National Puerto Rican Coalition
NPRC Urges Health Equality for Puerto Rico
Published in MD Week, March 26th, 2010
"We are on the verge of historic reforms, so let's do the job right," said NPRC President Rafael Fantauzzi, who urged revisions to the Senate version of the legislation, which he said currently prohibits Puerto Rican residents from participating in the new health insurance exchanges, fails to provide equitable funding for the Island's Medicaid program and does not address long-standing funding disparities for Medicare on the Island.
Puerto Rico faces the same...
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Source: MD Week (2010-03-26)
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