So, the Oversight Board required to the island to include all future plans regarding health care. And that means, if we don't receive the money, the state, in this case Puerto Rico, needs to put up front the money from the state to do the job that the Federal Government is supposed to do in the state.
Gonzalez-Colon explains the financial burden on Puerto Rico without federal funding for healthcare.
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