Local officials admit more controls on Medicaid funding

Although Health Secretary Rafael Rodríguez Mercado celebrated yesterday that the federal government has not appointed a monitor to the agency –following fraud schemes that led to the arrest of former Health Insurance Administration (PRHIA) Director Ángela Ávila-, the official acknowledged that the $11,069 billion allocation to Puerto Rico´s Medicaid program over the next four years will depend on the island complying with a series of strict federal requirements.