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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
30 Aug 2004 03:47:27 AM |
| Object: |
OT: A Neglected Obligation |
A Neglected Obligation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45410-2004Aug29.html
Page A22
HEALTH CARE for many Native Americans in this country sinks to Third
World levels. According to a draft report by the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights, deaths from alcoholism are 770 percent more likely among
Native Americans than the general population; from tuberculosis, 650
percent; and from diabetes, 420 percent. In some tribes, one in two
people suffer from diabetes. The Indian Health Service, primary health
care provider for more than 1.6 million members of federally
recognized tribes, is so underfunded that it spends only $1,914 per
patient per year, about half of what the government spends on
prisoners ($3,803) and far below what is spent on the average American
($5,065). Funding is so low that to be transferred out of an IHS
facility for specialized treatment a patient must be in danger of
losing a life or limb.
American Indian OR Indians
http://news.google.com/news?q=American%20%20Indian%20OR%20Indians&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?q=American++Indian+OR+Indians&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&tab=nw&sa=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=American++Indian+OR+Indians&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&output=search&cat=gwd/Top
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=American%20%20Indian%20OR%20Indians&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=dg
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=American%20&as_oq=Indian%20Indians&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
Native American OR Americans
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Native++American+OR+Americans&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Native++American+OR+Americans&sa=N&tab=nw
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Native++American+OR+Americans&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=Native%20&as_oq=American%20Americans&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
Forgotten Founders
http://tinyurl.com/t74q
http://tinyurl.com/t750
http://tinyurl.com/t754
A Blueprint for the Future
http://tinyurl.com/9vga
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