Trump Slashed Puerto Rico’s Medicaid Money

“President Trump intervened to cut the federal government’s Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico as part of a larger government spending deal,” Politico reports.

“The budget deal unveiled by lawmakers this week allocates up to $5.7 billion in Medicaid funds for the island over two years — instead of $12 billion over four years that Republican and Democratic leaders on two key congressional committees had endorsed after months of negotiating a long-term financial path for Puerto Rico.”