Bush's 2007 budget zeros out $33 million that goes to urban Indian health

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Indians Fear Losing Health Clinics

Sat Mar 25, 2006
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/03/25/145955-indians-fear-losing-health-clinics

Marjorie Bear Don't Walk, executive director of the Indian Health Board of Billings, Mont., said if Bush's proposal is approved, her clinic will be out of business.

"We don't turn away anybody. All of the chairs are filled in the lobby and we only have clinic from 1 to 5," she said. "Most of them will have nowhere to go."

Cynthia Jurosek, who is both a patient and a temporary employee at the Billings clinic, wonders what will happen to all the people who rely on the clinic for transportation, and to the patients in mental health and substance abuse programs.

"All these urban clinics, they belong to the Indians," said Jurosek, a Crow Indian. "It's where they can go and feel good about themselves. They're treated with respect. And that's what I will lose here.

"I will lose people who are truly interested in helping me get well."


List of Urban Indian Health Clinics to be Affected
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/03/25/145964-list-of-urban-indian-health-clinics

President Bush has proposed in his 2007 budget eliminating the $33 million that goes to these 34 urban Indian health clinics. At least 17 will most likely have to close if the funding is eliminated.

ARIZONA:

Native Americans for Community Action — Flagstaff

Native American Community Health Center — Phoenix

Tucson Indian Center

CALIFORNIA:

American Indian Health & Services Corp. — Santa Barbara

American Indian Health Project — Bakersfield

Fresno Native American Health Center

Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley — San Jose

Native American Health Center — Oakland

Sacramento Native American Health Center

San Diego American Indian Health Center

United American Indian Involvement — Los Angeles

COLORADO:

Denver Indian Health and Family Services

ILLINOIS:

American Indian Health Service of Chicago

KANSAS:

Hunter Health Clinic — Wichita

MASSACHUSETTS:

North American Indian Center of Boston — Jamaica Plain

MICHIGAN:

American Indian Health and Family Services of SE Michigan — Detroit

MINNESOTA:

Indian Health Board of Minneapolis

MONTANA:

Helena Indian Alliance

Indian Family Health Clinic — Great Falls

Indian Health Board of Billings

Missoula Indian Center

North American Indian Alliance — Butte

NEBRASKA:

Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition — Omaha

NEVADA:

Nevada Urban Indians — Reno

NEW MEXICO:

First Nations Community Healthsource — Albuquerque

NEW YORK:

American Indian Community House — New York

OREGON:

Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest — Portland

SOUTH DAKOTA:

South Dakota Urban Indian Health — Pierre

TEXAS:

Urban Inter-Tribal Center of Texas — Dallas

UTAH:

Indian Walk-In Center — Salt Lake City

WASHINGTON:

N.A.T.I.V.E. Project — Spokane

Seattle Indian Health Board

WISCONSIN:

Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center — Milwaukee

United Amerindian Health Center — Green Bay

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1. Wouldn't surprise me if the GOP eliminates reservations / the next 10years