While cutting $58.7M from Medicaid, Raimondo budget gives $15.7M to insurance companies
February 7, 2020

While cutting $58.7M from Medicaid, Raimondo budget gives $15.7M to insurance companies

“When we’re pushing brutal Medicaid cuts, we just can’t afford to give extra money to insurance companies...

Hundreds rally at State House to support The Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Care Act
February 6, 2020

Hundreds rally at State House to support The Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Care Act

“I love taking care of residents but short staffing and low wages make my job next to...

Senate committee hears testimony on doula bill
February 5, 2020

Senate committee hears testimony on doula bill

“There is no question that this bill will save lives and be good for women of color...

A single UHIP update kicked 5,500 Rhode Islanders off Medicaid
January 21, 2020

A single UHIP update kicked 5,500 Rhode Islanders off Medicaid

“Doing this in a UHIP update is so cruel. Healthcare means human lives. Just because Medicaid recipients...

The Womxn Project holds panel on state funded healthcare prohibitions against paying for abortion services
January 13, 2020

The Womxn Project holds panel on state funded healthcare prohibitions against paying for abortion services

“The fact that state employees don’t have abortion coverage is actually a relatively well kept secret,” said...

Washington Park community: How to prevent a new business from destroying children’s health?
January 14, 2020

Washington Park community: How to prevent a new business from destroying children’s health?

“Air and traffic pollution in and around Allens Avenue and the Port of Providence is out of...

Safe Water Drinking Act to be taken up by the RI General Assembly, again
December 19, 2019

Safe Water Drinking Act to be taken up by the RI General Assembly, again

“Toxic PFAS have no place in our bodies or our drinking water,” said Amy Moses, vice president...

Butler Hospital workers picket for patient safety and to protect good jobs
December 11, 2019

Butler Hospital workers picket for patient safety and to protect good jobs

“We are standing up for patient safety and protecting our good union jobs so that we can...

Caregivers picket in Pawtucket for better staffing and a living wage
November 29, 2019

Caregivers picket in Pawtucket for better staffing and a living wage

Frontline caregivers of individuals with developmental disabilities at The Arc of Blackstone Valley picket to demand better...

Bypassing Peer Review is Bad Medicine
October 31, 2019

Bypassing Peer Review is Bad Medicine

Conventional and unconventional innovations in medicine are frequent, and welcome, but they must be scientifically sound and...

Lifespan, stop suing my patients
June 11, 2020

Lifespan, stop suing my patients

“…since I learned my employer is particularly aggressive in pursuing unpaid bills, every conversation about costs fills...

Economic Progress Institute: More Rhode Islanders gained health insurance coverage in 2018
September 10, 2019

Economic Progress Institute: More Rhode Islanders gained health insurance coverage in 2018

Rate of uninsured Rhode Islanders dropped to 4.1 percent New data released by the Census Bureau today...

Rhode Island’s lingering lead problem
September 4, 2019

Rhode Island’s lingering lead problem

What happened to “Rhode Island’s Plan to Eliminate Childhood Lead Poisoning by 2010” and what comes next?...

Ranglin-Vassell, Quezada to reintroduce bill to require insurance, Medicaid coverage for doula services
October 31, 2019

Ranglin-Vassell, Quezada to reintroduce bill to require insurance, Medicaid coverage for doula services

Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (Democrat, District 5, Providence) and Senator Ana Quezada (Democrat, District 2, Providence) have announced...

Unless Ninth Circuit intervenes by August 19, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England will be forced out of the Title X program
October 31, 2019

Unless Ninth Circuit intervenes by August 19, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England will be forced out of the Title X program

Facing an HHS-imposed deadline of August 19, Planned Parenthood today informed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...

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