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Papa Ola Lokahi warns HHS cuts and Medicaid proposals would leave native Hawaiians without coordinated health support
Summary
Dr. Sherry Ann Daniels, CEO of Papa Ola Lokahi, told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs that native Hawaiian health programs are statutorily named and primarily funded through HHS (HRSA) and that Medicaid and other cuts would disproportionately affect native Hawaiian families and services on the islands.
WASHINGTON — Dr. Sherry Ann Daniels, chief executive officer of Papa Ola Lokahi, told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs that native Hawaiian health programs are statutorily authorized and rely primarily on HHS funding streams outside the Indian Health Service, and she warned that proposed Medicaid and HHS cuts could deepen disparities for native Hawaiian families.
Papa Ola Lokahi, Daniels said, was created by Congress in 1988 by the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act and is the named entity charged with coordinating native Hawaiian health programs through a network of island‑based community health…
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