Puerto Rico's politically liminal status as a US territory has dire consequences for Puerto Rico's economy: the island does not receive the same funding as states for health insurance. In addition, Puerto Rico's unraveling health care system, coupled with the island's high poverty rate and the medical brain drain, interact. I weave my research on depression into this article as an example of the ways in which political and economic factors aggravate disease.
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