By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com SIOUX LOOKOUT — “I think people are suffering just because of this policy, and it cannot continue for that to happen” said Sol Mamakwa. Delays and uncertainty in getting flights and hotel rooms booked are impacting health outcomes and creating burdensome expenses for First Nations patients travelling from communities in his riding to access health care in urban centres, according to the Kiiwetinoong MPP. Mamakwa wrote a letter to Indigenous Services of Canada (ISC) and the federal Minister of Health to express concern and identify shortcomings within the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program. “The NIHB program is intended to support the health needs of First Nations people not covered through other health plans. The current state of the NIHB is failing. The…
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