Congress Should Insulate the Indian Health Service from the Next Government Shutdown
The fiscal fragility of the Indian Health Service creates real problems for Native peoples.

The fiscal fragility of the Indian Health Service creates real problems for Native peoples.
State legislation blocking access to gender-affirming care puts kids at risk, thwarts physician autonomy, and potentially violates federal laws.
If states can demonstrate success in implementing progressive health reforms, national health reform may follow.
Expanding health insurance coverage may be on the menu through budget reconciliation.
Our government bails out large risks in many arenas. Yet we fail to backstop the most human risk of all — our vulnerability to suffering and death.
The Biden administration should offer employers a Medicare-based public health insurance option for their employee coverage.
The focus of the nascent Biden administration has been on making private health insurance more durable, not deconstructing it.
Waiver withdrawals provide a path forward for the Biden administration to end a grab bag of Trump-era Section 1115 waivers.