Puerto Rico doctors warn Medicaid funding lapse would collapse health system

Colegio de Médicos president Carlos Díaz Vélez raised the alarm this week as officials cited a possible $3.8 billion annual gap from fiscal 2028.

Andrés Colón Vélez

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The president of the Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons, Carlos Díaz Vélez, said the expiration of Medicaid funding would cause a total collapse of the island's health care system.^[1]