FY 09 HHS – Annual Tribal Budget Consultation Session -Testimony of Geoffrey Roth Executive Director of NCUIH – FY 09 Budget Formulation for the Urban Indian Health Program (UIHP) February 14-15, 2007
Authors: Geoffrey Roth
Publication Year: 2007
Last Updated: 2016-03-04 14:39:37
Journal: NCUIH
Keywords: NCUIH, National Council of Urban Indian Health, Testimony, Geoffrey Roth
Short Abstract:
Written testimony addressing the FY 2009 budget for the Urban Indian Health Program (UIHP). While the FY 2007 budget proposal argued that Urban Indian Health Program medical services are a duplication of services already provided by Community Health Centers (CHC), the FY 2008 budget cut states that "urban Indians can receive health care through a wide variety of Federal, State, and local providers." However, contrary to the assertions made in the President's FY 2008 budget, urban Indian health programs do not duplicate the functions of CHCs nor does Federal, State or local providers have the capacity, means or cultural understanding to take on the sizable urban Indian patient load. Rather, they serve a unique, non-duplicative and culturally specific purpose within the large urban Indian communities.
Abstract:
On behalf of the National Council of Urban Indian Health, its 34 member organizations and the 120,000 urban Indian patients that our members serve annually, I would like to thank you for this opportunity to provide written testimony addressing the FY 2009 budget for the Urban Indian Health Program (UIHP). Providing this testimony is particularly important at this time when following the recent announcement of the Administration's FY 2008 budgetthe Urban Indian Health Program line item now has been eliminated two years in a row. While the FY 2007 budget proposal argued that Urban Indian Health Program medical services are a duplication of services already provided by Community Health Centers (CHC), the FY 2008 budget cut states that "urban Indians can receive health care through a wide variety of Federal, State, and local providers." However, contrary to the assertions made in the President's FY 2008 budget, urban Indian health programs do not duplicate the functions of CHCs nor does Federal, State or local providers have the capacity, means or cultural understanding to take on the sizable urban Indian patient load. Rather, they serve a unique, non-duplicative and culturally specific purpose within the large urban Indian communities. The fact that there are other health services available in urban areas is already reflected in how IHS funding is distributed, with urban Indian programs receiving $32.744 million in FY 2007. This funding is a sound investment in urban Indian health - particularly when taking into consideration that these funds are leveraged on a 2-for-1 basis with private, local, state and other resources. With these monies the Urban Indian Health Organizations have successfully maintained their renowned high-quality medical and behavioral health services.
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