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TÃA (The Guam Daily Post) â Local health officials are keeping a keen eye on the expiration of expanded Medicaid assistance as they map out their budgetary needs for the next fiscal year. The federal government covers a certain share of Medicaid expenses based on the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for the state or territory. The FMAP for Guam has fluctuated recently but has been 55% in the past, meaning the local government needed to put up a 45% share to get the federal government to cover the rest. In fiscal year 2019, Congress raised the FMAP to 100%. In fiscal 2020 a...