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	"author_name": "Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund",
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	"title": "IHS Director Bill",
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	"description": "In exchange for stealing our land, the federal government agreed to fund healthcare, housing, education, nutrition, and other programs for Native peoples. But these programs are severely underfunded. Already, last year’s cuts to Medicaid have forced some hospitals and clinics to close. We know those cuts will harm 700,000 Native people, including 60% of all Native children and two out of every five elders. Those cuts violated Tribal treaty rights and sovereignty. Now, the government wants to make even more cuts. Together we’re speaking up, including sending thousands of messages urging Congress to reject the president’s recently proposed cuts to crucial public programs that would harm Native health. This week, we’re lifting up another step Congress can take to uphold its responsibilities to Tribal members: passing the Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act, which would elevate the Indian Health Service Director’s position to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health within the Department of Health and Human Services. Passing this policy is an important step toward prioritizing Native healthcare nationwide. It would increase Native representation and authority in federal decision-making about healthcare, bringing us closer to fulfilling our treaty rights and our inherent sovereignty while also addressing deadly health disparities to save lives. It’s bipartisan, so it has a real chance at passing in the Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives -- if we demand it! Click “START WRITING” to urge the people representing you in Congress to take a step toward fulfilling the federal government’s obligations to provide healthcare for Tribes, by passing the bipartisan Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ihs-director-bill"
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