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“This decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is troubling and undermines longstanding policy and law that recognize tribes as sovereign governments, not racial classifications. This understanding is the very basis of the laws that apply uniquely to tribes and that have been upheld by the courts time and time again. HHS is demonstrating a breathtaking lack of understanding of this fundamental and bedrock concept in Indian law.”
-Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr., speaking about the Trump Administration’s attempts to remove exemptions for tribal citizens in states that are adding work requirements to Medicaid [Source].
