Providence DSA: Rhode Island General Assembly dodges Medicare for All vote, defying public demands
May 20, 2021

Providence DSA: Rhode Island General Assembly dodges Medicare for All vote, defying public demands

“We do not have the time to play games with healthcare. Every moment we waste translates into...

A walk to kick off Black Maternal Health Week and the doula bill
April 11, 2021

A walk to kick off Black Maternal Health Week and the doula bill

“This doula bill is about reproductive justice, it’s about racial justice, and it’s about economic justice,” said...

A call for vaccine justice from BIPOC community leaders
March 25, 2021

A call for vaccine justice from BIPOC community leaders

“We are identifying that there is an urgency to address the significant low vaccination rates within our...

AG Neronha: “Lifespan and CNE erred, and significantly so” in vaccinating some board members
March 23, 2021

AG Neronha: “Lifespan and CNE erred, and significantly so” in vaccinating some board members

“Lifespan and CNE should have acted differently,” says AG Neronha. Adding that, though the hospitals did not...

Senator Reed, Speaker Shekarchi announce housing assistance money for Rhode Island
March 20, 2021

Senator Reed, Speaker Shekarchi announce housing assistance money for Rhode Island

The influx of funds and the focus on housing “is a huge weight lifted off the shoulders...

Want to cut Rhode Island Medicaid costs? Stop ignoring the elephant in the room: MCOs
March 3, 2021

Want to cut Rhode Island Medicaid costs? Stop ignoring the elephant in the room: MCOs

Rhode Island’s Office of Health and Human Services seems to forget that MCOs make money from restricting...

Michael Niemeyer: In support of RI Senate single payer bill
March 2, 2021

Michael Niemeyer: In support of RI Senate single payer bill

Don’t wait for it to happen to your family. Support S0233. Let’s cut out this inefficient and...

Jim Cowan: What Does the Lifespan/Care New England merger really mean for Rhode Island?
March 2, 2021

Jim Cowan: What Does the Lifespan/Care New England merger really mean for Rhode Island?

There are a few things that government does best. Health insurance is one of them. The Lifespan...

RI Democratic Women’s Caucus calls for abortion bill to be transferred from Senate Judicial Committee to HHS
March 1, 2021

RI Democratic Women’s Caucus calls for abortion bill to be transferred from Senate Judicial Committee to HHS

“We believe all elected officials who are registered Democrats have a duty to uphold the tenets of...

RI Senate votes that abortion is not healthcare
February 23, 2021

RI Senate votes that abortion is not healthcare

The final vote was disappointing because of the number of putatively “pro-choice” Senators voted to keep the...

Report: Inadequate staffing levels and low caregiver wages magnified nursing home crisis
February 17, 2021

Report: Inadequate staffing levels and low caregiver wages magnified nursing home crisis

The Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Care Act (S0002, H5012) will alleviate the staffing crisis by setting...

A State House vigil to mourn those who have died of an overdose
January 25, 2021

A State House vigil to mourn those who have died of an overdose

It was a powerful image: A hearse leading a procession of two dozen cars away from a...

Senate telemedicine bill protects insurers over patients
January 24, 2021

Senate telemedicine bill protects insurers over patients

We urge readers to call their Senators and ask them to support amendments that correct these four...

Nursing home resident and caregiver COVID-19 deaths surpassed 1,000 this week
December 17, 2020

Nursing home resident and caregiver COVID-19 deaths surpassed 1,000 this week

“Every day nursing home residents and frontline heroes are dying from COVID-19 yet the industry continues to...

RI Food Bank reports dramatic increase in food insecurity
November 23, 2020

RI Food Bank reports dramatic increase in food insecurity

“It’s shocking, but one in four households lack adequate food,” said Andrew Schiff, CEO of the Rhode...

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