The proposal would cut the entire $33 million currently dedicated to community health centers that many say provide critical resources to American Indians nationwide.
"Under President Bush's proposed fiscal year 2007 debt reduction budget, urban Indian health funding would be terminated and patients would have to seek health care through other federally funded health facilities.
More than 60 percent of all American Indians who live in urban areas use urban Indian health facilities, according to the president's budget information. Those patients could find themselves looking for other health providers, mostly at their own expense."
"Urban Indian health clinics and programs do more than provide primary health care. They are sources of education on diabetes, heart disease, alcohol and drugs and provide personal services."
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