ANMC has won Magnet status three time in a row.  I remember that when it was awarded Magnet status the second time, it was the first time any hospital had ever achieved Magnet twice.  That means that nurses have a very high satisfaction rate in their jobs, so it's not just patients.   

Frankly, it is the best healthcare I've ever received, and it also comes from the nicest medical staff I've ever met.   Patients are treated very well.  The difference is not the lack of copays, however much people may appreciate that.   The differences that make SCF and ANTHC so successful are cultural and values based.   It's pretty clear to me that non-Native America really does not have what it takes to be able to provide such good healthcare.   The dominant values are antithetical to nurturing and healing, and especially to sharing.   People would need to be able to do all those things and more in order to give great healthcare like SCF and ANTHC do.