Cuomo, De Blasio Press Congress for Cash Amid Puerto Rico Crisis
- Governor and mayor appear together at a San Juan rally
- They call on Congress to boost Medicaid reimbursement
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, background, march during a protest in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 5, 2015.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called on Congress to boost health-care funding for Puerto Rico that could help the government pay down its $73 billion debt that has it hurdling toward fiscal doom.
The two Democrats appeared together Thursday at a rally of thousands in San Juan, the U.S. island territory’s capital, arranged by the Puerto Rico Healthcare Crisis Coalition, a group of doctors, hospitals and insurers.