US EditionClinic closures, firings, buyouts: Northwest tribes sound alarm about cuts to health care, education and other key services
- The Trump administration announced lease cancellations for at least 12 Indian Health Service facilities and 25 Bureau of Indian Affairs offices, affecting nearly 30% of all agency locations, as part of reducing federal office space.
- Tribal leaders expressed alarm over potential employee buyouts that may worsen staffing shortages, impacting critical health services for Indigenous communities.
- Funding for healthcare services is strained as important payment systems have been blocked, and grants have been unilaterally terminated, according to tribal leaders.
- Lawmakers criticized the administration's cuts, stating they threaten essential health and social services for Native American populations.
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Clinic closures, firings, buyouts: Northwest tribes sound alarm about cuts to health care, education and other key services
InvestigateWest (invw.org) is an independent news nonprofit dedicated to investigative journalism in the Pacific Northwest. Reach Melanie Henshaw at at melanie@investigatewest.org or at (971) 258-0891.A cascade of actions from the Trump administration represents a “grave threat” to health care, social, educational and other critical services in Indian Country, including for Native American communities in the Northwest, tribal leaders say.In the …
Montana Free Press
Tribal health leaders say Medicaid cuts would decimate health programs
As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities, such as the Oneida Community Health Center near Green Bay, Wisconsin, are bracing for catastrophe. This story also appeared in KFF Health News That’s because more than 40% of the about 15,000 patients the center serves are enrolled in Medicaid. Cuts to the program would be detrimental to those pati…
kffhealthnews.org
Tribal Health Leaders Say Medicaid Cuts Would Decimate Health Programs
As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities, such as the Oneida Community Health Center near Green Bay, Wisconsin, are bracing for catastrophe. That’s because more than 40% of the about 15,000 patients the center serves are enrolled in Medicaid. Cuts to the program would be detrimental to those patients and the facility, said Debra Danforth, the director of the One…
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