Authors: National Indian Health Board, National Congress of American Indians, National Council of Urban Indian Health

Publication Year: 2006

Last Updated: 2016-04-06

Journal: NCUIH

Keywords: Rahall, Amendments, affordable care act, aca, I/T/U, Indian Health Services, IHS, Urban Indians, Native Americans, Indian Country, NCAI, NIHB, NCUIH, tribal

Abstract:

Representative Rahalls amendment package will provide that the necessary provisions to protect and preserve the Indian health system. These include: ensuring that Indian people will not be penalized for utilizing the I/T/U system, protecting health benefits provided to Indian people by their tribes from retroactive taxation, and provisions strengthening Indian health providers ability to seek third party reimbursement for services provided to Indian people. The Rahall amendment package will provide much needed modernizations to the Indian health delivery system as well as further developing Indian Countrys ability to conduct its own research through the development and strengthening of Indian epidemiology centers. The Rahall amendment package also allows tribes and tribal organizations to provide desperately needed health services to their people such as long term care services, home and community-based health services, and assisted living services. These are health services that most Americans take for granted but many American Indians and Alaska Natives are unable to access. The Rahall amendment package would address this inequality.

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