Legal conflicts in the field of health protection of indigenous peoples of the North

The author points out the discrepancy between the constitutional right to free medical care and the possibilities for realizing this right. We are talking about the uneven development of the network of healthcare institutions, the remoteness of medical aid points, the uncertainty of the labor status of citizens leading a nomadic lifestyle, the lack of regulation of the payment of insurance premiums within the framework of compulsory health insurance, etc. The article formulates a number of provisions aimed at resolving legal conflicts in the field of protecting the health of indigenous peoples and ensuring in practice the equal rights of citizens declared by the state to receive free medical care.