Reps. Grijalva, Pallone Highlight Indian Country Impacts of Repealing Affordable Care Act
In a previously unreleased
The letter, which chronicles the full range of funding and services at risk, is available at http://bit.ly/2j9wdr7. The
"Repealing the ACA could set many American's back years, but it could set the First Americans back decades, if not return them to the healthcare dark ages," the two Ranking Members wrote. "This vulnerable population - already the victim of historic, shameful mistreatment by the
The letter highlights the many ways in which health care for Native American and Alaska Native populations has been improved by the ACA, particularly because the law reauthorized the dormant Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) and increased funding and grant authority for a wide range of chronically underfunded services.
Grijalva has been leading the fight in
If the law is scrapped along with the ACA, "we'll go back to where we were but we'll be struggling year to year trying to cobble together some Indian health services budget," said Rep.
"I don't want Republican leadership down the road saying, 'Oh, it was an unintended consequence, we'll deal with it down the road in replacement,'" he added. Grijalva has three tribes in his district.
"We're still learning just how many Americans would be hurt, and in how many ways, if
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Republican leaders have so far indicated no qualms about wiping out the IHCIA despite its completely nonpartisan nature and the fact that it was originally passed in 1976, long before
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