Senator Dewey Bartlett Supports Indian Health Care Improvement Act1974-04-19Bartlett, Dewey F.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_003_2_32_9_0010Senator Dewey Bartlett of Oklahoma co-sponsored the "Indian Health Care Improvement Act" to improve healthcare for American Indians and Alaska Natives, who have been neglected. The bill aims to increase the number of Indians involved in delivering health services and address issues such as outdated facilities, personnel shortages, and lack of services in remote areas. Bartlett highlighted the inadequacies of the Claremore Indian Hospital and stressed the importance of improving healthcare for the Indian people.