Tribal chairs tell RFK Jr. they need federal resources to improve their own healthcare

By: Jacob Orledge

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 1,022

Last Updated: 3 days, 21 hours ago

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Native American communities experience some of the highest disparities in healthcare in the country. Tribal chairs are hoping to work with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who visited North Dakota Thursday, to remedy that.

A major theme of the tribal chairs’ comments Thursday was the need for the federal government to provide the necessary resources to support local tribal solutions, not to impose solutions crafted in Washington, …

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