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The assistance was largely in the form of expertise and influence, including promises to push Washington to increase federal health care funding on the island and to develop a plan to evaluate and improve its current Medicaid program; to send state teams specializing in agriculture and energy issues; and to hold a “commercialization summit” to help find funding for “promising early-stage Puerto Rican businesses.” (McKinley, 9/8)

Most prominent Democrats, including Mr. Cuomo, have endorsed giving Puerto Rico the ability to pursue bankruptcy protection as well as Medicaid reimbursement equivalent to what states receive. (Orden, 9/8)

Puerto Rico, whose leaders have complained of unequal federal treatment on healthcare, may get some help from the state with the most Puerto Rican citizens outside the island itself - New York. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo visited the U.S. commonwealth on Tuesday, presenting a plan to assist Puerto Rico in seeking federal investment to overhaul its healthcare system, and to pressure the U.S. government to change healthcare funding formulas. (Brown, 9/8)