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On the recordJune 15, 2021
I truly appreciate it because you know it's amazing. I think the public doesn't know that we really only fund 36 percent of what's spent per capital nationally.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Leger Fernandez highlights the low funding for tribal healthcare compared to national spending.

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