{"id":70587,"date":"2023-02-21T22:15:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T22:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-healthcare-system\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T22:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T22:15:42","slug":"the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-healthcare-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-healthcare-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The collapse of Puerto Rico&#8217;s healthcare system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_95\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Months to a yr ready for a health care provider&#8217;s appointment and lengthy wait occasions are simply a few of the issues sufferers undergo relating to Puerto Rico&#8217;s collapsing healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>The state of affairs has worsened as a result of exodus of docs and the affect of insurance coverage firms.<\/p>\n<p>Independent congressman and president of the Puerto Rican Colegio de M\u00e9dicos Cirujanos de Puerto Rico, Carlos D\u00edaz, said that the island&#8217;s healthcare system is &#8220;non-existent&#8221; or &#8220;disorganized.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we discuss a rustic with a well being care system, we will not even point out it on Puerto Rico as a result of it would not . . .<\/p>\n<p>To learn the total NEWS and way more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riotimesonline.com\/premium-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a> to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? <a class=\"lrm-login\" href=\"#login\">Login Here<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Months to a yr ready for a health care provider&#8217;s appointment and lengthy wait occasions are simply a few of the issues sufferers undergo relating to Puerto Rico&#8217;s collapsing healthcare system. The state of affairs has worsened as a result of exodus of docs and the affect of insurance coverage firms. Independent congressman and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nightlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}