"The reform bill that I supported and the President signed into law is right for Montana and for Indian Country.
How does the law improve health care in Indian Country?
Most importantly, it permanently reauthorizes the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, which expired in 2000. The law will modernize health service delivery in Indian Country, improve access to quality care, and fulfill the government’s trust responsibility to provide adequate health care.
Enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program for American Indians will be streamlined, and health care quality and access is strengthened across the board.
And the new law means Montana’s American Indians can choose their own providers, including tribal health providers and the Indian Health Service.
The folks in Indian Country face big challenges, especially when it comes to health care. This new law means the government finally lives up to its end of the bargain and helps American Indians reach the goal of quality, affordable care."
Get the Story:
Sen. Jon Tester: Health care reform right for Indian Country
(Buffalo Post 3/27)
Indian Health Care Improvement Act:
S.1790
| H.R.2708
Related Stories:
South Dakota tribes upset by lawsuit over health
care bill (3/26)
IHCIA finally passes
as part of national health reform bill (3/22)
Dorgan cites 'major breakthrough' on Indian
health (12/21)
Indian Health Care
Improvement Act clears hurdle (12/04)
Opinion: Abortion debate poisons Indian health
bill (12/04)
Indian Country waits for
long-overdue health reform (12/2)
Full
witness list for Senate hearing on Indian health (12/2)
Witness list for Senate hearing on Indian health
issues (12/1)
Senate Indian Affairs
meeting, hearing on Thursday (11/30)
Senate moves forward with health reform debate
(11/23)
Senate Indian Affairs action on IHCIA
postponed (11/19)
IHCIA passes House as
part of health reform bill (11/9)
Rosebud President: Take action for Indian health
(11/3)
Rep. Hastings objects to IHCIA in
health reform bill (10/30)
House panel
holds hearing on Indian health care (10/21)
Dorgan renews push for Indian health care bill
(10/19)
Dorgan introduces updated
version of health bill (10/15)
Dorgan
readies 'streamlined' version of IHCIA (10/13)
Health reform bill includes tribal tax
exemption (9/22)
Most Read
1 White House listening session turns messy as one tribe walks out in protest
2 Rosebud Sioux Tribe issues statement about White House listening session
3 President of National Congress of American Indians issues apology
4 Native leaders deliver rebuke of Trump administration at State of Indian Nations
5 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians vows to keep fighting for homelands
2 Rosebud Sioux Tribe issues statement about White House listening session
3 President of National Congress of American Indians issues apology
4 Native leaders deliver rebuke of Trump administration at State of Indian Nations
5 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians vows to keep fighting for homelands
More Stories
Share this Story!
You are enjoying stories from the Indianz.Com Archive, a collection dating back to 2000. Some outgoing links may no longer work due to age.
All stories in the Indianz.Com Archive are available for publishing via Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)