Diabetes

US Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) asks questions of Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, the new Director of Indian Health Services at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the “Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2009,” HR 2708.

Kimberly Teehee, Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs at the White House Domestic Policy Council, debunks myths being spread about how health insurance reform will affect the Indian Health Service. To the contrary, reform will allow Native Americans to keep the care they have now and has benefits for every American. August 18, 2009.