Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Puerto Rico Risks Health Care, Fiscal Crisis Without Medicaid Fix This Winter
October 01, 2022
October 01, 2022
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSgov) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following news:
By Javier Balmaceda, Senior Policy Analyst on Puerto Rico
Even before Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico, the territory was facing a looming Medicaid funding crisis slated to hit when the latest appropriations legislation expires in December. Without congressional action, the more than 1 million residents in Puerto Rico who currently receive their health care through Med . . .
By Javier Balmaceda, Senior Policy Analyst on Puerto Rico
Even before Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico, the territory was facing a looming Medicaid funding crisis slated to hit when the latest appropriations legislation expires in December. Without congressional action, the more than 1 million residents in Puerto Rico who currently receive their health care through Med . . .