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Pedro Pierluisi: “We are seriously underfunded as we speak. We do not cover 100 percent of the population falling below the poverty level…”

On the recordApril 13, 2021
We are seriously underfunded as we speak. We do not cover 100 percent of the population falling below the poverty level in Puerto Rico in our Medicaid Program.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Pierluisi discusses the underfunding of Medicaid in Puerto Rico.

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