{"id":133637,"date":"2025-04-09T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=133637"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:58:50","slug":"native-america-calling-medicaid-medicare-health-care-and-food-safety-on-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/04\/09\/native-america-calling-medicaid-medicare-health-care-and-food-safety-on-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Medicaid, Medicare, health care, and food safety on the line"},"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\">Wednesday, April 9, 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, Medicare, health care, and food safety on the line <\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecKennedy\">Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.<\/a> is overseeing an unprecedented cut of nearly a quarter of the  staff at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\">Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>, drawing widespread concerns about possible adverse affects for thousands of Native Americans who depend on those services. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nEverything from bill processing to testing and research to prevent lead contamination in children could be constricted. At the same time, Kennedy successfully reversed Elon Musk\u2019s termination of 900 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\">Indian Health Service<\/a> employees by the Department of Government Efficiency.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Kennedy is also reaching out to tribes and maintaining contact through the   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/selfgovernance\/advisorycommittee\/\">IHS Tribal Self Governance Advisory Committee<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to look at the latest word on what some of the potential effects of the federal actions are on Native health and health care.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_indianz-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/27\/press-release-department-of-health-and-human-services-to-undergo-dramatic-restructuring\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/28\/robertkennedy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Press Release: Department of Health and Human Services to undergo \u2018dramatic restructuring\u2019\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/27\/press-release-department-of-health-and-human-services-to-undergo-dramatic-restructuring\/\">\n\t\t\tPress Release: Department of Health and Human Services to undergo \u2018dramatic restructuring\u2019\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/27\/press-release-department-of-health-and-human-services-to-undergo-dramatic-restructuring\/\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe aren&#8217;t just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic,\u201d said Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Indianz.Com\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tIndianz.Com\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aclocklear\">A.C. Locklear<\/a> (Lumbee), CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihb.org\/\">National Indian Health Board<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nKristen Bitsuie (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\nKim Russell (Navajo), policy advisor for <a href=\"https:\/\/sagememorial.com\/\">Sage Memorial Hospital<\/a> in Ganado, Arizona, operated by the Navajo Health Foundation, a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation\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; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/27\/fact-sheet-department-of-health-and-human-services-to-undergo-dramatic-restructuring\/\" title=\"Fact Sheet:  Department of Health and Human Services to undergo \u2018dramatic restructuring\u2019\">Fact Sheet:  Department of Health and Human Services to undergo \u2018dramatic restructuring\u2019<\/a> (March 27, 2025)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/27\/press-release-department-of-health-and-human-services-to-undergo-dramatic-restructuring\/\" title=\"Press Release: Department of Health and Human Services to undergo \u2018dramatic restructuring\u2019\">Press Release: Department of Health and Human Services to undergo \u2018dramatic restructuring\u2019<\/a> (March 27, 2025)<\/div>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/27\/departmentofhealthandhumanservices-1.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. 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