The Rhode Island Medical Society says it is time to consider a new approach to reducing drug overdose deaths: supervised spaces where drug users can…
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Governor Proposes Cutting Medicaid Funding, Not Recipients
Governor Gina Raimondo has proposed cutting more than $70 million in state funding for Medicaid, the government health insurance for low-income…
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Former Obama Administration Official To Coordinate Opioid Response
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has hired former state Senator Tom Coderre, a Democrat, to serve as a senior advisor on the opioid crisis. The governor…
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Top Executive At CVS Resigns
A top executive at CVS Health has left the company.
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Update: How Parents Can Help Resist Overprescribing Antibiotics
Prescription opioids aren’t the only medication that public health officials worry about doctors over-prescribing. Another is antibiotics.
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MA Officials ‘Encouraged’ By Drop In Overdose Deaths
Many public health experts in the United States say the opioid epidemic has not peaked , and they predict the number of deaths will continue to rise for…
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RI Insurance Commission Approves Double-Digit Rate Hike for Blue Cross
Rhode Island state regulators have granted permission to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island to raise its 2018 rates for individual health insurance…
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On RI Governor’s Desk: Voter Registration, Teacher Contracts, And Prescription Database Legislation
Not all legislation on Gov. Gina Raimondo’s desk received her signature. Here’s a brief rundown of what Raimondo vetoed, signed, or allowed to go into…
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At NGA, Governors Outline Long Fight Against Opioid Crisis
More than 30 governors from across the US are gathering in Providence for the summer meeting of the National Governors Association. An epidemic of…
