Mercatus Center
Medicare for All would save RI money—and here’s the math
By Will Weatherly on August 2, 2018
Would health care in Rhode Island cost less if everyone had access to it? The question, brought to the national stage in arguments surrounding Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All plan, came to Rhode Island repeatedly this week, whether it was when Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Brown announced his own Medicare for All plan, or in […]
Posted in Featured, Health Care, Inequality, Labor, News, Social Services | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Bernie Sanders, Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI, Gina Raimondo, health care, Matt Brown, Mercatus Center, Physicians for a National Health Program, single payer, Ted Nesi | 1 Response
Matt Brown calls for “Medicare for All”
By Will Weatherly on July 31, 2018
Democratic candidate for Governor Matt Brown announced last Friday that he supports a “Medicare for All” plan for Rhode Island, which will both counter Gov. Raimondo’s Medicaid cuts and “save Rhode Island money every year,” he said in a press release. “If people lose a job, they lose their health care. Small businesses pay so […]
Posted in Elections, Featured, Health Care, News | Tagged aaron regunberg, earned income tax credit, Emily Samsel, Gina Raimondo, health care, Jeanine Calkin, Matt Brown, Medicare for All, Mercatus Center, Republican Governor's Association, single payer, UHIP | 1 Response

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