Secretary of the Department of Health, Sebelius’ Remarks at White House Tribal Nations Conference

ICTMN Staff
December 06, 2012
The following are remarks from Kathleen Sebelius, the 21st Secretary of the Department of Health, during President Barack Obama’s fourth annual White House Tribal Nations Conferenc...

Elections 2012: Abortion Rights Resurfaces as an Election Issue

Mark Trahant
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The politics of abortion continues to surface in this year’s presidential race, something that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney hoped to avoid...

President Obama Answers Questions From Indian Country Today Media Network in Unprecedented Exchange

Rob Capriccioso
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Claiming that his record shows he is more committed than his opponent in the upcoming presidential election to serving Indian country, President Barack Obama has answered questions...

Elections 2012: Romney and Ryan Debate the Indian Health System ... Without Saying a Word

Mark Trahant
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Sunday talk shows are an important part of the national conversation...
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Why Tribes Should Opt Into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Let’s dispel a myth circulating in Indian country: Indians and Indian tribes are not prevented from taking advantage of the benefits of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

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August 27, 2012

US Supreme Court Upholds Indian Health Law and Larger Obama Health Law

Rob Capriccioso
June 28, 2012
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Lawyer Reflects on Supreme Court and Indian Health Law

Rob Capriccioso
March 30, 2012
WASHINGTON – Geoffrey Strommer, a partner with Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, has been the lead Native affairs lawyer in the nation following how the U.S...

Indian Health Law in Danger at Supreme Court

Rob Capriccioso
March 29, 2012
WASHINGTON – If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to throw out the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major Indian health law would go out with the bathwater...

Indians Plan to Protect Health Law at Supreme Court

Rob Capriccioso
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WASHINGTON – It was a risky strategy when Indian health advocates decided to get the Indian Health Care Improvement Act attached to the greater national healthcare reform law...

Tribes File to Protect Indian Health Law

Rob Capriccioso
April 11, 2011
WASHINGTON – Illustrating growing concern from tribal officials that the so-called permanent reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act could be in danger both in Co...

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