Some Americans Are Starting to Feel the Impact of the Government Shutdown

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/government-shutdown-effects.html

#NativeAmericaCalling: Residents brace for #Medicaid and #FoodAssistance cuts

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

"The Congressional Budget Office estimates the spending bill just signed by President Donald Trump will increase the number of people without #HealthInsurance by 16 million over the next ten years.

"The $1.1 trillion cuts to Medicaid will also affect #NativeAmericans who rely on it to pay for health care through the #IndianHealthService and threatens #RuralHospitals with a high rate of Medicaid-dependent patients. The new spending plan also substantially reduces the number of people who will collect food assistance through the federal government.

"Tune in to get insights on what these numbers mean for Native Americans who disproportionately rely on these two federal government programs.

"Also, find out about the significance of the new Indigenous head of #Mexico’s #SupremeCourt. #HugoAguilarOrtiz (#Mixtec) took office on June 1 following judicial elections in Mexico."

Listen:
https://indianz.com/News/2025/07/08/native-america-calling-residents-brace-for-medicaid-and-food-assistance-cuts/

#NativeAmericanNews #BigUglyBill #Genocide #CorporateColonialism #FoodInsecurity #FoodIsLife #HealthCare #LandBack #FightBack #RiseUp #Colonialism #Fascism #Authoritarianism

>>Congress is ultimately responsible for appropriating funds, and Cole said Thursday that lawmakers would secure advance funds in the final budget as they have in the past.

“I can just tell you now, we will be retaining advance appropriations,” Cole said.

Still, lawmakers were troubled by the omission in [the president's] budget proposal. <<

#OklahomaWatch #Indigenous #IndianHealthService #USPol #Oklahoma
https://oklahomawatch.org/2025/06/07/lawmakers-say-trumps-budget-would-put-native-american-health-care-at-risk/

Kennedy’s Plan to Send Health Officials to ‘Indian Country’ Angers Native Leaders

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/rfk-indian-health-service.html

Tell Your Senators: Support Tribal Health Equity

via Partners in Health

https://act.pih.org/tribal-equity-advocacy

#Indigenous #FirstNations #HealthCareAccess #IndianHealthService #MedicalEducation #PIH

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#IndianHealthService explained!

On #CareTalk we answer your health insurance & health care questions, and I talked with Dr. Meghan O'Connell of Doctors for America about the Indian Health Service. #healthcare
(via @acttv)
https://youtu.be/VIpdonb0VQw