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Vincent Memoli's avatar

4# polls by puerto ricos largest newspaper el neuvo dia found voters under 45 back soverign options by 51%

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Vincent Memoli's avatar

Look up the politics of puerto rico. The 3 pro statehood leaders. The gov, president of the senate speaker of the house all are republicans

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

That doesn't mean that statehood can't pass.

I worked with, represented, muchos Borricuas. I heard muchismos Vieques cases.

One of the lawyers who appeared in my cases' brother refused a pardon for an attack at the UN. https://peopleslawoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Puerto-Rican-Prisoners-_201203281858.pdf

I am so old I remember the assassination attempt on Truman.

1. I think that the SSI peolple could return to vote. They outnumber the island population.

2. Also, the offer can be sweetened. E.G. PR used to have manufacturing advantages that El Trumpo removed.

San Juan could be the our major port.

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Vincent Memoli's avatar

Nope it will fail. I consulted with puerto rican election expert Manuel Alvarez Rivera. He said this recent authoritarian shift by the United States would certainly kill statehood.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

Ask him about the SSI population.

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Vincent Memoli's avatar

You also realized it was the statehood advocates in Puerto Rico who killed medicare for all. Look it up puerto rico had a govt run healthcare system from 1957-1993 till statehood gov Pedro Rossell├│(if the last name sounds familiar hes the dad of disgraced gov Ricardo Rossell├│) those monster have done nothing but cause pain and misery in pr

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

Dr. Rossello appeared in some of my cases.

Not the same. People in PR have Medicare. Because it's not a state, they receive less federal funding for healthcare than the 50 states, even though they pay Social Security and Medicare taxes, leading to a funding gap.

Medicaid Reimbursement Rates:

Medicaid reimbursement rates in Puerto Rico are lower than those in the states, impacting the financial viability of healthcare providers.

Physician Shortage:

Puerto Rico faces a shortage of healthcare providers, including both primary care physicians and specialists, which can lead to longer wait times for appointments and potential emigration of healthcare professionals.

One of my former colleagues had a son who was a physician who had a practice that covered the Carribbean -- we have a Borinquin Clinic here that used to have sites in PR. I know a number of people who went to medical school (and law school) in PR -- but they immediately relocated to the states -- a brain drain.

Another was the former president of the PR bar association. His kids are physicians here in Miami. All these people were Registered Republicans. But I thnk all are anti-Trumpers.

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Vincent Memoli's avatar

Dude was an idiot. Blew billions of dollars on tren urbano without connecting it to anything of value privatized the phone company. His healthcare reforms are widely accepted as the cause of puerto ricos collapsing healthcare and cheerleaded the destruction of 936 which was proping up the economy.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

A lot of these people do it on purpose. Pay themselves huge salaries and deny claims and go into bankruptcy. We have it daily here in the medical fraud capitol of the US.

BTW that's another reason so many PRs live en los US actual.

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