Listen: As Puerto Rico Struggles To Rebuild Health System, Changes In Medicaid Loom

May 31, 2018

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, restorations are made to a roof in Castañer, a village in Puerto Rico's central mountains. (Sarah Varney/KHN)

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Kaiser Health News reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez joined Tanzina Vega, the host of WNYC’s “The Takeaway,” and Omaya Sosa Pascual, co-director of Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism, to discuss changes in Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program and health care issues there.

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<p>Kaiser Health News reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez joined Tanzina Vega, the host of WNYC’s “<a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/public-health-failings-puerto-rico">The Takeaway</a>,” and Omaya Sosa Pascual, co-director of Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism, to discuss changes in Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program and health care issues there.</p>

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