A coalition of researchers from Rhode Island’s colleges and universities have released another round of reports on the state’s economy. RIPR political…
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Medicare To Pay Doctors To Talk End-Of-Life Wishes
Medicare has proposed a new rule that would allow doctors to bill for end-of-life conversations with patients. It’s part of Care New England nurse…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: The Bernie Sanders-Hillary Clinton Presidential Challenge
Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders has become the leading challenger to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. Rhode Island Public Radio…
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An Alternative To The ER, Sobering Center Still In Works
Plans to establish a center where people can go to sober up, instead of the emergency room, have languished for lack of state funding. But a renewed…
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Political Roundtable: Amy Nunn On Medicaid Reform, Criminal Justice, And A Presidential Hopeful
The future of health care for the poor, a review of Rhode Island’s criminal justice system, and politicking in Vermont…that’s part of the conversation…
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Reinvent Medicaid Group Issues Final Recommendations
Governor Gina Raimondo’s Working Group to Reinvent Medicaid has released the second and final piece of its plan to trim millions of dollars from the…
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Why It Matters Where You Have A Cardiac Arrest
State lawmakers introduced a bill requiring Automated External Defibrillators, or AEDs, in all middle and high schools. But the legislation never made…
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Lawmakers Take No Action To Extend Good Samaritan Law
A law designed to encourage people to get help for a drug overdose will expire on July 1st. State lawmakers were unable to reconcile versions of the…
