Dorgan Releases Concept Paper On Indian Health Care Reform
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - This Congress, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
has held three hearings on tribal health care issues, a series of
listening sessions, and multiple meetings with tribal leaders and
tribal organizations to discuss the decade long struggle to reauthorize
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and the need to reform the
Indian health care system. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of
the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released a concept paper which
was sent to tribal leaders on July 7, 2009. The concept paper, found
below, is a number of proposed solutions to enhance and reform the
Indian health care delivery system based on an examination of health
care problems on reservations and comments from tribal leaders. United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. (Read more...)
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