Bush threatens to veto bill to improve health care for American Indians -- get 50% less than felons and Medicaid

Vetoing History’s Responsibility | Published: January 28, 2008

President Bush’s threat to veto a bill intended to improve health care for the nation’s American Indians is both cruel and grossly unfair. Five years ago, the United States Commission on Civil Rights examined the government’s centuries-old treaty obligations for the welfare of Native Americans and found Washington spending 50 percent less per capita on their health care than is devoted to felons in prison and the poor on Medicaid. ...