Tag: Trump Administration
Judge blocks Trump plan to revoke Obamacare contraceptive rule
NEW YORK - The Trump administration’s effort to let companies with religious or moral objections opt out of Obamacare requirements that they offer free...
Regulators issue notice of proposed Volcker Rule exemption for small banks
PROVIDENCE – Federal banking agencies have issued a notice of proposed rule-making to exempt banks with less than $10 billion in assets from the...
Kilmartin joins lawsuit to block release of 3-D-printed firearm designs
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has joined a multistate lawsuit to block the Trump administration action to allow the distribution of firearm...
Is your business using HealthSource RI to help employees gain health...
Despite being unable to completely eliminate the health insurance marketplaces – like HealthSource RI – that the Affordable Care Act ushered into existence, the...
Latest Trump administration action puts health insurance market ‘at risk’
PROVIDENCE – President Donald Trump’s administration is temporarily halting $10.4 billion in Affordable Care Act risk management payments to insurers. The move could have...
Providence mayor unveils city identification cards
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza unveiled the city’s new municipal identification cards Tuesday, urging Providence residents to come to City Hall and get...
Cigna to draw antitrust scrutiny amid health care deal wave
NEW YORK – Cigna Corp.’s proposed deal for Express Scripts Holding Co. faces a drawn-out merger review as the Trump administration’s antitrust enforcers weigh the competitive...
Analysis: New tariffs on steel, aluminum could affect R.I. brewing, distillery...
PROVIDENCE – The Trump administration’s proposed 25 and 10 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum, respectively, will increase prices on those imports and has...
Magaziner joins coalition against Trump administration’s Clean Power Plan repeal
PROVIDENCE – General Treasurer Seth Magaziner has joined a coalition of 11 state treasurers and local comptrollers asking the Environmental Protection Agency to halt...
Medical community decries Trump administration’s cut of birth control coverage
PROVIDENCE – The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services’ new rules eliminating the mandate that all businesses provide coverage for birth control...

















