By THE ALASKA STORY
US Sen. Lisa Murkowski is again partnering with a leading Democrat on legislation that advances a race-based federal program.
Murkowski joined Democrat Sen. Patty Murray of Washington State to introduce the PHS ACCESS Act, a bill that would expand the ability of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps to be assigned to Urban Indian Organizations. The legislation is designed specifically to serve American Indian and Alaska Native populations living in urban areas, a demographic defined by race and ancestry.
According to the bill, approximately 70% of Native populations now live in urban settings, and 41 Urban Indian Organizations nationwide provide targeted healthcare services to those communities.
Murkowski’s office says the bill addresses workforce shortages by allowing more federal health officers to be reassigned directly to these organizations and by creating incentives for service in rural and underserved areas. Murkowski said the goal is to ensure Native populations receive “culturally grounded care” and improved access to services regardless of where they live. But if the bill is enacted, it may have the effect of robbing Peter to pay Paul, taking health care access away from other Americans.
The legislation is part of a broader trend: Murkowski repeatedly aligns with Democrats on policies that carve out programs based on race or ethnicity as she courts the Native vote. Such programs raise constitutional and policy concerns with conservatives about equal treatment under the law.
10 thoughts on “Murkowski partners with Patty Murray on race-based health care expansion”
Murkowski continues to support only one group of people. Every native has free health care, vouchers for flying, taxi, hotels, food, and meds….they are covered. Why does she need to get more Healthcare to one group and not all people in Alaska? Why? Murkowski fails every time. She fails all Alaskans. The votes of the natives are told to vote for M. The whole group, town, village, and bush….discrimination at its worst. Blessings, W.
Wait a second: “the bill addresses workforce shortages by allowing more federal health officers to be reassigned directly to these organizations and by creating incentives for service in rural and underserved areas.”
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…how’s that working out with Homeland Security, you know, ICE, Border Patrol, Secret Service, TSA?
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Their Tudor Road health-care campus isn’t big enough, they got to expand?
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“Incentives for service in rural and underserved areas” looks like what, exactly? Might be fun to see what happens to the money when no one signs up, no?
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Put this together with the health-care fraud industry blowing up in our faces, do we want to guess where this boondoggle’s going?
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If Murkowski has a hand in it, should we even bother asking?
More of the Princess’ Pandering to a select group within the electorate. Political patronage for $1,000 Alex (now Ken).
With the race breakdown in Alaska as follows:
… 64% – White
… 04% – Black
… 15% – Native
… 07% – Asian
… The remaining % being mixed half-breeds and other misc
How exactly does this legislation help Alaska and Alaskans?
Or, does it merely fuel Lisa’s unhinged – derangement – narcissism?
Follow the money and see how much returns to Lisa!
I don’t understand, shouldn’t Native corporations being these kinds of things? Or at least sharing the costs? If Natives need help in urban areas I would think their corporations should be helping them. When does it ever end. The second issue is, is why is murkowski still being allowed to be in the Republican party when she is clearly not aligned with the party platform in any way, shape or form? The Republican Party needs to deal with this issue, because it is an issue…
Senator Murkowski represents in interests of Alaska Natives. Everyone else is secondary, incidental or ignored. Just stating the facts.
Murky buying votes using federal taxpayers funds. Her usual stick. BTW – it’s 2 pockets of the same pair of pants.
Maybe she should focus more on the real health issues facing rural communities who seem to have issues while being relocated to Anchorage because flooding wiped out villages built on a flood plain.
It is a little too much of a culture shock for them to handle being relocated to Anchorage.
Lisa is a fraud, a democrat. The only thing legitimate about her is her true status as a RINO…!