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Luis Fortuno: “President Obama has promised 'to continually rais[e] the cap on federal contributions to Medicaid in Puerto Rico until…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2009
President Obama has promised 'to continually rais[e] the cap on federal contributions to Medicaid in Puerto Rico until it disappears.'
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Luis Fortuno
Republican · Puerto Rico

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Fortuno highlights Obama's promise to eliminate the Medicaid cap for Puerto Rico.

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