Archive for September, 2019
Puerto Rico’s Looming 2019 Medicaid Fiscal Cliff
Thursday, September 26th, 2019Puerto Rico and its residents have experienced numerous crises and shocks in the last decades, including an economic depression dating back to 2006; a public debt crisis resulting in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history and a federally appointed fiscal oversight board pursuing deep budget cuts; a demographic crisis with population dropping by more […]
Puerto Rico’s next crisis is coming, and only Congress can stop it
Thursday, September 26th, 2019BY MICHAEL J. MELENDEZ AND DR. JAIME TORRES, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS THE HILL–— 09/11/19 Congress reconvenes this week and will tackle many issues that are crucial for our country. Among them is the imminent man-made crisis facing Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories when funding from the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act and the Affordable Care Act […]