Congressional Task Force Urges Quick Action on Medicaid, Highlights Inequalities Between Puerto Rico

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Congressional Task Force Urges Quick Action on Medicaid, Highlights Inequalities Between Puerto Rico and States

The Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico has released its final report, recommending legislation in early 2017 to address an impending Medicaid “cliff” on the island as well as an expansion of the federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) in Puerto Rico, a closer look at inequities throughout the federal government and careful consideration by Congress of any plebiscite held in Puerto Rico under federal law.

“I want to thank my fellow Task Force members for working together in a spirit of bipartisanship to produce this report, which I genuinely believe is the most comprehensive and constructive document that the federal government has ever prepared on Puerto Rico,” said Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi.

“This report will serve as a blueprint for action for the next Resident Commissioner and the next Congress as a whole. I think it is a fitting capstone to my congressional career,” added Pierluisi, who will leave office this year.

Task Force member Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI) stated, “I am proud that the Task Force has worked on a strong bipartisan basis and I believe our report is a down payment on future actions that Congress and the Trump Administration should take to improve federal programs on the island and treat Puerto Ricans more equitably under the law.”

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