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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.