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Dorgan Releases Concept Paper On Indian Health Care Reform

Tuesday, July 07, 2009  
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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...)