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Poorer people to be stiffed again
Rhode Island for Health Care

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Cutting RIte Care will cost R.I. a lot of jobs, money
Rhode Island for Health Care

Guest Commentary By MARIA MONTANARO Thundermist Health Center

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Hoping for health is not a plan, Newport County advocates say
Rhode Island for Health Care

No one likes being sick. But Jessica Guimaraes has extra motivation to stay healthy: She has two jobs and no health insurance.

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Health bill aims to lower cost to insure
Rhode Island for Health Care

Small businesses may be able to afford to offer health insurance to employees under a bill supported by large insurers.

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Democrats criticize Carcieri comments on Medicaid spending
Rhode Island for Health Care

The governor has not stated any planned program cuts, but one legislator says he has given needy people reason for fear.

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Blue Cross board denied compensation
Rhode Island for Health Care

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island will not be allowed to resume paying its board members for their service, the state's health-insurance commissioner ruled yesterday.

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Child-care workers protest changes in health insurance
Rhode Island for Health Care

Home-based child-care providers accused the governor and General Assembly of "trying to kill" them with changes that make some providers ineligible for reduced-rate health insurance.

Those strong words belong to Grace Brown, a child-care provider from Providence who lost her health insurance due to the new rules.

"Believe me, one of us here is going to die because we don't have the proper health coverage," Brown said at a demonstration outside the State House last night.

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Gingrich sees R.I. as springboard for nationwide health-care reform
Rhode Island for Health Care

America must remake its convoluted and inefficient system of health care or countless lives will continue to be lost and billions of dollars will continue to be wasted, Newt Gingrich, former Republican House speaker, said yesterday.

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Health Care Needs State Action
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FL: A rich and immoral society
Rhode Island for Health Care

LET'S GET SOMETHING straight right now. Few government programs are "unsustainable." A program is sustainable if government chooses to sustain it. Governments keep programs afloat by giving them money.

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