{"id":116500,"date":"2025-02-06T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=116500"},"modified":"2025-02-06T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:43:22","slug":"native-america-calling-medicaids-next-chapter-indian-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/06\/native-america-calling-medicaids-next-chapter-indian-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Medicaid\u2019s next chapter in Indian Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, February 6, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Medicaid\u2019s next chapter <\/div>\r\n One possible <a href=\"https:\/\/ccf.georgetown.edu\/2025\/01\/20\/house-budget-committee-circulates-new-detailed-list-of-budget-reconciliation-options-including-draconian-medicaid-cuts-within-house-republican-caucus\/\">change to Medicaid being floated in Congress right now includes a $2.3 trillion cut<\/a> over the next 10 years. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOther potential changes include adding certain work requirements and shifting costs and distribution of Medicaid funds to states, which have no trust obligations to tribes. As it is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaid.gov\/medicaid\/indian-health-medicaid\/index.html\">Medicaid provides direct support<\/a> to at least one million Native Americans. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIt\u2019s also one of the secondary sources that help provide health care through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/\">Indian Health Service<\/a>. Advocates are bracing for changes as they continue to make the case for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ccf.georgetown.edu\/2025\/02\/06\/webinar-what-medicaid-cuts-would-mean-for-indian-country\/\">program\u2019s life-and-death importance in Indian Country<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<iframe title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1054173962?h=8f90c0ea09\"  frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Webinar: <a href=https:\/\/ccf.georgetown.edu\/2025\/02\/06\/webinar-what-medicaid-cuts-would-mean-for-indian-country\/>What Medicaid Cuts Would Mean for Indian Country<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/socialepiprof\/\">Dr. Damian Chase-Begay<\/a> (Mandan and Arikara), associate research professor of public health at the University of Montana\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihb.org\/history\/people\/staff\/\">Kristen Bitsuie<\/a> (Navajo), tribal health care outreach and education policy manager for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihb.org\/\">National Indian Health Board<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nanettestar\">Nanette Star<\/a> (Choctaw descendant), director of policy and planning at the <a href=\"https:\/ccuih.org\/\">California Consortium of Urban Indian Health<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihb.org\/history\/people\/staff\/\">Winn Davis<\/a>, congressional relations director at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihb.org\/\">National Indian Health Board<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; 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