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Disparities in Access and Quality: Policy Solutions to Advance Health Care for Native American Populations

Published On October 29, 2024

By: Alexa Cappotelli, Kelsey Wulfkuhle

At United States of Care we recognize that health care disparities stem from systematic, institutional, and historical barriers. While continuously looking for common areas for improvement, we center the insights and experiences of persons most impacted by systemic health care barriers, particularly people of color, individuals in rural areas, and those with low incomes. We believe this is an important component of developing durable policy solutions to remove barriers to accessing quality, affordable health care for these communities. 

Guided by these values, in this issue brief we seek to uncover the significant disparities in access to health care for Native American communities, highlighting the current health coverage programs available to this population, limitations of these programs, and innovative ways that states and the federal government can provide culturally responsive health coverage to Native American communities.