From Reuters (Link: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-must-pay-more-native-american-tribes-healthcare-costs-supreme-court-rules-2024-06-06/):
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that the federal government has been under-funding Native American tribes that administer their own healthcare programs for 30 years and must pay potentially hundreds of millions more going forward.
In its 5-4 ruling, opens new tab, the court found that federal law requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to pay the overhead costs that tribes incur when spending money from Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. The ruling is a victory for the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona and the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming, which had each sued over the funding.
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