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The Puerto Rico Health Reform —Spanish: Reforma de Salud de Puerto Rico, refers to the Medicaid health plan which is a "subset of the larger public government healthcare delivery system" of Puerto Rico.[1] It was once called "La Reforma", later it was called "Mi Salud" and now called Vital (The Vital Plan) but they are all Medicaid, a government-run program which provides medical and healthcare services to indigent and impoverished citizens of Puerto Rico.[2] It was locally referred to simply as La Reforma (The Reform) — for many years. Puerto Rico's Medicaid program is, similar to other Medicaid programs of states of the United States.[3][4][5] The funding is by the U.S. Medicaid program in the form of a block grant, unlike how states of the United States Medicaid programs are funded[6] and in 2019 much of the funding was slashed.[7]
- ^ "Puerto Rico". www.medicaid.gov.
- ^ Alameda Lozada, José (18 November 2013). "The Demand and Supply of Physicians in Puerto Rico: Historical trends and forecasting 2013 to 2019" (PDF). Office of Minority Health Grant, Puerto Rico Department of Health. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-12.
- ^ "Programa Medicaid (Plan de Salud del Gobierno) | Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico". www.salud.gov.pr.
- ^ "Medicaid". www.medicaid.pr.gov.
- ^ "Mi Salud is looking for partners". El Nuevo Dia. February 9, 2018.
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