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Insurer pledges $3M for senior dental care
Delta Dental of Rhode Island has established a $3-million charitable endowment, to be managed by The Rhode Island Foundation, to help improve dental health...
Medicare plan may reduce RxforRI
The top banner on the RxforRI Web site shows a silver-haired couple – exactly the kind of people Americans tend to think of when...
Union group renames itself BuildRI to reflect mission
As Gregory A. Mancini sees it, there’s a very good reason for BuildRI’s new name: The contractors and the union workers they employ, he...
Health costs sting small businesses
Economists forecast moderate sales gains
Rhode Island’s small businesses pay 10 percent more, on average, for the same health coverage than mid-sized and large employers,...
Retirees’ benefits vanish as employers drop plans
Imagine working for 35 or 40 years and discovering that, unless you wait till you’re 65, you’ll have to pay hundreds of dollars a...
ER doctors quit Blue Cross over reimbursements
The doctors’ group whose members staff the emergency rooms at Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children’s Hospital and The Miriam Hospital has bowed out of...
Chamber president reaches out to Latino businesses
The food was hearty, the mood was upbeat, and the English was a bit mangled – as was the Spanish attempted by most Anglos....
Internet’s changing recruiting practices
Human resources seen undergoing revolution
It’s a radical concept, but it’s fast gaining credence: Resumes aren’t very useful. Sure, it’s nice to have a person’s...
Blue Cross proposes new plans
A year after being denied a 16.9-percent rate hike, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is seeking approval for a new line...
New law tightens workers’ comp rules
Temporary employees are focus of regulations
Does your company use temps? If so, be on the lookout for a new law that’s going to step...
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