Please ask your representatives to support "Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2013"
Dear Tribal Citizen,
Today I ask you to contact your US Senator and representative to Congress strongly urging support for the bill "Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2013" (H.R. 3229/ S. 1570) to allow advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service (IHS) in order to provide timely and predictable funding to administer health programs and services to American Indian and Alaska Native people.
This bill is critical to our people.
Healthcare services directly administered by the federal government, such as the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), are funded by advance appropriations to minimize the impact of late and, at times, inadequate budgets. The decision of Congress to enact advance appropriations for the VA medical program provides a compelling argument for the effectiveness of advance funding a federally administered health program, which could easily be applied to the IHS.
Beyond the efficiency inherent to advance appropriations, providing timely and predictable funding helps ensure the federal government's Trust Responsibility is carried out.
Please use the attached letter and send it in today.
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