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Obamacare consumer protections enacted in state law

PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers have taken steps to enact many of the consumer protections of the federal Affordable Care Act in state law, in...

Jha: Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 because country...

WASHINGTON – Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health who is the White House COVID-19 Response coordinator, tweeted...

Record 16.3M seek health coverage through ‘Obamacare’ 

WASHINGTON (AP) – A record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first...
Rep. James R. Langevin | D-R.I.
Rep. Jim Langevin has been in the U.S. House since 2001, after serving as Rhode Island secretary of state. He’s recognized as a leader on national security, workforce training and development, and cybersecurity. He serves on the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees and co-chairs the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus and the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, which he co-founded. / COURTESY U.S. REP. JAMES R. LANGEVIN

Langevin: ACA passage was ‘a personal fight’

PROVIDENCE – Rep. James R. Langevin, D-R.I., understands the life-changing effects of health care firsthand. The Democratic congressman who has represented the state’s 2nd District...
BRIGHT IDEA: Kathleen Moren, Healthy Babies, Happy Moms Inc. president, displays phototherapy equipment that allows nurses from her company to treat babies with jaundice at home rather than in a ­hospital. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A guiding light for those starting motherhood

Many years ago, registered nurse Kathleen Moren noticed that breastfeeding mothers in Rhode Island were lacking the support they needed. Her time working as a...
MARIE L. GANIM, Rhode Island's health insurance commissioner, signed a letter Wednesday, pledging to work with President-elect Joe Biden on health policy recommendations. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELY

R.I. health insurance commissioner joins other states in supporting ACA recommendations

PROVIDENCE – Marie Ganim, Rhode Island's outgoing health insurance commissioner, signed a letter on Wednesday pledging to work with President-elect Joe Biden on health...
ESSENTIAL SERVICE: The Rhode Island Free Clinic has provided more than 40,000 free patient visits to uninsured, low-income adults over the last five years. CEO Marie Ghazal, right, speaks with primary care provider Marina Rodriguez, center, and psychiatric clinical nurse specialist Sylvia Weber.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Rhode Island Free Clinic provides a much-needed lifeline for Rhode Island...

PBN Business Excellence Awards 2020 Excellence at a Social Service Agency: Rhode Island Free Clinic EVEN AFTER EXPERIENCING “significant disruption” this year due to the...
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT is hearing arguments about the Affordable Care Act. / AP FILE PHOTO/ALEX BRANDON

High court seems likely to leave federal health care law in...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to leave in place the bulk of the Affordable Care Act, including key protections for...
TALKING IT THROUGH: Panelists in the second half of the PBN Health Care Summit on Oct. 29 discuss the implications of returning to workplaces amid a rise in COVID-19 cases. The virtual panel included, clockwise from top left, Dr. Claire Levesque, from Tufts Health Plan; Peter Marino, from Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; moderator Michael Mello, PBN editor; Dr. Matt Collins, from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; and Siobhain Sullivan, from Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc.

Are you ready to return to workplace? Not so fast

Rhode Island businesses yearning to get back to a pre-COVID-19 normal should not get their hopes up yet, particularly in light of a recent...
KIM A. KECK, CEO and president of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, will be leaving the local health insurer at the end of this year and will become the CEO and president of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association on Jan. 4, 2021. / COURTESY BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF RHODE ISLAND

Keck to step down as CEO and president of Blue Cross...

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO and President Kim A. Keck will be leaving the local health insurer at...
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