Delegate Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (Ind-MP) is leading a request from all the insular area representatives this week in asking President Joseph Biden to include funding to bring the Marianas into Medicaid. <\/p>\n
In his e-kilili newsletter, Sablan said he and other insular representatives requested Biden to include such Medicaid funding in his fiscal year 2022 budget proposal, expected in May.<\/p>\n
He said the Obama\/Biden fiscal year 2017 budget proposed lifting the cap on Medicaid funding for the insular areas and putting the CNMI on a transition to full inclusion in this federal health insurance program for those with low incomes.<\/p>\n
Sablan said the Republican-led Congress did not accept that proposal.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that Democrats control both the Senate and the House, the chance of passing the Obama\/Biden Medicaid proposal are improved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The delegate said he introduced legislation authorizing the first step: lifting the Medicaid cap. He said the legislation, H.R. 264, already has 60 co-sponsors.<\/p>\n
Sablan said Biden has made it a priority for his administration to address the inequitable allocation of federal resources, such as Medicaid.<\/p>\n
\u201cInclusion of that Obama\/Biden proposal in the FY 2022 budget is consistent with that directive,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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