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IcyPatriot 08-29-2009 10:57 AM
Native Americans and the Public Option
 
Terry Anderson: Native Americans and the Public Option - WSJ.com

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Native Americans have received federally funded health care for decades. ... The Indian Health Service (IHS) is charged with delivering that care.

The IHS attempts to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives in one of two ways. It runs 48 hospitals and 230 clinics for which it hires doctors, nurses, and staff and decides what services will be provided.

Or it contracts with tribes under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act passed in 1975. In this case, the IHS provides funding for the tribe, which delivers health care to tribal members and makes its own decisions about what services to provide.

The IHS spends about $2,100 per Native American each year, which is considerably below the $6,000 spent per capita on health care across the U.S

IcyPatriot 08-29-2009 11:00 AM
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Unfortunately, Indians are not getting healthier under the federal system. In 2007, rates of infant mortality among Native Americans across the country were 1.4 times higher than non-Hispanic whites and rates of heart disease were 1.2 times higher. HIV/AIDS rates were 30% higher, and rates of liver cancer and inflammatory bowel disease were two times higher. Diabetes-related death rates were four times higher. On average, life expectancy is four years shorter for Native Americans than the population as a whole.

Rural Indians fare even worse, as data from Sen. Baucus's home state show. According to IHS statistics, in Montana and Wyoming, Indians suffer diabetes at rates 20% higher, heart disease 12% higher, and lung cancer rates 67% higher than the average across all IHS regions in the country. A recent Harvard University study found that life expectancy on a reservation in neighboring South Dakota was 58 years. The national average is 77
.................Don't get sick after June ............... the Indian motto.

DarrylS 08-29-2009 11:53 AM
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Some of this may be a side effect on prolonged poverty, poor nutrition(usually associated with Poverty) alcohol issues and other related issues.. American Dreams Include Indians...

Not sure it is a barometer of much of anything except poor health, which probably will not be changed unless there are some lifestyle issues as well..

A better study might be the military medical care system for families, used to be called Champus...

patsfan13 08-29-2009 12:01 PM
Re: Native Americans and the Public Option
 
Well the native Americans have been wards of the government longer than any other group....;)

DarrylS 08-29-2009 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by patsfan13 (Post 1476280)
Well the native Americans have been wards of the government longer than any other group....
Yea, they chose their plight.. what a limp dycked response that was.

Harry Boy 08-29-2009 01:04 PM
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The Government Can't Even Run The Government Keep The Bastards Away From Your Doctor, They'll Kill You.

patsfan13 08-29-2009 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by DarrylS (Post 1476317)
Yea, they chose their plight.. what a limp dycked response that was.

They didn't choose anything, which is fo course the problem. They suffer the consequences of the government controlling their lives, As usual the point went above your head.

Harry Boy 08-29-2009 03:06 PM
Re: Native Americans and the Public Option
 
Why haven't Indian Reservations been abolished and the Indians integrated into society, we treat those f-cking illegal aliens better than we we do the Indians.

Where Are The Do-Gooders

:confused::confused::confused::confused:

DarrylS 08-29-2009 03:31 PM
Re: Native Americans and the Public Option
 
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Originally Posted by patsfan13 (Post 1476371)
They didn't choose anything, which is fo course the problem. They suffer the consequences of the government controlling their lives, As usual the point went above your head.
Did not go over my head, comparing the plight of the Native Americans to this Public Option is piss poor at best...

What we did and how it has been perpetuated by every political administration has no comparison to mainstream society... the health problems mentioned in this study for the most part are related to lifestyle issues, poor dietary habits etc.. does not take a brain surgeon to figure out if you are obese, drink, smoke a lot you will not have a long life expectancy..

Patters 08-29-2009 05:23 PM
Re: Native Americans and the Public Option
 
The government also provides Medicare and virtually everyone who gets Medicare dies while still on Medicare. It's just shocking.


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