Bich Nguyen"In February, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged $1 billion toward those long-delayed projects, including $22 million for the Santa Ana Pueblo center. The agency estimates $8 billion is needed to tackle all remaining projects on the 1993 list that, under federal law, must be complete before the IHS can address other major construction needs."
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Indian Health Service chips away at construction backlog
The U.S. agency that provides health care to Native Americans has a facilities problem. Buildings in its inventory are decades-old, dilapidated and don't have enough space to care for a growing population. A recent $1 billion pledge from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could help the agency chip away at a construction backlog dating to 1993. But Kennedy says it will take much more — $8 billion — to replace the seven clinics and hospitals still on the list. All are in the Southwest. Congress sets $200 million aside annually for the construction backlog, not nearly enough to keep up.
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