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Pedro Pierluisi: “Puerto Rico is getting about $1.2 billion a year from the Federal Government to take care of the medically indigent in…”

On the recordApril 12, 2016
Puerto Rico is getting about $1.2 billion a year from the Federal Government to take care of the medically indigent in Puerto Rico, American citizens.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Pierluisi highlights the disparity in federal funding for Puerto Rico compared to Oregon.

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