Navajo Leaders: Trump Shift on Native American Health Care Violates Treaties

The Trump administration says Native Americans might need to get a job to keep their health care. But Navajo leaders say that policy defies their 150-year-old treaty rights.

Three states have introduced a rule — and several more plan to — that says a person has to work or to be in school to receive Medicaid benefits. The Trump administration says American Indians are a race, not a separate government, and exempting tribes would give them preferential treatment.

https://news.azpm.org/p/news-articles/2018/4/25/128336-navajo-leaders-trump-shift-on-native-american-health-care-violates-treaties/