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November 15, 2011
Millions in scholarships and health benefit card at risk due to differing branch opinions

Treasurer’s letter to Congress says amount appropriated for the 2012 fiscal year exceeds projected revenue

Several legislative items, including a budget to appropriate money for the 2012 higher education scholarships and the health benefit card, are at risk of not being considered because the Second Osage Nation Congress and Treasurer William Kemble are at odds over whether the Nation has an adequate amount of money to consider the appropriations in the Special Session.

May 5, 2011
Osages 65 and older to receive $1,000 in health benefits

Second Osage Nation Congress passes bill to raise health funding for Osages 65 and older

Osages 65 years and older will now receive $1,000 a year as a part of the Nation’s Health Benefit Card Program.

A bill, sponsored by Congresswoman Shannon Edwards, raising the amount was passed by the Second Osage Nation Congress April 8 and signed into law by Principal Chief John Red Eagle April 13 to be effective immediately.

The Congress received an accounting of the health benefit plan for the 2010 calendar year which showed sufficient funds to cover the raise for those Osages 65 years and older in the 2011 calendar year.

December 8, 2010
Health Benefit Card contract on schedule for 2011

For more information call the Osage Nation Constituent Services at 1-800-320-8742

The contract to renew the Health Benefit Card plan for 2011, which gives Osage Nation members $500 for medical expenses, is close to completion and is expected to be complete before the end of the year, according to a prepared release from the Office of the Chiefs.

Details are being finalized for the contract renewal and all that remains is for MAA to provide signature approval of proposed amendments to the contract, said the release. The final approval is on schedule and will be completed prior to the previous contract’s expiration.

November 19, 2010
Health Benefit Card program reimbursement checks to be mailed Nov. 23

Due to delay, checks will have signatures of former Principal Chief Jim Gray and former Treasurer John Jech

Parents should be rest assured that their reimbursement checks for their children, as part of the $500 health benefit card program, will be mailed Nov. 23, said Chris White, executive director of governmental affairs for the Nation.

White said the checks will have the signatures of former Principal Chief Jim Gray and former Treasurer John Jech on them until the signatures of the new chief and new treasurer are implemented.

November 16, 2010
Treasurer transition briefly stops reimbursement checks for Health Benefit Card

Chief’s office said the checks will be released this week

It’s been a month since reimbursement checks have been mailed to Osage parents to pay for medical bills in accordance to the Nation’s Health Benefit Card program but the Chief’s Office said the checks will be mailed out soon.