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California Native Americans won health care settlement. Federal government hasn't delivered


California Native Americans won health care settlement. Federal government hasn t delivered
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Fresno, Calif.   The court rulings brought hope. Finally, California s Native American population the nation s largest would receive its rightful share of federal health care funding.
Triumphant, leaders in the California Native community journeyed to Washington to negotiate the process of opening the funding pipeline.
That was more than four decades ago.
Today, despite a 1979 federal court-ordered settlement that would have pumped millions of dollars into California for Native American health care, the state s share remains stunningly underfunded by the Indian Health Service, Native leaders say. Their claim has been corroborated by government records and, most recently, a 2019 letter to IHS co-signed by then-Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, urging the agency to repair this longstanding inequity. ....

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California Native Americans won health care settlement. Federal government hasn't delivered


FRESNO, Calif. — The court rulings brought hope. Finally, California s Native American population — the nation s largest — would receive its rightful share of federal health care funding.
Triumphant, leaders in the California Native community journeyed to Washington to negotiate the process of opening the funding pipeline.
That was more than four decades ago.
Today, despite a 1979 federal court-ordered settlement that would have pumped millions of dollars into California for Native American health care, the state s share remains stunningly underfunded by the Indian Health Service, Native leaders say. Their claim has been corroborated by government records and, most recently, a 2019 letter to IHS co-signed by then-Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, urging the agency to repair this longstanding inequity. ....

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California Native Americans won health care settlement. Federal government hasn't delivered

May 2 The court rulings brought hope. Finally, California's Native American population the nation's largest would receive its rightful share of federal health care funding. Triumphant, leaders in the California Native community journeyed to Washington to negotiate the process of opening the funding pipeline. That was more than four decades ago. Today, despite a 1979 federal court-ordered . ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Weekends With Alex Witt 20191207 17:36:00

Have to say, we re at the end of white politics overall and whiteness being the central tenant of our political conversation. we must allow an entry point for other people s issues to become the centerpiece of our political conversations. all right, we have senators harris and booker who have both expressed some concern over how easy it is for billionaires to enter this race and then end up outspending everybody else. i want to listen to what gop strategist rick wilson said here on msnbc last night. i call this the bonfire of the billionaire vanities. these guys, tom steyer and mike bloomberg are in this race, and you know, if they want to be rid of trump, if they want to really do something effective with all that money burning a hole in their pocket, they would be out spending $200 million to register voters. they d be out spending $200 million in the swing states in ohio, pennsylvania, arizona, wisconsin, hammering donald trump to a bloody flat, greasy ....

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