Letter In re: concerns of urban Indian patients and providers about the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson measure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act
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Publication Year: 2017
Last Updated: 2018-02-01 12:22:59
Journal: NCUIH
Keywords: NCUIH, ACA, Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson, I/T/U
Short Abstract:
On behalf of the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH), which represents over forty urban Indian health programs (UIHPs) across the nation, I urge you not to support the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson measure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) until the measure is reformed to ensure it is consistent with the federal government’s Trust Responsibility to provide American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people with health care. This obligation has been reaffirmed, repeatedly, by all three branches of the federal government, one which cannot be passed on to the states, and one which follows AI/AN people off of reservations and into urban areas.
Abstract:
On behalf of the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH), which represents over forty urban Indian health programs (UIHPs) across the nation, I urge you not to support the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson measure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) until the measure is reformed to ensure it is consistent with the federal government’s Trust Responsibility to provide American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people with health care. This obligation has been reaffirmed, repeatedly, by all three branches of the federal government, one which cannot be passed on to the states, and one which follows AI/AN people off of reservations and into urban areas.
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