IHS Rejects Tribal Care Funding
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•Cash Shortages and Complex Rules Impede Native American Health-Care Access - KFF Health News
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Each year , the Indian Health Service rejects tens of thousands of requests to fund outside care that it doesn’t provide.
The agency’s Purchased/Referred Care program is supposed to provide free care to Native Americans .
But funding shortages, complex rules and administrative fumbles impede access to the program.
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