Med school debate spotlights ailing health care system

ROOM FOR TWO? Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School has no competition in Rhode Island. A state commission, however, is exploring creation of a public medical school at the University of Rhode Island. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/
W ILLIAM HAMILTON
ROOM FOR TWO? Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School has no competition in Rhode Island. A state commission, however, is exploring creation of a public medical school at the University of Rhode Island. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/
W ILLIAM HAMILTON

There are more questions than answers right now in the debate over whether Rhode Island should create a state medical school. What would it cost? Would taxpayers support it? Is it even needed in such a small state? A state commission is wading into those and myriad other related issues, with a deadline to submit

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