Supreme Court sides with Native American tribes in health care funding dispute with government

The 5-4 decision means the government will cover millions in overhead costs that two tribes faced when they took over running their health care programs under a law meant to give Native Americans more local control. Covering those costs is “necessary to prevent a funding gap,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. The Department of Health and Human Services had argued it isn’t responsible for the potentially expensive overhead costs associated with billing insurance companies