
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
Nevada Correspondent at KFF Health News
@KFFHealthNews correspondent covering rural health, based in Nevada. Tips/questions: [email protected].
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2 days ago |
yahoo.com | Katheryn Houghton |Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez |Arielle Zionts
Navajo Nation leaders took turns hiking alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in April to detail the tribal nation’s priorities to improve access to health care and clean water. They also advocated for the preservation and reestablishment of U.S. government programs that have far-reaching impacts for their nation. (Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health News)WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.
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nbcmontana.com | Katheryn Houghton |Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez |Arielle Zionts
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3 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Katheryn Houghton |Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez |Arielle Zionts
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the U.S. government's top health official as they hiked along a sandstone ridge overlooking their rural, high-desert town before the morning sun grew too hot. Buu Nygren, president of the Navajo Nation, paused at the edge with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Below them, tribal government buildings, homes, and juniper trees dotted the tan and deep-red landscape.
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4 days ago |
gazettextra.com | Vanessa Sanchez |Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
SAN FRANCISCO - Health nonprofits and medical interpreters warn that federal cuts have eliminated dozens of positions in California for community workers who help non-English speakers sign up for insurance coverage and navigate the health care system.
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dailygazette.com | Vanessa Sanchez |Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
SAN FRANCISCO — Health nonprofits and medical interpreters warn that federal cuts have eliminated dozens of positions in California for community workers who help non-English speakers sign up for insurance coverage and navigate the health care system.
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Medicaid is the largest third-party payer for tribal health providers and helps fill significant and chronic underfunding gaps in the Indian Health Service. Tribal leaders said they see the program as an important way the federal government meets trust responsibility to tribes.

As Congress mulls significant cuts to Medicaid, Native American tribes are bracing for potentially devastating financial fallout. @jazmin1orozco reports for KFF Health News + @CBSNews. ⤵️

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