Committee Chairman Calls Unacceptable Indian Health Care in the Great Plains “Malpractice”
NIHB attended this hearing and participated in the listening session, calling IHS to account, but also calling on Congress to enact solutions that will ensure meaningful changes for Indian health. You can read the whole statement of NIHB’s Board of Directors Member, Charles Headdress here….The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) held an oversight hearing yesterday on “Re-examining the Substandard Quality of Indian Health Care in the Great Plains.” Immediately following the oversight hearing, SCIA held a listening session on “Putting Patients First: Addressing Indian Country’s Critical Concerns Regarding the Indian Health Service (IHS).” During the oversight hearing, there were ten U.S. Senators in attendance. The oversight hearing consisted of three panels before the SCIA designed to address all of the issues that plague the Indian health care system.