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The price of the doctor’s visit you calculated online might not reflect what you’ll be billed.
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Health
Health
Rhode Island Lawmakers Call on Congress to Defend Medicaid
Members of the state’s congressional delegation warn likely cuts could be devastating
March 11, 2025
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David Wright
U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo speaks at a press event at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, on March 10, 2025. Seated at left are U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner and Dr. Jill L. Maron, the hospital’s pediatrician-in-chief.
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Health
Health
GOP is ‘Coming After Medicaid.’ Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegates Stay on Defense at Hospital Event
March 11, 2025
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Alexander Castro
Water cascades over the Neponset River Waterfall at Lower Mills in Dorchester.
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
Program That Monitors New England Waterways, Drinking Water Threatened by Trump Cuts
March 10, 2025
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Barbara Moran
Liany Santos has been dealing with long COVID symptoms since being hospitalized with COVID-19 in April of 2021.
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Health
Health
Long COVID Keeps Some Rhode Islanders From Returning to Normalcy
‘I want to get better physically, but it’s just so tough’
March 10, 2025
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Michelle San Miguel
The Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. headquarters seen at right in Providence.
Article
The Public’s Radio
The Public’s Radio
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Reports Job Cuts and Operating Losses
The nonprofit insurer says it lost $115 million in 2024 due to rising health care costs
March 7, 2025
Rhode Island General Treasurer James J. Diossa has announced the forgiveness of $7 million in medical debt since a new program launched last fall. ‘I hope to wipe out even more debt soon,’ Diossa said Monday, March 3, 2025.
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Health
Health
Rhode Island Medical Debt Relief Program has Forgiven $7 Million Since October
March 5, 2025
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Alexander Castro
Gregory Strong, a former business owner now living at the Bannister Center in Providence, told reporters about the impact federal Medicaid cuts could have on nursing facility residents like himself after a press conference held by U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner on Feb. 28, 2025. “We’re able to stand up, most of us. But even the people that are bedridden wanna fight,” Strong said.
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Health
Health
Rhode Island’s Nursing Home Residents Would Suffer if Congress Cuts Medicaid, Magaziner Says
March 3, 2025
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Alexander Castro
Shamus Durac, co-chair of the Protect Our Healthcare Coalition.
Article
The Public’s Radio
The Public’s Radio
Rhode Island Healthcare Advocates Want to Preempt a Jump in Obamacare Premiums
Rhode Island healthcare advocates are urging state lawmakers to act quickly to keep health insurance affordable for tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders
February 26, 2025
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David Wright
Darin Tripoli, right, owner of Sunshine Vape LLC, testifies in support of a bill that would partially reverse the state’s ban on flavored vape sales during a State House hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.
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Health
Health
Rhode Island Banned Flavored Vapes on Jan. 1. Some Lawmakers Want to Reverse Course
Familiar arguments over smoking cessation versus teenage tobacco use return to the State House
February 26, 2025
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Nancy Lavin
Rhode Island’s congressional delegation — U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and U.S. Reps. Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo — advocated against indirect reimbursement caps on federally-funded scientific research in a letter released Tuesday.
Article
Politics
Politics
Rhode Island Congressional Delegation Wants Answers From NIH
February 26, 2025
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Alexander Castro
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