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MEDICAID and RIte CARE


For information about eligibility for Medicaid and RIte Care/RIte Share, please visit our Guide to Government Assistance Programs.

MEDICAID GLOBAL WAIVER PROPOSAL
•  Letters from RI Congressional Delegation to Secretary Leavitt
  Analysis of RI's Medicaid Proposal by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
•  Press coverage in Washington Post, New York Times 
•  Testimony by Joan Alker, Deputy Director of the Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute

REPORTS
•  Key Provisions of the "RI Consumer Choice Compact Waiver" (8.08)
•  Key Provisions of Article 17 (5.08)
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Red Flags for RIte Care (11.07)
•  Congress Must Act Now to Avert the SCHIP Funding Shortfall (9.06)
•  Why Medicaid Matters to Rhode Island
•  Annual Report of the RI department of Human Services' Implementation of Programs to Address Uninsurance Among Rhode Islanders

 




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