Biden treats Puerto Rico’s seniors as second-class citizens: Gov. Pedro Pierlusi
Published on: Tuesday 04 April 2023
Puerto Rico’s governor is ripping the Biden administration’s proposed Medicare overhaul, saying the poorly thought-out changes end up treating the island’s elderly US residents like second-class citizens. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi claimed that the alterations to payments for services to the 640,000 Puerto Rican residents in the government’s Medicare Advantage program would amount to an $800 million loss for the US commonwealth. The cuts would...