Hi all,
Today's ProJo features an op-ed written by second-year med students about the importance of RIte Care. Congrats to Juan Vasquez, Margret Chang, Sharon Davis, and Andrea Dean for their good work!
Click on the link below for the article:
http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_nuvaz17_04-17-08_UO9O8IE_v13.39d5bd7.html
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
White Coats for Healthy Votes--Rally at the State House (April 9)
WHITE COATS FOR HEALTHY VOTES!
Are you a clinician who supports RIte Care?
Join nurses and doctors from around the state for a public event and lobby day to celebrate the positive impact RIte Care has on the well-being of our state’s children and families and to encourage members of the General Assembly to vote AGAINST proposed cuts to RIte Care.
When: Wed, April 9, 2008 3:15 PM
Where: State House, Providence
Dress Code: White lab coats and/or scrubs, you can even wear your stethoscope! Don’t be shy; we want your elected officials to know that you are a medical professional.
We will provide you with talking points and hand outs for your elected officials – all you need to do is come prepared to explain the importance of RIte Care to your patients.
Please forward this message to your friends, family and coworkers. We need as many people involved as possible to make sure RIte Care is protected. If you cannot make it to the State House on April 9 please log on to www.ritecareworks.org and sign up to send an email message or make a call to your elected officials - let them know that you do not support the proposed cuts to RIte Care!
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About RIte Care – RIte Care is Rhode Island’s Medicaid managed care program for children and families with low-income. It has proven to be one of the most successful public health insurance programs in America, allowing Rhode Island to have the best timely prenatal care for pregnant women in the country, the lowest child death rate and one of the ten best rates of children’s health insurance coverage. More than 110,000 people currently participate in the program, but current proposals would deny up to 15,000 from participating.
RIte Care Works Coalition members include: American Cancer Society – New England Division, Bayside Family Healthcare, Blackstone Valley Community Healthcare, Chad Brown Health Center, East Bay Community Action Program, Family Health Services, Family Voices at RIPIN, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, Northwest Health Center, Parent Support Network of Rhode Island, The Poverty Institute at Rhode Island College, The Providence Community Health Centers, Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians, Rhode Island Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Health Center Association, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, The Rhode Island Medical Society, Rhode Island Parent Information Network, Thundermist Health Center, Tri-Town Health Center, Wood River Health Services and Woonsocket Even Start.
Are you a clinician who supports RIte Care?
Join nurses and doctors from around the state for a public event and lobby day to celebrate the positive impact RIte Care has on the well-being of our state’s children and families and to encourage members of the General Assembly to vote AGAINST proposed cuts to RIte Care.
When: Wed, April 9, 2008 3:15 PM
Where: State House, Providence
Dress Code: White lab coats and/or scrubs, you can even wear your stethoscope! Don’t be shy; we want your elected officials to know that you are a medical professional.
We will provide you with talking points and hand outs for your elected officials – all you need to do is come prepared to explain the importance of RIte Care to your patients.
Please forward this message to your friends, family and coworkers. We need as many people involved as possible to make sure RIte Care is protected. If you cannot make it to the State House on April 9 please log on to www.ritecareworks.org and sign up to send an email message or make a call to your elected officials - let them know that you do not support the proposed cuts to RIte Care!
**********
About RIte Care – RIte Care is Rhode Island’s Medicaid managed care program for children and families with low-income. It has proven to be one of the most successful public health insurance programs in America, allowing Rhode Island to have the best timely prenatal care for pregnant women in the country, the lowest child death rate and one of the ten best rates of children’s health insurance coverage. More than 110,000 people currently participate in the program, but current proposals would deny up to 15,000 from participating.
RIte Care Works Coalition members include: American Cancer Society – New England Division, Bayside Family Healthcare, Blackstone Valley Community Healthcare, Chad Brown Health Center, East Bay Community Action Program, Family Health Services, Family Voices at RIPIN, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, Northwest Health Center, Parent Support Network of Rhode Island, The Poverty Institute at Rhode Island College, The Providence Community Health Centers, Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians, Rhode Island Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Health Center Association, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, The Rhode Island Medical Society, Rhode Island Parent Information Network, Thundermist Health Center, Tri-Town Health Center, Wood River Health Services and Woonsocket Even Start.
Tommy Thompson comes to Brown
Hi everyone,
I think an email went out to the Brown Med community about Tommy Thompson's upcoming lecture at Brown. He is the former Secretary of Health and Human Services (from 2001-2005), and he will be speaking about the uninsured and their impact on population health.
There's been a lot of activity here around issues of health insurance, so I figured folks might be interested in hearing what Thompson had to say.
Here are the details:
Where: Pembroke Campus, Andrews Dining Hall
When: Tuesday, April 8 at 4pm
See the below link for more info:
http://med.brown.edu/news/barnes
Cheers,
Margret
I think an email went out to the Brown Med community about Tommy Thompson's upcoming lecture at Brown. He is the former Secretary of Health and Human Services (from 2001-2005), and he will be speaking about the uninsured and their impact on population health.
There's been a lot of activity here around issues of health insurance, so I figured folks might be interested in hearing what Thompson had to say.
Here are the details:
Where: Pembroke Campus, Andrews Dining Hall
When: Tuesday, April 8 at 4pm
See the below link for more info:
http://med.brown.edu/news/barnes
Cheers,
Margret
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