Collected Item: “Pandemic Highlights Deep-Rooted Problems in Indian Health Service”
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Pandemic Highlights Deep-Rooted Problems in Indian Health Service
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website article
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This article illuminates the lack of resources the Indian Health Service (IHS) received from the government to treat its tribal members who contract COVID-19. The IHS blames the Federal government and both current and past presidential administrations for creating the massive deficiencies in ventilators, PPE, hospital beds, and funding for government-run hospitals. This piece provides an example of how COVID-19 highlights the continued healthcare inequalities between non-tribal and tribal communities, thus making it important to contribute to the JOTPY archive.
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infection rate, systematic weakness, social distance, Indian Health Service, HST580, Arizona State University
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/politics/coronavirus-indian-health-service.html?auth=login-google
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Sharon Chischilly
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2020-09-29