Congress agreed to restore Medicaid access for the Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders who have been barred from the program for nearly 25 years. But it was part of the Covid-relief and spending deal. politico.com/news/2020/12/2…
Democratic lawmakers like Sen. Mazie Hirono and her Hawaii colleagues have spent about two decades trying to restore the islanders’ coverage — saying that the U.S. broke its promise to the Marshallese after using their homeland to test dozens of nukes politico.com/news/2020/12/2…
But with President Trump threatening to veto the bipartisan relief bill, the Medicaid restoration for about 100,000 Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders living in the United States is in jeopardy politico.com/news/2020/12/2…
These islanders work and pay taxes, but they’ve been barred from benefits like Medicaid for 24 years because of what’s viewed as a drafting mistake by Congress politico.com/news/2020/12/2…
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