The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $26.8 million contract to design and construct a parking garage at the Veterans’ Hospital in San Juan.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $2 million discretionary “rate review” grant to the Puerto Rico Insurance Commissioner’s Office under the Affordable Care Act to protect island consumers, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi announced Monday.
Since its enactment by the federal government in 2010, the Affordable Care Act has already saved more than 45,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Puerto Rico a total of $111.4 million on the cost of prescription drugs, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi said Sunday.