I am writing you today because I am especially interested in efforts to provide Medicaid for the Marshallese citizens in our state. I feel that it is very important for all Marshallese citizens to have access to health benefits. When the United States signed the Compact of Free Association with the Marshall Islands and two other island nations in 1985, the US government agreed to provide financial and technical assistance in the field of health care. The Marshallese had their homeland, culture, and health sacrificed, so that the United States could conduct nuclear tests. The Marshallese are caught in an unjust system. Many of them have served in the US military, pay local and federal taxes, and are legal residents. Despite all of these conditions,
