Native American pregnancy-related deaths: They want a voice to stop the trend
Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and started vomiting.
Jan 20, 2026
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Researchers propose novel solution to U.S. Indian Health Service underfunding
For many years, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has been underfunded, leading to health and life expectancy disparities among Indigenous people, according to University of Oklahoma researchers. In an article in Health Affairs, ...
Oct 16, 2025
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How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system—and what the battle over ACA subsidies means
Major rifts over key health care issues are at the heart of the federal government shutdown that began at the stroke of midnight on Oct. 1, 2025.
Oct 6, 2025
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Native Americans want to avoid past Medicaid enrollment snafus as work requirements loom
Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended in 2023 and states resumed checking whether people were eligible for the program. But she was reassured ...
Aug 27, 2025
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Mental health inequities observed across American Indian and Alaska Native subgroups in California
While more than 1 in 3 American Indian and Alaska Native adults in California experienced moderate or serious psychological distress in the past year, 61% of the individuals in that group had not seen a medical provider, ...
Jul 23, 2025
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Native Americans hurt by federal health cuts, despite RFK Jr.'s promises of protection
Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the U.S. government's top health official as they hiked along a sandstone ridge overlooking their rural, high-desert town before the morning sun grew too hot.
Jun 5, 2025
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Tribal health leaders say Medicaid cuts would decimate health programs
As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities, such as the Oneida Community Health Center near Green Bay, Wisconsin, are bracing for catastrophe.
Mar 24, 2025
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Higher quality maternity care associated with Indian Health Service access
A new study by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, published in Health Affairs, examined how well the health care system functioned for pregnant Native American and Alaska Native women.
Mar 4, 2025
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A program to close insurance gaps for Native Americans has gone largely unused
A few years before the COVID-19 pandemic, Dale Rice lost a toe to infection.
Jan 29, 2025
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