Money & Policy
This government program provides healthcare for many Indigenous Americans.
What is the Indian Health Service?
Having to wait a long time to see a specialist is an example of a problem with the healthcare ____.
What is the system?
Assuming health disparities are “normal” is an example of this.
What is stereotyping or bias?
When a doctor doesn’t fully listen to a patient, this is a problem with the ____ relationship.
What is the doctor-patient relationship?
The article says Indigenous health disparities are NOT caused by this.
What is genetics or biology?
Indigenous healthcare is funded less than this larger federal healthcare program.
What is Medicare?
Rules about referrals and insurance affect health even if doctors want to help.
What is the healthcare system?
Calling patients “noncompliant” without context ignores these barriers.
What are structural or system barriers?
Past experiences with discrimination can cause this feeling during medical visits.
What is mistrust?
The article focuses on fixing systems rather than blaming this.
What is individual behavior?
Fixing funding problems would most directly help improve healthcare access.
What is increased funding or policy change?
Even without meaning to, healthcare systems can make care harder to access.
What is bureaucracy or system design?
Media and medical narratives can shape how providers think about patients.
What is bias?
Trust makes this part of healthcare better.
What is communication or care?
Health outcomes are affected by housing, food, and transportation, not just doctors.
What are social factors or social determinants of health?