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| http://sablan.house.gov/obama-zika-plan-includes-471-m-insular-relief | Obama Zika plan includes $471 m. in insular relief | 2016-02-29 | 2016 | 2016-02 | Independent | Senate | MP | Gregorio Sablan | S001177 | sablan.house.gov | legacy | Obama Zika plan includes $471 m. in insular relief Feb 28, 2016 In a letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan last Monday, President Barack Obama proposed emergency spending to deal with the spread of the Zika virus, including $246 million for Medicaid in the U.S. insular areas. Zika is transmitted by mosquito bite and cases have already been reported in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Infection of pregnant women is associated with microcephaly, a birth defect, and some deaths have been reported. We should be grateful we have not yet seen a case of Zika in the Northern Mariana Islands. But tropical areas, such as our islands, are at risk. So, the President recommended lifting the federal share of Medicaid for insular areas from the current 55 percent to 65 percent for one year at a cost of $246 million. He also wants another $225 million set aside for grants and technical assistance to insular areas, where the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry the virus can thrive. All are proposals I support. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |