Does primary care plan have a shot at solving crisis?

Katie Castellani

05/09/2025

Stethoscope head lying on medical forms closeup — GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE has proposed several actions to help ease the shortage of primary care doctors in Rhode Island, but some in the health care sector say the measures need to go further. / PBN FILE PHOTO

Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s new multipronged plan to shore up the state’s sinking primary care system has some in the industry questioning whether it goes far enough. McKee’s six-part strategy includes accelerating a primary care Medicaid reimbursement rate review; requiring commercial health insurers to increase funding for reimbursements; strengthening fiscal oversight of the state’s health

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