Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are urging Trump admin. officials to expand access to care in the U.S. and Puerto Rico as families, many vulnerable and older, battle the coronavirus pandemic.
, based on their share of 2019 Medicare fee-for-service spending. But that calculation hurt many health care systems in areas such as Miami and Puerto Rico that are more reliant on Medicare Advantage plans, offered by private companies that contract with Medicare.
While lawmakers are expected to vote on the new coronavirus relief package sometime in the next two weeks, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services still need to assign $48 billion more to hospitals and other health care providers under the first Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, as well as an additional $75 billion appropriated theHispanic Caucus Chairman Rep.
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