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PAN funding increase announced
By El Vocero - Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a $463.8 million increase in the block allocation that Puerto Rico receives for the Residential Program.
Insist on Equal Treatment for Boricua in Supplemental Security Income Lawsuit
By The Spokesperson – Exclusion from Supplemental Security (SSI) is the distinction of a politically powerless and historically mistreated minority from second-class treatment that belies their status as equal Americans, according to the...
Boston First Circuit upholds SSI to remain in Medicare reimbursement formula for Puerto Rican hospitals
Washington D.C. – In rejecting a lawsuit by 25 hospitals in Puerto Rico, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed that it is up to Congress to review the formula that determines Medicare's reimbursement to Puerto Rican hospitals.
SSI case sparks debate on Puerto Rico's status in federal Supreme Court
By El Nuevo Día - With arguments that go to the root of Puerto Rico's colonial situation, the U.S. Supreme Court received today, Monday, arguments against the discriminatory treatment against residents of the island for their exclusion from Puerto Rico.
Before the federal Supreme Court, Puerto Ricans demand access to Supplemental Security Income
For Metro.pr - As the U.S. Supreme Court has to decide whether to allow Puerto Ricans living on the island to receive Supplemental Security benefits, two Puerto Ricans joined the lawsuit to demand that the U.S. government grant a Supplemental Security Visa.
Families hold out hope in Supplemental Security Income case
Thousands of citizens in Puerto Rico could benefit from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program if the U.S. Supreme Court favors the arguments that will begin to be heard.