VIDEO: Rep. Johnson Testifies on the Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
“If we can pass H.R. 895, we can keep from diverting much-needed funds away from student education. That will free up resources so they can be used for student outcomes, for student education, and that is going to improve the lives of tribal students across the country, and that is a very, very good thing.”
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today testified during an Indigenous Peoples of the United States subcommittee hearing on the Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act (H.R. 895), legislation he introduced earlier this year.
This legislation would amend Section 409 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to clarify that tribal grant schools are eligible to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program and the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) program.
So government health care is better than private health care? Doesn’t seem fair to the rest of the taxpayers that can’t afford private insurance.
These are federal BIE schools, Tara. Why would some of them have access to the federal employee insurance program and others wouldn’t? This is a fairness issue.
It’s pandering to the Indians for votes. Be straight up and honest and quit enabling them. Instead ask how socialism is working for the Native Americans of SD. The Reservations are corrupt and you know it.