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Rhode Island law expands COBRA health insurance coverage to former employees of small businesses.
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Rhode Island Department of Health and the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner released the tenth annual RI Health Plans’ Performance Report 2007.
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Rhode Island state legislators will not vote to block Gov. Donald Carcieri's unprecedented plan to overhaul the state Medicaid program, which will subsequently take effect Monday.
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Rhode Island Governor and acting CMS Administrator Kerry Weems are close to a deal on a "global Medicaid waiver," which would provide all of the state's federal dollars for its Medicaid program in one lump sum.
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AP/Washington Times examined a proposal by Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri to cap Medicaid spending in exchange for broader authority in deciding how Medicaid funds can be used.
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Rhode Island Governor asked CMS to approve a waiver that would allow the state to change much of its Medicaid program from an open-ended entitlement with no limit on spending to a capped budget with fixed expenditure limits as part of a plan to address looming budget deficits and curb rising Medicaid costs, two problems that are bedeviling many states.
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Rhode Island Governor's request to CMS last month for a waiver to set limits on state Medicaid spending has "alarmed" congressional Democrats and low-income advocacy groups who said the proposal would reduce access to nursing homes, raise out-of-pocket expenses for low-income families and limit eligibility and enrollment of residents in the program.
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A new Rhode Island law may give the state's legislators a real advantage over their constituents when it comes to health insurance.
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Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri (R) has offered a proposal to save taxpayers $67 million by overhauling Rite Care, the state's Medicaid affordable health insurance program.
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Senior advocates and Rhode Island lawmakers have expressed concern that a proposal by Governor to overhaul RIte Care, the state's Medicaid program, could create a "catastrophe" for 186,000 state residents enrolled in the program.
