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Decades later, Congress restores Medicaid for Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders [Los Angeles Times] Nearly 25 years ago, with the stroke of a pen, the United States broke its commitment to provide medical care for Marshall Islands residents living in the United States. This past weekend, congressional negotiators agreed to reinstate that promise, delivering Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage to tens of thousands of Marshallese and residents of several other Pacific Island nations living in the United States. “We are all so overjoyed with tears of joy for this ...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Congressional negotiators agreed to reinstate that promise, delivering Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to tens of thousands of Marshallese and residents of several other Pacific Island nations living in the United States. (Erin Schaff/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS) Decades later, Congress restores Medicaid for Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders in US Nearly 25 years ago, with the stroke of a pen, the United States broke its commitment to provide medical care for Marshall Islands residents living in the United States. This past weekend, congre...

Decades later, Congress restores Medicaid for Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders Susanne Rust © Provided by The LA Times Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) was instrumental in restoring Medicaid benefits for Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders in the United States. (Michael Reynolds / EPA/Shutterstock) Nearly 25 years ago, with the stroke of a pen, the United States broke its commitment to provide medical care for Marshall Islands residents living in the United States. This past weekend, congressional negotiators agreed to reinstate that promise, delivering Medicaid and ...

Nearly 25 years ago, with the stroke of a pen, the United States broke its commitment to provide medical care for Marshall Islands residents living in the United States. This past weekend, congressional negotiators agreed to reinstate that promise, delivering Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage to tens of thousands of Marshallese and residents of several other Pacific Island nations living in the United States. “We are all so overjoyed with tears of joy for this fight that many have us have been part of” for decades, said Sheldon Riklon, a Marshallese physician at ...