The Indian Health Service Budget is a comprehensive funding mechanism that supports a wide range of healthcare services, research, and infrastructure projects in Indian Country.

The Indian Health Service is the federal agency responsible for administering the Indian Health Service Budget and providing healthcare services to American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

The Indian Health Service Budget is approximately $6 billion per year.

Approximately 70% of the Indian Health Service Budget is allocated to direct patient care, including medical services, prescription drugs, and mental health services.

Personnel costs, including salaries and benefits for healthcare professionals, are the largest single line item in the Indian Health Service Budget.

The Indian Health Service provides healthcare services to approximately 2 million American Indian and Alaska Native people.

The average per capita expenditure on healthcare for American Indian and Alaska Native people through the Indian Health Service is approximately $4,000 per year.

The Indian Health Service Budget is less than 1% of the overall federal budget.

The Indian Health Service Budget faces a number of challenges, including inadequate funding, shortage of healthcare professionals, and geographic isolation of Indian Country.

The Indian Health Service Budget could be improved by increasing funding, recruiting and retaining more healthcare professionals, and improving access to healthcare services in Indian Country.

The Indian Health Service's mission statement is to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level, to provide comprehensive healthcare services to American Indians and Alaska Natives, and to promote self-determination and self-governance in Indian Country.

American Indians and Alaska Natives face a number of key healthcare challenges, including higher rates of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, shorter life expectancy than the general population, and higher rates of poverty and unemployment.

The Indian Health Service Budget helps to address the healthcare needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives by providing funding for healthcare services, supporting the construction and maintenance of healthcare facilities in Indian Country, and funding research on diseases that disproportionately affect American Indians and Alaska Natives.

The Indian Health Service Budget could be improved to better meet the needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives by increasing funding for healthcare services, increasing funding for research on diseases that disproportionately affect American Indians and Alaska Natives, and increasing funding for the construction and maintenance of healthcare facilities in Indian Country.