Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri (R) has offered a proposal to save taxpayers $67 million by overhauling Rite Care, the state’s Medicaid program. Under the proposal, details of which are still being worked out between the state legislature and the Department of Human Services, Rhode Island would agree to a five-year federal spending cap on [...]
A new Rhode Island law may give the state’s legislators a real advantage over their constituents when it comes to health insurance. The measure, sponsored by state Rep. Lisa Baldelli-Hunt (D-Woonsocket), took effect July 1. It gives legislators $7,000 per year for the purchase of health insurance–and they get to keep whatever part of the [...]
Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri’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, the [...]
Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) last month 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 [...]
Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri (R) and acting CMS Administrator Kerry Weems on Monday announced that they 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, the Providence Journal reports (Peoples, Providence Journal, 12/9). In adopting a [...]
The AP/Washington Times on Sunday examined a proposal by Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) to cap Medicaid spending in exchange for broader authority in deciding how Medicaid funds can be used. Carcieri has said the state needs approval of a federal waiver because Medicaid will consume about 30% of the state’s budget by 2011, [...]
Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts (D) onFriday announced the %26quot;Mission: Healthy Rhode Island%26quot; initiative, whichconsists of a series of meetings to consider health care proposals andmake recommendations to the 2008 General Assembly, the Providence Journalreports. Roberts at a meeting on Friday told the group of about 60representatives from state businesses, hospitals, insurance agencies,labor, advocacy [...]
Senioradvocates and Rhode Islandlawmakers have expressed concern that a proposal by Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) tooverhaul RIte Care, the state’s Medicaid program,could create a %26quot;catastrophe%26quot; for 186,000 state residents enrolled inthe program, the Providence Journal reports. Carcieri announced the planin January, saying it would save taxpayers an estimated $67 million. Under theproposal, the state would [...]
