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Personally putting money into "Aboriginal Health" makes me mad. The only aspects of the health system that should be improved specifically for Aboriginals are bridging the cultural gap and the remoteness gap. Other than that is shouldn't be called an "Aboriginal health problem" but a "people with a high risk of diabetes health problem" or a "alcoholics/people at risk of alcoholism problem" or a "poverty and low education health problem" and if an individual falls into each category, a "poverty, low education, alcoholism and diabetic risk health problem blah blah" Yes, most people in such a category will probably be Aboriginal, but some will not. More importantly, some Aboriginal people will NOT fall into this category.