It's especially irritating to those of us who ARE Native. The thing is, my grandparents hail from two different tribes. So I'm not exactly "half" of any tribe. But at least I'm not on a reservation totally dependent on a government that has never followed through from the get go. It's things like this and the bullshit that goes on at the VA hospitals that give me pause for thought about government health care. Our government, even when run by the well-intentioned, can't seem to find its ass with both hands. Cash for clunkers just passed, too. But people are dying. Yeah, I get it that they need to step up and take responsibility for more of their preventative stuff like exercise and diet. But you'd be appalled at how misinformed or uninformed people are. And while everyone is quoting things about obesity and diabetes-hey, anything worse than the "normal" population is newsworthy- the basic line is that there really isn't enough regardless. I'm healthy as a horse. When we had mandatory physicals paid for by the local reservation, I was nearly perfect. But you know what? I could get hit by a car on my bike tomorrow. Or that guy who ran the red light this morning might have been going too fast for me to miss. Anything can happen. When it does... I'm better off being life flighted out of town!
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