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Tribal leaders tell House committee Medicaid and third-party revenue are critical to tribal health systems
Summary
Multiple tribal leaders warned that tribal health systems depend on Medicaid and other third-party revenue and said proposed Medicaid reductions would significantly curtail services, hiring and planned facilities.
Tribal officials told the House Natural Resources Committee at an April 2 field hearing in Oklahoma City that tribal health systems rely heavily on Medicaid and other third-party revenues to supplement Indian Health Service funding, and that cuts to Medicaid would put services and planned projects at risk.
Marion Harvey, president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, told the committee that "IHS only funds about 65% of our operational budget," adding that recent expansions of services would be difficult to sustain if Medicaid funding were reduced. Harvey described a residential treatment center the community plans to open later this year…
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