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.

By Scott Burris Take-no-prisoners politics has been succeeded by hostage-taking politics. The metaphor could go a few ways, but in the most concrete sense the hostages are you, our friends and colleagues who work for the public’s health as federal civil servants. You, who often accept smaller salaries and more spartan working conditions than you…