Indian Health Service

D.C. Circuit Briefing in Menominee Tribe v. United States (IHS)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here:

Menominee Opening Brief 2013

IHS Brief

Menominee Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

Prior D.C. Circuit case materials here.

Two More Tribal Complaints against IHS over Contract Support Costs

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cherokee Nation Complaint

Shoalwater Bay Complaint

Choctaw Nation v. Sebelius Amended Complaint

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

13 1476 Docket 4 2013 09 30 Choctaw First Amended Complaint

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Contract Support Costs Suit against Indian Health Service

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. United States (D. D.C.):

EBCI Complaint

Lac Courte Oreilles Band Sues IHS for Contract Support Costs

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. United States (D. D.C.):

Complaint

NPR Story on Affordable Care Act Providing More Money for Indian Health Service

Adrea Korthase

Here.

More Contract Support Costs Suits against Indian Health Service

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Seminole Complaint

St. Croix Complaint

 

Menominee Sues IHS over Contract Support Costs

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Menominee Indian Tribe v. United States (D. D.C.):

Complaint

Consolidated Tribal Health Project Inc. v. US — Complaint against IHS for Constract Support Costs

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Complaint

An excerpt:

This is a suit against the United States for breach of contract and statute by the Indian Health Service (“IHS”), an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). Plaintiff, the Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Inc. (“CTHP”), seeks money damages under the Contract Disputes Act, 41 U.S.C. § 7101 et seq. (“CDA”), based on the Secretary’s repeated violations of CTHP’s contractual and statutory right to the payment of full funding of contract support costs (“CSC”) for contracts entered under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (“ISDEAA”), Pub. L. No. 93-638, as amended, 25 U.S.C. § 450 et seq.

NYTs Op-Ed: “The Sequester Hits the Reservation”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

Here.

An excerpt:

The sequester will impose cuts of 5 percent across the Indian Health Service, the modestly financed agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides basic health care to two million American Indians and native Alaskans. It is underfinanced for its mission and cannot tolerate more deprivation.

Here lies a little-noticed example of moral abdication. The biggest federal health and safety-net programs — Social Security, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Supplemental Security Income, and veterans’ compensation and health benefits — are all exempt from sequestration. But the Indian Health Service is not.