Four states now allow government-run insurance programs to cover Native American healing practices.
In October, the Biden Administration expanded both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for practices that could include sweat lodges and drumming in Oregon, California, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Jen Procter Andrews is Vice Chair for the Coquille Tribe based in coastal Oregon, and a member of the Portland Area Indian Health Board. She called it a fantastic development which will address issues specific to Native communities…