Significant and structural changes are needed and this bill boldly steps into that arena as a first attempt to open the ...
Unfortunately, IHS has not been transparent and they have not been forthcoming about these issues.
Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing in South Dakota, and I want to speak out to the commis...
Investing more taxpayer money in a dysfunctional system will only compound the problem.
The services provided by the Indian Health Service as malpractice, and I stand by those words.
Senator Thune will take actions to obtain appropriate funding to implement the findings.
We need a willing partner at IHS who takes these issues as seriously as I do. As far as I'm concerned, this conversation...
We cannot accept failure or complacency, and, as a doctor, I know that quality health care is about putting the patient ...
This bill, the Indian Health Service Accountability Act, is the critical first step on the road to reform because it tar...
We do not need IHS to define what that bill means to the tribes. Tribes need to define to them.
$80 million. $80 million, Mr. Chairman, that went for litigation that was taken from patient care in the Great Plains Ar...
This requires systemic change. You can't fix this by changing the oil and replacing the tires. We need a whole new car.
The audit that Senator Thune has been discussing is essential to that being possible.
The legislation proposed by Chairman Barrasso and Senator John Thune, S. 2953 'The Indian Health Service Accountability ...
The IHS needs major reform.
There's got to be a way in which we can create a mechanism formalized so that consultation can take place.
More taxpayer money won't solve the dysfunction because what IHS lacks is an efficient system and accountability.
IHS has not been forthcoming about changes.
