Legal Opinion
McNabb v. Bowen
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 1, 1987No. 86-3711PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
We have before us an indigent Indian child, James McNabb, and his mother, Pamela, who ask us to decide who is responsible for the child’s health care bills. They are the victims of a tragic paradox: the Indian Health Service (IHS) and Roosevelt County (County) do not deny responsibility for James’ health care, although neither will accept it. Both the IHS and the County justify this abdication of responsibility by insisting that the other is “primarily responsible” for the health care of indigent Indians. The district court determined that the burden of…
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