Omnibus package includes $6.6 billion for Indian Health Service

Biden administration wanted $8.5 billion, tribal advocates pressed for $12.8 billion; no advanced appropriations included.

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WASHINGTON – Whenever the new Indian Health Service (IHS) director takes the reins – which should have happened a long time ago, according to Native advocates – they will have a budget of $6.6 billion to oversee if the current omnibus spending bill passes both chambers of the U.S. Congress and is signed into law by President Joe Biden. 

The…