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Doctor shortages in Indian country make it difficult for patients to get the health care they were promised. The agency overseeing the Indian Health Service acknowledged in a hearing last year, that IHS is short on providers. Officials revealed then that vacancy rates for physicians at IHS reached 20 percent in 2013. The number is even higher in certain areas. What are the long term impacts to doctor and other medical care provider shortages in Indian country? Is more money the answer?
Guests:
Dorothy Dupree (Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes) – IHS Deputy Director
Stacy Bohlen (Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa) – executive director of the National Indian Health Board
Break Music: Nose Flute Dub (song) Paula Fuga (artist) Lilikoi (album)
Also heard on NAC today:
Full interview with Dr. Doug Kiel about the phrase “off the reservation.”
