteen years. Thus, the improvements in technology and methods of health care that have swept through the American medical landscape have rendered Native American health services outdated.

In a coordinated effort NCUIH, NIHB, NCAI and several tribal consultants met with more than fourteen Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Committee last week to discuss the possible reauthorization of IHCIA. The meetings served as a platform for discussing the means necessary to bring Native American health care into the 21st Century.

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