Full op-ed published in El Nuevo Dia on July 19, 2022. Despite the chaos that Hurricane Maria caused in Puerto Rico five years ago, our health infrastructure still lacks adequate resources to face another natural disaster. The lack responds largely Read more…
Puerto Rico: The ‘canary in the coal mine’ for Medicare Advantage growth By Maya Goldman, Modern Healthcare Medicare Advantage enrollment expands each year, with 2.3 million new people covered in 2022. As the program grows, however, its payment system could Read more…
MMAPA representatives offered tangible solutions to long-standing inequity in federal health care funding during fly-in meetings with congressional leaders and policymakers from both parties June 17, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, representatives from the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association Read more…
Hill meetings echo the calls of health care experts presenting at Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón’s Monday briefing on systemic funding inequities June 13, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Beginning today, meetings between lawmakers and Puerto Rico health care equity advocates from Read more…
MMAPA urges Congress to pass proposals from the resident commissioner designed to strengthen federal health programs for the American citizens of Puerto Rico June 9, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón introduced H.R. 7997, the Achieving Equity Read more…
April 27, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA) expressed frustration that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) missed an opportunity to address long-standing inequities in Puerto Rico’s Medicare Read more…
Published in The Hill on April 5, 2022 By Rafael Bernal Puerto Rico’s health care industry is raising the alarm over disparities in how the territory’s Medicare plans are funded, hurting the quality of services for around 630,000 senior citizens. Read more…
This week, MMAPA joined community and partner organizations in Puerto Rico to send a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure highlighting the urgent need for equity in the Read more…
Members of Congress pen bipartisan letter to Secretary Becerra urging a solution to disparities in Medicare Advantage, the backbone of seniors’ health care in Puerto Rico March 24, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Board of Directors of the Medicaid Read more…
Originally published in the San Juan Daily Star here. By John McPhaul With key federal Medicaid funding for the U.S. territories set to expire Dec. 13, Congress must act before then — ideally in forthcoming economic legislation — to avoid Read more…