Oversight Hearing: Hearing on Assessing Current Conditions and Challenges at the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in American Samoa

Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. 1324

Democratic Top Line Messages

Hospitals in U.S. territories have poor outcomes and higher mortality rates for patients than hospitals on the mainland.
Territorial hospitals, particularly the American Samoa Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center face significant shortages in staff and resources.
Reauthorization of the funding provided to the territories under the Affordable Care Act, (ACA) is critical to lessening the impact of the disparities that hospitals in the territories face.