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United States Code Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

§ 3057b. Findings

§ 3057b.

Findings

The Congress finds that the older individuals who are Indians of the United States—

(1)

are a rapidly increasing population;

(2)

suffer from high unemployment;

(3)

live in poverty at a rate estimated to be as high as 61 percent;

(4)

have a life expectancy between 3 and 4 years less than the general population;

(5)

lack sufficient nursing homes, other long-term care facilities, and other health care facilities;

(6)

lack sufficient Indian area agencies on aging;

(7)

frequently live in substandard and over-crowded housing;

(8)

receive less than adequate health care;

(9)

are served under this subchapter at a rate of less than 19 percent of the total national population of older individuals who are Indians living on Indian reservations; and

(10)

are served under subchapter III at a rate of less than 1 percent of the total participants under that subchapter.