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IHS deputy director frames 70 years of Indian health as progress with unfinished work At the 70th‑anniversary summit, IHS Deputy Director Ben Smith highlighted past milestones—Transfer Act, sanitation and self‑determination laws—and called for stronger tribal self‑governance, modernization of facilities and workforce development while noting persistent disparities.

Celebrating 70 years of the Indian Health Service, Deputy Director Ben Smith highlights remarkable progress while urging action to bridge ongoing health disparities and modernize care delivery.

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The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored. Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.

The #IndianHealthService Is Flagging #Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.

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#IHS #IndianHealthService #Measles #Vaccines #VaccinesSaveLives

U.S. Settles for $18M Over Failure to Stop Doctor's Abuse at Indian Health Service Facilities The U.S. Government has reached an $18 million settlement with victims of a doctor who sexually assaulted Native American boys for decades at hospitals run by the Indian Health Service in Montana and ...

nativenewsonline.net/health/u-s-s... The U.S. Government has reached an $18mill settlement with victims of a doctor who sexually assaulted #NativeAmerican boys for decades at hospitals run by #IndianHealthService in Montana and S. Dakota...And the abuse goes on..18mill is undervaluing natives lives

Most Censored in #IndianCountry: #TheSterilizationofNativeWomen by the #IndianHealthService doctors. Jean Whitehorse, Dine', has testified twice before the United Nations. Around the world, #Indigenouswomen were sterilized by governments. Censored News. bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

House Committee Approves $8.4B for Indian Health Service, Including Advance Appropriations for 2027 As Indian Country braces for the impact of sweeping federal cuts, the Indian Health Service may receive advanced appropriations next year. The House Appropriations Committee last week passed the Fisca...

House Committee Approves $8.4B for Indian Health Service

#Health #HealthEquity #IndianHealthService #AdvanceAppropriations

Universal Health Coverage for Health Equity: From Principle to Practice; A Response to the Recent Commentaries

Article on universal healthcare and equity:

“...while commitment to a principle of UHC is welcome, and implies concerns for equity, actual benefits for equity will depend on how UHC is defined and implemented in practice.”

#indigenous #alaska #indianhealthservice

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#Commonsense realizes #Health, #Healthcare in general, especially for at risk people should continue. Priority is people. #Politics an unreal measure.
#RFK Jr. rescinds #IndianHealthService #layoffs: "would mean a loss of health and ultimately mortality.” www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

United States Department of Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is an agency of the United States Federal Government. History On June 24, 2020, HHS published the National Influenza Vaccine Modern...

Other HHS agencies now under Kennedy's purview include the #IndianHealthService, #BARDA, #SAMHSA, and #ACFHHS. More: www.whiteroseintelligence.com/united-state...

Native American patients are sent to collections for debts the government owes • South Dakota Searchlight Tribal leaders, health officials, and a new federal report say patients are routinely billed as a result of backlogs or mistakes from the Indian Health Service, financial middlemen, hospitals, and…

The Purchased/Referred Care program pays for services Native Americans can’t get through an #IndianHealthService facility. Patients aren’t responsible for costs, but they're routinely billed anyway.

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Native American Patients Are Sent to Collections for Debts the Government Owes - KFF Health News Federal law says Native Americans aren’t liable for medical bills the Indian Health Service promises to pay. Some are billed anyway as a result of backlogs or mistakes from the agency, financial middl...

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#PatientResponsibilityNOT

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The Supreme Court heard arguments on a Tennessee banning gender affirming care for minors, and this wouldn't affect Indian Health Service and Indian transgender youth patients. On ihs.gov, there was a link to this. Very informative. #TransYouth #IndianHealthService

Patients suffer when Indian Health Service doesn't pay for outside care • South Dakota Searchlight When the Indian Health Service can’t provide medical care to Native Americans, the agency can refer them elsewhere. But each year, it rejects tens of thousands of requests to fund those appointments.

When the #IndianHealthService can’t provide medical care to #NativeAmericans, the federal agency can refer them elsewhere. But each year, it rejects tens of thousands of requests to fund those appointments, reports @KFFHealthNews.

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Native American communities have the highest suicide rates, yet interventions are scarce • South Dakota Searchlight Indigenous people in the United States die by suicide at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic group, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Indigenous people in the U.S. die by #suicide at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic group. Systemic issues and structural inequities, including underfunded and under-resourced services from the #IndianHealthService, also hamper prevention.

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