Tag: HEALTH CARE
When health care breaks, everything else follows
Fellow Rhode Island manufacturers, health care costs are no longer a background issue. They are now a front-line threat to our ability to compete, invest and take care...
Sluggish hiring closes out a frustrating year for job seekers though...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sluggish hiring last month closed out a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even as layoffs and unemployment have also...
R.I. monthly unemployment dips to 4.3% in November
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November was 4.3%, down slightly from 4.5% in September, the R.I. Department of Labor and...
What should state lawmakers prioritize (besides a balanced budget) in this...
State lawmakers return to work on Jan. 5 with a projected $101 million fiscal 2027 shortfall and a long list of legislative priorities to...
Health care, affordable housing on GA’s election-year docket
Compared to last year, the $101 million fiscal 2027 shortfall facing state lawmakers as they return to work this month may be cause for...
The process, not people, is hurting state’s health care system
The story didn’t begin in a hospital.
It began hours earlier on a Zoom screen during my very first board meeting as a member of the R.I. Business Group...
Birthing center’s future still a source of worry
When Cassie Voll was first seen at Newport Hospital’s Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center, she arrived on the heels of “a really bad experience...
URI researchers build low-cost device to reveal hidden damage from brain...
Traumatic brain injuries are far more common than many realize. Globally, more than 65 million people suffer such trauma each year, University of Rhode...
Rising insurance costs tied to health system consolidation
Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times, according to our...
R.I. monthly unemployment dips to 4.5% in September
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September was 4.5%, down slightly from 4.6% in August, the R.I. Department of Labor and...
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