that it will be viewed as unconstitutional and not allowed because this is something the federal government has never done, mandated vaccinations at this level in any respect. and i think that justice roberts hit the nail on the head when he said, well, you know, this has never been done so maybe you need to go to congress. and i think that s really where that case going to come out, they re going to strike that down and say, president biden, you have to go to congress to get this legal authority to do what you want to do with your policy. now, on the medicare, medicaid issue, it s a closer call because there s a longstanding tradition of really the federal government setting conditions on hospitals and health care facilities that receive federal moneys and setting conditions as to when they will be paid. so in that case, it s a much closer call as to whether or not requiring health care workers working at medicaid or medicare facilities to get vaccinated. and that s a much closer call
that struck the united states over these past few months and this past year. this $81 billion aid package that s been proposed, are you happy with it? well, it is not enough. as we all know the governor of puerto rico requested $94 billion. right here we have 81 among the virgin islands, puerto rico, california, texas, florida, and it doesn t provide a cost-sharing waiver for puerto rico. we all know that the government of puerto rico is insolvent and then on top of that, it doesn t do anything to address the medicaid. if we don t address the medicaid issue that puerto ricans are facing, more than 1 million puerto ricans will be without health insurance at a time when the hospital system in puerto rico is not working properly, when electricity is a problem,