Testimony of National Indian Health Board Testimony of H. Sally Smith Alaska Representative of National Indian Health Board Before the United States Committee on Indian Affairs–Advancing Indian Health Care February 5, 2009
Authors: Smith, H.S.
Publication Year: 2009
Last Updated: 2010-09-27
Journal: National Indian Health Board
Keywords: NIHB, National Indian Health Board, trust responsibility, Testimony
Abstract:
Today I offer suggestions, on behalf of NIHB, on how each of these efforts should be pursued in order to obtain maximum benefit for the Indian health system; to faithfully discharge the United States' trust responsibility to provide American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) with access to high-quality health care; and to end the deplorable disparities in the health status of Indian people.
We must recognize that each of these efforts will necessarily be pursued on different tracks and on different timetables. All will in some way impact how health care is delivered to AI/ANs, but the separate objectives of each should not be blurred by attempting to accomplish our goals through only one overarching effort. The NIHB extends its commitment, on behalf of all Tribes, to the achievement of this goal.
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