Comment: the clinic is run by the tribe any cmplaints will be handled like the finances at the tribe. secretly and the one complaining will be discriminated against and will not have bills paid. the clinic is very unprofessional you see L's daughers snagging rite at work. the blonde one dont even work always in pharmacy watching her man e.w. holding each other no one can say anything they will be fired. the other one is always on sick leave. and they are the only 2 that got raises. how stuped

Comment: you cant even get an appt even if you have a serious condition. they will make an appt for you 2 months down the road and by then you could be dead. then they get mad at you because you are sick and they have that look on their faces like well dont bother us. we are just doing what we are told to do.unexperenced workers always on break and stella always gone. workers coming in at 10 or 10.30 then leaving for lunch rite at noon. cant ever get the meds rite. no one ever answers the phones.

Comment: whats going on in the minne-tohe health center? ask donna b,lovette v, i guess they run everythng there.. they make the big money!! we cant even get the right meds in ws..our elders are in pain and cant even see the dr. when they finally do they haffta go all the way to nt to get their medicine and where are the workers that are suppose to answer the phones in nt????? HELLO, HELLO, thot so no one answers at all AGAIN

Comment: When my mother was on Dialysis, we would have hard times trying to fill her meds. and that when IHS was in charge. Now my husband and i are diabetics we now have a hard time tryin to get our meds fill or sometimes they dont even put the right meds in our bags. Also when we call for an appt clinic says its a two month away wait and that just for a refill on our meds.. Our Tribe dont give a SHIT about us. All they care about is a paycheck, I see it when I go in the clinic.

Comment: What happened to the millions we were going to make off third party billing. IHS refers people out and then refuses to pay so it damages your credit. The TBC used people to get these 638 contracts but these people no longer work for the tribe. If you look at some of the programs nothing has changed. The employees have increased but the services have not. The doctors misdiagnose illness and no recourse for the patient. The other problem is the Government is getting off the hook and the tribe should not be wasting money on personel.

Comment: IHS aint perfect, but the fleas come with the dog! Lets say u got a five pack of gum and ten people needed gum. Do you take two for yourself and tell em to fight for the rest? Well on a larger scale, Minne Tohe is doing what they can without enough resources. And quit hating just becuz they WORK! They're human too, maybe you caught em on a bad day. Damn. Too much ankle biting from the public. Ever think YOUR attitude needs to be adjusted? Quit smoking, drinking, overeating, and maybe you wouldn't have to reley on IHS

Comment: IHS only has until July 28th, 2010 to turn in their reports to the investigation that they are currently under by Senator Dorgan. All that is said here will be sent to his office to help with the investigation. A lot is going on, this is only one investigation that is on the way. More info? and want to directly comment also? Go to: http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/other/106393-senate-authorizes-subpoena-power-in-indian-health-service-investigation (Their is a comment section on at the end.)

Comment: That's the same attitude I get from the employees at the clinic. Thank you 'nuu-shee' for your support for your native people. People like you don't need to be working at all. I hope I will never actually meet up with you. I pray for you.. shameful human being.

Comment: I think the idea behind this comment section was to point out complaints that could be taken to the people who are investigating IHS. We are creating division again but it is probably the same people who keep posting names and situations that want to keep us divided. Innervoice please do not post any more comments or remarks unless they are relevant to positive change. Also please limit the campaigning by individuals who take up most of the time and space.

Comment: nuu-shee, sure live up live up 2 your name, ass. IHS aint perfect. U got that right. Dog should not have fleas in the first place. Who the hell NEEDS gum? Dumb analogy. “is doing what they can without enough resources?” Gee, wonder WHY. Work and having a job R 2 different things. They sure don’t act human! Talk about attitude adjustment. Don’t have to rely on IHS? That’s like saying who needs air to breath.

Comment: If you're the TBC you take 4 pieces of gum and divide up the last piece. Then you blame it on the people. I hear we are over a hundred million in debt and the TBC says it was given to the people. If we are cooporation like some claim then our CEO's should be fired for not making us a profit. We really need third party billing or will a relative have to get a contract to do this?

Comment: you can tell "nuu-shee" works at the clinic thats how ignorant they are. always visiting and eating. coming and going like they have no supervisor oh thats rite they dont. the meds are always wrong and always changing our dosage without telling you. workers always sitting in the waiting room visiting. when someone is sick and or in pain they have no consideration for them. i hope nuu-shee never gets sick and get treated bad. seriously people the clinic needs a major overhaul and some type of supervision

Comment: its people like you that make matters worse just like one bad apple U KNOW THE REST why would you want to be called an ass i think its becuse you are a lost soul. and talking about mashugaz hope you know what you say because they are holy to and know things you only wish they did dont be hateful one of these days you are going to be on the other side of the table and you will hurt just like every one else think bfore you say something didnt your parents teach you anything

Comment: How long is going to take to do the new hospital. Is it true that the person in charge of this project is getting paid 85 dollars an hour so he really doesn't want it completed? Does anyone know what will be done with the IHS houses and buildings if they finish the hospital? I hope the TBC keep our youth in mind and use it as a rehab compound for our young people instead of sending them away or locking them up.

Comment: What natives don't realize is the concept of personal responsibility. That was taken away by years of forced dependency on the govt. It really screwed with our thinking and made us dependents like we continue to be today. Natives, you ever notice how much we eat? How much pop we drink? Healthy people actually try eat healthy on a DAILY BASIS. Its called being personally responsible for your health. Maybe one day we'll put 2 & 2 together and see the link in our eating/drinking habits & diabetes.

Comment: What NUSHEE is trying to inform, is that the underlying cause of our health problems is our diet & capitalistic influence. I agree with her, however, this does not excuse how the IHS clinic is operated & the personnel attitude there. Facts are facts, & that’s what's required to resolve the issues here.

Comment: I am ND EVOC, with patch and credentials. In Kansas 2005 & 6, I volunteered for ambulance driver. They told me everyone in the unit has 2 B EMT Certified, so I enrolled in their EMS 4 month long rigorous training program. Proper application of medication is essential & serious business when dealing with the life of a patient. All experiencing improper prescription of medication by our clinic are encouraged to list their names. YOU, can help put a stop to this fiasco.

Comment: but remember you stole them wads of cash when you worked soft count?

Comment: Pied Piper, I think that is an awesome idea to turn that housing into a treatment facility. Maybe teach them life skills at the same time and learn to live and make money on thier own too. Richard, I would hate for one of my relatives to get a bad perscription. Especially since there are so many side effects. If the wrong dose is given, that could lead to a disaster. People please make misdosing known.

Comment: Committee on Indian Affairs United States Senate 838 Hart Office Building Washington, DC 20510 comments@indian.senate.gov Phone: (202)-224-2251 Majority Fax: (202)-228-2589 Minority Fax: (202)-224-5429 There is only 12 more days to go for the IHS Investigation people...Here is a direct way to report what you know that could help the "Senate of Indian Affairs Committee" with this investigation. I hope it all gets straightened out, we need to preserve our well being in everyway. R future..

Comment: ok hidatsa language lesson #1: Nu shee means YOUR ASS. So what nu shee was saying was YOUR ass. because just oushe means ass. and NU shee means YOUR ass! got it? Good.

Comment: Get rid of the reservations! they dont work, it's just a tool for our people to fail, tribal government has not worked and will never work unless there is a change to the current constitution there are too many tribal members related to each other that only care about their families, our people have learned to be greedy,jealous and hateful of each other and unfortunatly some of our childern pick this right up. Our tribal members need to be taught how to make it for themselves from day 1 and not feel that because they are on the reservation they will have things handed to them. I may be wrong but last i heard IHS was not running Minne Tohe for a few years now, I guess the tribe with all their education on health care was going to turn things around, we need leaders and supervisors that are well qualified to these positions then and only then will things change for the better.

Comment: Ok people are you happy now? Chairman Levings annouced he will not be running for a second term. So who is brave enough to run out there? Better start campaigning.

Comment: Truth be told people sniff pills up their nose after they make the pills into powder and do that. They should investigate the doctors who prescribe painkillers and valiums and methadones because even kids 10 years old are buying them from people who always have these dangerous narcotics. Why are so many people "in pain" and why are the doctors so quick to prescribe them and not fix the health issue? Granted there are legitimate patients with real pain but really, why is this happening so much?

Comment: Can't get rid of the reservations cuz natives don't know how to live without being coddled by the govt. we don't understand self sufficiency through our own labors. rather we rely on more federal dollars coming in to sustain our "businesses". we dont have to show up for work or even work that hard cuz the business aint goin under cuz because really its just a vehicle for spending federal dollars. another form of federal welfare. the money will come in and then they can restock/reopen again.

Comment: imagine no reservation. thats like throwin a child off a boat and saying sink or swim. no federal govt life jacket. no IHS. no housing. no tribal "jobs". or worse yet no GA!

Comment: You all depend on others to sustain your existance. Make your own way in this world. Contribute to society in a positive way other than expelling carbon dioxide...............

Comment: They shouldn't even have an IHS they should make the people who have made up jobs on the that work for TAT pay their own insurance out of their check at least we'll know that part of the made up job money is going to a real cause. Then we can focus on the real people who need health care like the elders and younger children. And stop wasting money on people who just abuse it. Now there wasting millions of dollars on a hosptial so they can make up more jobs that no one will do right the people with education won't even get hired unless your related to someone on the council.. you got my vote! CLOSE THE REZ!

Comment: I hope most of you have did your part on helping the "Senate of Indian Affairs" by directly commenting to them or calling or even writing you letters to assist in the areas of need of investigating. If you have not done so already...please do you part and help describe what is going on here. This is our one chance and we only have 8 days left...we are all leaders here and need to look out for each other.

Comment: Ok. Health Care 101. You get sick or injured you need help. right? Then, you go to your local IHS. Then, you wait for six hours to get seen by a doctor who gives you ibuprofen and a pep talk! Now, is that really helping anybody or is it justifying a paycheck for a lot of people? I heard, when i was living in montana, "you go to IHS to die" meaning: they dont help! I say try it yourself. Everybody go to IHS for some type of health problem report on this site as to what happened. Now, keep it mind, the U.S. Gov't is obligated to provide health care to MHA Nation people in exchange for the LANDS they took in the Ft. Laramie Treaty! Now, if your NOT enrolled in MHA Nation, stay out of it!

Comment: This Tribal election 2010, it‘s obvious the People are tired of the same old thing. Time after time it changes, but it stays the same. Recently the change has been to the worst. It’s time for authentic change to occur this time around. Aug. 10th is the deadline, the “One” you’ve been waiting for will be there for all of US. THEN, ONLY YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Comment: Can anyone tell me why TBC members are always giving away star quilts to employees (like IHS) for doing their job?

Comment: I just find it really hard to believe that this is the best we can do in providing health care. Our Ceo spends half her time at the KDU and not in the role of administer. Our doctors are on break half the day no quota case load. The front desk is a joke bring Alfreda back at least she answered the phone. Hurry up and wait for Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse? They need to be reminded that they are there for the people not admin leave or clocking in and hanging out at home on the housing compound.

Comment: I guess the sick, sad thing about our health care is that we used to be able to blame the IHS and the feds for inadequate funding and inept administrative complacency in not meeting our needs. Now its our own tribe doing this to us? There should not be one political appointee allowed in the day to day operations of the delivery of these services. I mean I get the last cough drop and my bill paid because my dad or uncle is on the council? Really is this they way we want things prioritized?

Comment: I guess the sick, sad thing about our health care is that we used to be able to blame the IHS and the feds for inadequate funding and inept administrative complacency in not meeting our needs. Now its our own tribe doing this to us? There should not be one political appointee allowed in the day to day operations of the delivery of these services. I mean I get the last cough drop and my bill paid because my dad or uncle is on the council? Really is this they way we want things prioritized?

Comment: Does anyone know how to get a copy of the last credentialing or inspection of our facility? We are billing so I take it we must be providing a standard of care on paper anyways. I am just curious as to what the reports say we need to work on and what has been done to get things the way they need to be. Also, what are the current guidelines for contract health to pay outside referrals? Who is in charge of that?

Comment: Wow, I have now heard, they are charging tribal members for services. From previous experience working for IHS, not Tribal, in billing, a competent, excellent co-worker and myself billed out and received back 3 million dollars just in medicaid in a week. Now they're "outsourcing" this job to another company. Without my permission, they charged bc/bs and I got a bill. I recently worked in CHS and they had their hands tied.

Comment: CHS has their hands full with a $200,000 budget from TBC/Marcus, just one person can use that much $ in one episode of care. It's scary to think of how "admin" takes care of business. It was too shady for me so I left, no way am I going to go down for embezzlement, but it's the norm for Fort Berthold. It's true, some staff needs to do their "JOB" and be professioanl, For one, who's gonna take account for those who feel the true impact? Not the current staff.

Comment: Why is our health care system getting worse rather than better with IHS out of the loop? Why are there so many closed sessions for the clinic durng Health & Human or council meetings? Everything, is decided behind closed doors. There should not be a motion or vote during closed sessions. hmm no published audits, budgets, six months late minutes? Print those in MHA Times on a timely basis!!!

Comment: On a scale of 1-10 its a 5 Monday- Friday and a Big Fat 0 on the weekends, holidays and admin leave days!The people deserve better. Its pretty simple to figure out why. LACK OF LEADERSHIP. Who is in charge? Who makes the decisions there? Who calls the shots? Stella? McRill? Ardel? Amy? Lovetta? Lets give them all a raise and a star quilt! Instead embracing the opprtunity of the 638 contract and proving we could do better than IHS these fine people really have delivered!! Blew it!!

Comment: what the hell is going on at the ihs clinic they cant even pay bills. too many fat people getting their stomachs stapled. people r getting collections letters. too many employees wasting time and money . emplyees coming to work at 10 and and always at the casino. the secretarys are making 28 to 39 bucks and hour mite as well be a doc. somebody check these bozos out, always visiting in the lobby and saying they are overworked. what a joke.

Comment: I think we took Doctor Wilson for granted! Now the tribe kicks in 8 million bucks a year (above and beyond the 638 contract)and with all that money and technology we have today we still can't make it work right? Too many layers of beaucracy and not enough advocacy,ambulances or primary providers for our rural communities. 9-5 Mon-Fri services are just not working. What can we do to make the best of what we do have? What a run away train.. where is the stimulus package for healthcare reform?

Comment: Maybe it would be better to just provide health inssurance for every enrolled member? What would that cost? Hmm 8 million plus 5 million+ = 13 million bucks whats the monthly cost for health insurance multiplied times the number of enrolled members? We already have how many tribal employees with coverage? Too radical? Crazy to think we can't even manage or finance the clinic we already have and investing more into something that is NOT WORKING! If we are committed to this lets do it right!

Comment: Its a real shame that there so many healthcare disparities. We have serial killers and child molesters incarcerated that get better health care than Grandma and Grandpa do back on the rez? Maybe we need a tribal insurance commisioner? Maybe we need to raise the bar on our expectations of the state insurance commissioner? Ever seen that guy running around here making sure our rural health care needs are met? Maybe because most of us don't have insurance> LOL We get what we pay for and vote for!

Comment: HELLO DONNA B IS GETTING PAID BIG BIG BUCKS TO BILL EACH AND EVERY ENROLLED MEMBER so if you do have any insurance you might as well go to an outside Dr. because you are being billed for your meds to ask donna and lovette v. they are are the ones who set that up so donna can make big bucks there is no ihs the clinic is all TRIBAL they are billing enrolled members for everything visits and meds but what we would like to know is where is the money going for all these charges? can you answer that donna and lovette not hating anyone but just telling the TRUTH

Comment: Maybe its time to put together a real MHA Nation Health Board!We might not all get what we want but may find what we need. In the Art of War some leaders choose to rule out of a constant state of chaos. It perpetuates the "YOU NEED ME TO FIX IT" climate. Some egos are fed with insecurities.Tired of excuses an deciet. Who made things this way? Who will accept responsibility and have the courage to say we really screwed that up? WE CAN DO BETTER! Lets start with getting people who really care.

Comment: In response LISTEN UP. Just wondering when that was authorized for the billing? The clinic has always billed insurance companies... Now what you are saying is they are billing individuals, is that correct? So, this place is already a sink hole of 8 million plus in tribal funds. in addition to the 638 contract funds and we still can't make ends meet? Maybe we need a financial audit for this place? What are we paying for? GOLD STAR SERVICE? Supersize those meds? Fair and speedy appoinments?

Comment: If your mom or dad was on the TBC, you wouldn't need to go to IHS. You bank roll would be soo fat, you could get top notch health care. not to mention, you would be less likely to get sick in the first place cuz all your basic needs are meeting like its cool. CORRUPTION makes ft. berthold go around. Let's put the less fortunate first! This Health care facility belongs to the tribe, keep it that way.

Comment: With all the oil money on the rez and if managed right there's no reason why our tribe would be able to pay full preiums for BC/BS insurance for all the enrolled memeber then we can go to any DR, clinic, or hosptial.

Comment: The insanity of this whole thing is that the Helth and Human Committee don't know whats going on in that place. When stella is at work and reports to them she gives them half truths and even out right lies to their faces. Covers up incompetence there. The biggest problem there is that it has turned into a politacal playground of appoinments. It has turned into a place for all the politically connected tribal workers that were fired from other departments just recycle and reassigned there...

Comment: In Response to Half Breed. I agree in the power of choice as well. We should be able to choose our own providier for our health care. Problem with that is the economic impact of all of our health dollars would be sent to Williston, Minot, Bismark, Dickinson. Those are jobs for our our people. Local services for our people. This is a treaty responsibility that our own tribal leaders are relinquishing. Why? Get it right! Do it Right! We can do it but need the right leadership!

Comment: I agree. Treaty responsibility. The U.S. Gov't is supposed to get Ft. Berthold a Hospital. Because they flooded out the old hospital in elbowoods. And, it would be nice if they had a 25 HR. Emergency Room there. Not all health care problems happen Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 11:30 am and 1:15 pm to 4:30 pm. Get Real. We need a REAL Health Care facility.

Comment: This place is BAD MEDICINE!! Who the hell is passing out all those pills? This should be investigated. Way too many narcotics on the streets. If we need that many pain killers maybe we should be in the hospital with nursing care or in detox somewhere! Who is counting the pain meds and prescribing them? Who is getting high? There needs to be an audit in that pharmacy. Why cant we get common over the counter meds or antibiotics but it glory daze for all the pill heads?

Comment: We have no tolerance for pain? Too many people sell those pills, crush them snort them or even shoot them up. With all the diabetics it all to easy for druggies to get syringes. When is the last time the workers at this clinic have had a drug test done? Some of them look like they are on the job high. Pinching pills? Is there a fox in the hen house there? Compare our inventory and prescriptions with other similarly situated clinic pharmacies. I would dare say that there is misuse and abuse here.

Comment: Whats up with Dr. Mgrill? Did he flip out or what? Rumor on the street is he is cuttn outta here before big inspection there at clinic? Kinda scary to think we trust people with the lives of our people ( especialliy our chidren and elders) then they end end up pulling that crap! Pretty weak Phil... I once thought you had a good heart. I hope you get your just deserves for the legacy you have left us to clean up!! Musta got too close to the money and politics?

Comment: The main reason we dont have a 24/7 clinic emergency room is that we got 30 people that cant show up to work even mon--fri !!! The doctors are too lazy to take call and weekend shifts. They never had it better than to work there see 5 paitents a day and take 2 days to sign off on everyone elses paper work. Our tribe has been contracting those docs for quite a few years they have big fat contracts with lots of perks. They pretty much tell our TBC what they will or wont do pick and choose patients

Comment: I cant get my meds without seeing a doctor first! I cant get an appointment to see the doctor!! Its worse now than it ever was before. Walk in wait all day and still not get help. I guess the only thing that keeps me going is when I see others worse off than me and thank God for what I do have. I have to miss work to sit out there for nothing. Half the time they mess up my dose even lose my medicine. Hear them complaining about sick people rolling their eyes huffing around JUST MISERABLE MEAN!

Comment: Gee what about that mean Fox lady working at the clinic. Just acts like we want to go there for fun or just to harrass her. Bad attitude for a nurse. Her supervisor should visit with her about how she treats people. When she acts like that it makes it so all the other workers there can be some kind of way or treat people bad too! I know its not easy working with sick people but if she dont like what she is doing then maybe she should be reassigned somewhere else. Just uncalled for spitefulness!

Comment: my Concern with Minne Tohe is that the people who worked there in the past were professsional. they had badges to show they were employees of the clinic, but to date since the tribe took over. None of the employees that work there look professional or dress professional, they look like patients themselves, scraggly sweats, actually they look dirty and dont look like they should be working there. they need to have a dress code, my gosh. and some of the people they hired gosh i would even trust them with my medical chart, prolly just goin thru certain individuals telling there business. and some of the workers that work there snort pill,meth heads/potheads my gosh.. these people take care of us, under the influence?????yea the tribe dont care bout its people or sick patients!

Comment: i just wanted to comment on the people they hire to work at the Clinic should be drug tested. some of the woman in the nursing program that graduated/instructed are meth/pill popper/potheads. i think the clinic should drug test each new employee..comon these are people who are triaging patients, filing our records, they might mess up someones record be putn wrong info in charts/file being under the influence! another thing is the people that answer the phones sound like rezzers! my gosh have proper phone ettiquette!

Comment: so if Dorgan says there is 'gross mismanagement with IHS' what do we call what the 638 plan is doing 'grosser mismanagement'? who cares about us? Then there is the hospital...another trinity????

Comment: Exactly! Well said wondern. However; I believe it is not going to be a hosipital but rather a 9-5 Mon-Fri clinic. Change of scenery but not a change of style? I thought originally the 638 contract had language that kept politics out of healthcare. Thought we were going to have "HEALTH BOARD". My bad.. I thought wrong. We doubled employee expense... same crappy service. More political appointees there than a porcupine has quills!!Sad but I think its gonna get worse before it gets better there.

Comment: Ok, first of all, if Ms Reed can really bill and collect $1 Million in a week- what are we worried about?!? She should get back to work so that she can save everyone! With that kind of money, I mean really! We could all get gastrics and plastic surgery or whatever we want! But in reality- there isnt even enough patients on this reservation much less patients on Medicaid to generate that kind of revenue. Can you spell fraud? And what do you expect as far as employees go? Since the 638 contract the clinic is filled with uneducated, inexperienced relatives of Tribal officials. Education and experience are a thing of the past. The 638 contract could have worked if the council had been true to their word and kept politics out of it!!!

Comment: Oh! Excuse me- I stand corrected- $3 Million!! in a week. Wow...maybe Aberdeen Area Office should get ahold of her so that she can get all IHS facilities in the black!

Comment: Shhh maybe this rez would be a better place if everyone took this energy and did something positive with it!!!

Comment: The most frustating part of all this is our clinic is operating on gossip, rumor, heresay and innuendo. Poor leadership, no "functional" leadership! Half of them don't know their supervisor or have a supervisor with no backbone. I want a copy of that 638 contract!! Think we should sue IHS like Belcourt! Bet if things were done like they were said they would be done in the original contract it wouldnt be so screwed up. Our tribal council don't know jack about health care! unethical/ wasteful!

Comment: Wow, thank you for your snide remark. I'm going to school and getting work experience off the reservation. Bringing in that $$ was a feat for us and we're proud of it even though it was 10 years ago. It was an example of what could be. Give my family housing and I will do the work. My pursuit of education is going to help me help others. So belittle me, talk bad about me, it only makes me stronger. Gowitz

Comment: My biggest thanks to the Minne Tohe staff who work extra hard, who are professional and perform their work with no complaints. My thanks to you for helping those on Fort Berthold. With your support and energy, we may be able to work positively together. Lots of work needs to be done. One day, things will change for the better. Many blessings on you and your families. Not everyone is the same and their eyes will open one day to your situation. Until that day, stay strong!

Comment: You know what? You are right, and I apologize. I handled that wrong but I think I took offense to your comment also. As a former IHS employee I do know that collections in Fort Berthold have always been behind as far as billing goes so that would probably account for the $3 Million in MCD claims. As far as I can remember I think AAO mandated all backbilling be billed by 2007. What I can tell you is that IHS has the right to recover third party insurance monies and that is how they are able to refer patients and have specialists come in. That is why/how they bill Native Americans private insurances. I like the comment from Bored (as well as your last post)because really, maybe if we could all be more positive as patients, employees, supervisors, etc, then maybe we could change the overall attitude here. Start with ourselves....

Comment: walk a mile in someone else's shoes and you wont be so apt to complain. how are you all on the computer so much? dont you have jobs? too much time on your hands.

Comment: Yes, it will take alot of hard work to make things better at OUR clinic. Some have chosen this place to play little kid games and musical chairs for political made up jobs. Healthcare is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Too many people were given positions of authority and jobs they are not qualified or apparently care to do. We dont nedd bullies , manipulators, intimidators or politicians there. We need people who care! We need the administration to be accountable. Be fair and treat people good. No more games

Comment: If things were the way they should and could be then we would not have to resort to Inner Voice. There are some good ideas here to make things better. Take those and leave the rest. We have been walking miles and miles to other healthcare providers because we are not getting the services our people need and deserve. WE are paying for those moccassins and they dhould be running to provide us with those services. Our people should feel welcome there and greeted in a courteous professional manner.

Comment: I agree with Coup Counter. Some of the workers there think they are touchable because they have family on the tribal council. They think they dont have to show up on time (if at all). They think they can be mean spirited to people that dont feel good. That one nurse is the wicked witch of the west and is as lazy as they come. They get paid more than even most of the nurses that work in Minot, or Bismark!

Comment: I called in to get my refill a while back. They wouldnt let me visit pharmacist. I told them what I needed and even spelled the medicine for them but they still screwed it up!! It was bad before worse now. We should seek legal recourse through the provisions of that 638 contract. If its a govt. contract for services and we are not getting the services then is it a breech of contract? I started going to another Dr. and what a change in how they treat me and my family! I'm Happy despite the drive!

Comment: When and where is the next innervoice meeting? I would like to see the faces that go with these comments.

Comment: I went to Mini-Tohe as a Walk-In last week for an injured shoulder. Spent most of my time there waiting. Dr. was very busy from one patient to another. Two hrs later, Dr. spent lest then one minute with me. Assessed my injury, then asked if it hurt to move my arm outward, like this he showed me. I replied “Yes”. Dr. says, “Then don’t do that” and sent me home with some pain pills.

Comment: Richard and other Innervoice members. I would like to see a link for Law Enforcement on this page as well. You have IHS and Oil and now the Chairman. I would appreciate to see that chat forum on this site too! Keep it UP! GOOD JOB and wonderful to see a site like this for enrolled member who do not live on Ft. B to still see what is all going on with our people.

Comment: So I hear Dr Baker is coming back? Hope he is in it for the long run. Hope he remembers what it felt like to be a poor enrolled member. Welcome home relative!