Delegate asks Legislature to ensure funding for health care in local budget

Guam Delegate Michael San Nicolas is urging the Legislature to include language in the fiscal 2020 budget that protects health care appropriations.

San Nicolas wrote a letter to Speaker Tina Muña Barnes and Appropriations Chair Sen. Joe San Agustin urging the Legislature include a stop-gap measure to protect health care funding.

A release from his office states that Medically Indigent Program funding is facing dramatic cuts due to health care budget constraints, while Medicaid funding matching funds remain intact.

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