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)

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.

Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print
Republish This Story

Copy And Paste To Republish This Story

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

May 31, 2018

Article HTML

<h1>Listen: As Puerto Rico Struggles To Rebuild Health System, Changes In Medicaid Loom</h1>
	<iframe 
 title="Listen: As Puerto Rico Struggles To Rebuild Health System, Changes In Medicaid Loom" aria-label="Podcast title: Listen: As Puerto Rico Struggles To Rebuild Health System, Changes In Medicaid Loom"
		id="wpcom-iframe-23f9998d60f4b4bcd8fce09be7a5e215-7618883-97277977"
		width="100%"
		height="130"
		src="https://embeds.kff.org/protected-iframe/23f9998d60f4b4bcd8fce09be7a5e215-7618883-97277977"
		scrolling="no"
		frameborder="0"
		class="wpcom-protected-iframe"
		>
	</iframe>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		( function() {
			var func = function() {
				var iframe = document.getElementById('wpcom-iframe-23f9998d60f4b4bcd8fce09be7a5e215-7618883-97277977')
				if ( iframe ) {
					iframe.onload = function() {
						iframe.contentWindow.postMessage( {
							'msg_type': 'poll_size',
							'frame_id': 'wpcom-iframe-23f9998d60f4b4bcd8fce09be7a5e215-7618883-97277977'
						}, "https:\/\/embeds.kff.org" );
					}
				}

// Autosize iframe
				var funcSizeResponse = function( e ) {

var origin = document.createElement( 'a' );
					origin.href = e.origin;

// Verify message origin
					if ( 'embeds.kff.org' !== origin.host )
						return;

// Verify message is in a format we expect
					if ( 'object' !== typeof e.data || undefined === e.data.msg_type )
						return;

switch ( e.data.msg_type ) {
						case 'poll_size:response':
							var iframe = document.getElementById( e.data._request.frame_id );

if ( iframe && '' === iframe.width )
								iframe.width = '100%';
							if ( iframe && '' === iframe.height )
								iframe.height = parseInt( e.data.height );

return;
						default:
							return;
					}
				}

if ( 'function' === typeof window.addEventListener ) {
					window.addEventListener( 'message', funcSizeResponse, false );
				} else if ( 'function' === typeof window.attachEvent ) {
					window.attachEvent( 'onmessage', funcSizeResponse );
				}
			}
			if (document.readyState === 'complete') { func.apply(); /* compat for infinite scroll */ }
			else if ( document.addEventListener ) { document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', func, false ); }
			else if ( document.attachEvent ) { document.attachEvent( 'onreadystatechange', func ); }
		} )();
		</script>
	
<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>
<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-text sd-sharing"><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-twitter-843724" class="share-twitter sd-button no-icon" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/as-puerto-rico-struggles-to-rebuild-health-system-changes-in-medicaid-loom/?share=twitter" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter" ><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-facebook-843724" class="share-facebook sd-button no-icon" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/as-puerto-rico-struggles-to-rebuild-health-system-changes-in-medicaid-loom/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook" ><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li class="share-linkedin"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-linkedin-843724" class="share-linkedin sd-button no-icon" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/as-puerto-rico-struggles-to-rebuild-health-system-changes-in-medicaid-loom/?share=linkedin" target="_blank" title="Click to share on LinkedIn" ><span>LinkedIn</span></a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button no-icon" href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Listen%3A%20As%20Puerto%20Rico%20Struggles%20To%20Rebuild%20Health%20System%2C%20Changes%20In%20Medicaid%20Loom&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FODQzNzI0&share=email" target="_blank" title="Click to email a link to a friend" data-email-share-error-title="Do you have email set up?" data-email-share-error-text="If you're having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. You may need to create a new email yourself." data-email-share-nonce="b9b0136a6b" data-email-share-track-url="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/as-puerto-rico-struggles-to-rebuild-health-system-changes-in-medicaid-loom/?share=email"><span>Email</span></a></li><li class="share-print"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-print sd-button no-icon" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/as-puerto-rico-struggles-to-rebuild-health-system-changes-in-medicaid-loom/#print" target="_blank" title="Click to print" ><span>Print</span></a></li><li class="share-republish">
				<a
					rel="nofollow"
					class="share-republish sd-button"
					title="Republish this story"
					href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/as-puerto-rico-struggles-to-rebuild-health-system-changes-in-medicaid-loom/view/republish/" >
					<span>Republish This Story</span>
				</a>
			</li></ul></div></div></div>

We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here’s what we ask:

You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our kffhealthnews.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and KFF Health News” in the byline. Please preserve the hyperlinks in the story.

Have questions? Let us know at KHNHelp@kff.org

More From KFF Health News

More Californians Are Freezing to Death. Experts Point to More Older Homeless People.

A close up photo of a doctor's hands putting on blue sterilized surgical gloves in a medical setting.

Removing a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed as Surgery

An array of solar panels on the roof of a building with a skyline in the background.

Patients Couldn’t Pay Their Utility Bills. One Hospital Turned to Solar Power for Help.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': A Killing Touches Off Backlash Against Health Insurers

Related Topics

More From KFF Health News