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Sep 16, 2009
Call it the Indian Health Service paradox. The IHS is the largest direct provider of health care in the U.S. Public Health System. Yet it’s an agency either unfairly maligned as a “disaster” or absent from the discourse about health care reform. That’s too bad because the agency is a sustainable model for [...]

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Rosebud member chosen to lead Indian Health Service
Senate still must confirm Obama nominationMarch 25, 2009
A doctor who grew up in Rapid City and is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe will be nominated by President Obama to head the Indian Health Service, the White House annnounced this week.
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux is on the [...]

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Recovery Act includes $500M for Native American health servicesMarch 23, 2009 | Chelsey Ledue, Associate Editor
WASHINGTON – The Native American Health Service (IHS) has been allocated $500 million in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The funds are intended to support the construction and modernization of IHS health facilities and strengthen the use [...]

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Vangent secures $11M from HHSWashington Business Journal – by Darlene Darcy Staff
Vangent Inc., which provides information management and technology services to automate business processes, won an $11 million contract from the Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services.
Under the one-year contract with three one-year options, Arlington-based Vangent will design and deliver custom [...]

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Next Congress must improve Indian health provisionsDecember 3, 2008
To the contrary, it’s more a story of tragedy and shame.
Our purpose today, however, is not to recount the long roller-coaster-ride nature of that relationship, but rather to highlight the latest plunge on the track: Congress’ failure, again, to pass a comprehensive Indian health bill.
Except to [...]

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Indian health bill appears dead
WASHINGTON (AP) Congress is expected to adjourn in December without sending a wide-ranging Indian health bill to President Bush, leaving Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan and American Indian leaders to look to a new president for support.
Barack Obama campaigned in Indian Country more than any presidential candidate before him [...]

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Kaiser Health Disparities Report: A Weekly Look At Race, Ethnicity And Health
Politics & Policy | American Indian Health Care Advocates, Lawmakers Look to Next Administration for Passing of Reauthorization Bill[Dec 01, 2008]
With Congress expected to adjourn for the year without passing the Health Care Improvement Act reauthorization bill (S 1200), Senate Indian [...]

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Politics & Policy | American Indian Tribes Hope for Improvements in IHS With Tom Daschle as HHS Secretary [Nov 21, 2008]
American Indian tribal leaders are anticipating that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) could make significant improvements to Indian Health Services to address funding shortages, health disparities and access to care if he is [...]

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For Immediate ReleaseWednesday, November 12, 2008
Contacts:Joanne GallivanJoan Chamberlain 301-496-3583
IHS Public Affairs Office 301-443-3593
CDC Media Relations 404-639-3286
Teaching Tools Foster Science and Diabetes Education in Native American Schools
Schools across the country now have free access to an innovative set of teaching tools designed to increase the understanding of science, health, and diabetes among American [...]

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Kaiser Health Disparities Report: A Weekly Look At Race, Ethnicity And Health
Opinion | Reauthorization of Indian Health Care Improvement Act ‘Desperately’ Needed, Columnist Says[Sep 19, 2008] “The health issues facing American Indians in the [U.S.] make them the most at-risk minority in the country, and yet, the Indian Health [...]

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