Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico health care providers, payers and stakeholders are pressing U.S. lawmakers and administration officials to increase funding for the territory’s Medicaid and Medicare programs in legislation.

A group of investors sued the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico Monday to protect their interests after the governor said the bank can't make its $423 million debt payment due May 1.

The Puerto Rico Public Finance Corp. is the only Puerto Rico public sector entity that will fail to make a bond or note payment due Friday.

Puerto Rico’s governor will seek to add a debt payment moratorium and economic development initiatives to a Republican bill to help the territory resolve its financial crisis.

Draft legislation created by a House committee to help Puerto Rico has a good chance of moving forward with a lot of changes, but one major hurdle is its proposed temporary moratorium on litigation over Puerto Rico debt, sources said on Wednesday.

The official discussion draft bill released on Tuesday to help Puerto Rico is drawing criticism from nearly all sides.

Puerto Rico plans to appeal a federal court decision that will cut government revenue by overturning a imported goods tax increase imposed on Wal-Mart and other retailers.

A federal court ruling Monday has at least temporarily eliminated 0.48% of Puerto Rico’s revenue stream.

Puerto Rico officials and observers of the commonwealth’s continued fiscal turmoil are saying a circulated congressional proposal to help the territory is concerning in its current form and are waiting for an updated draft that is expected from the lead committee on the issue in Congress on Tuesday.

Analysts who follow Greece see lessons for U.S. lawmakers on how to avoid a protracted debt crisis in Puerto Rico.