Health Care Reform
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Whitehouse Meets with East Providence Seniors
East Providence, RI - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today visited with East Providence seniors at Orchard View Manor to discuss his efforts to preserve Social Security and Medicare benefits, make prescription drugs more affordable by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices with drug companies, and o...…Read More
Posted on 8/15/2012 | -
Whitehouse Holds Hearing on Health Care Delivery System Reform
As the public debate over health care reform continues to focus on the “individual mandate” and other hot-button issues, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today held a hearing about another effort that has gotten less attention but is actually more important: deli...…Read More
Posted on 5/16/2012 | -
Whitehouse Releases Report on Progress of Health Care Delivery System Reform
As the public debate over health care reform continues to focus on the “individual mandate” and other hot-button issues, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today released a report about the progress of another part of the Affordable Care Act that has gotten less at...…Read More
Posted on 3/29/2012 | -
Whitehouse Shares Story of Woonsocket Resident Helped by Health Law
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Posted on 3/22/2012 | -
Closing the Doughnut Hole: Map of 2011 Savings
Providence, RI - In 2010, as part of the health care reform law (the Affordable Care Act), U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) helped lead the successful fight to end the Medicare Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” which left thousands of Rhode Island seniors paying the total...…Read More
Posted on 3/2/2012 | -
Nearly 15,000 RI’ers Benefitted from “Doughnut Hole” Fix in 2011
In 2010, as part of the health care reform law, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) helped lead the successful fight to end the Medicare Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” which left thousands of Rhode Island seniors paying the total cost of their prescription...…Read More
Posted on 2/8/2012 | -
Thousands of RI Seniors Benefitting from “Doughnut Hole” Fix
Last year, as part of the health care reform law, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) helped lead the successful fight to end the Medicare Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” which leaves thousands of Rhode Island seniors paying the total cost of their prescrip...…Read More
Posted on 12/7/2011 | -
Thousands of RI Seniors Benefitting from “Doughnut Hole” Fix
Last year, as part of the health care reform law, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) helped lead the successful fight to end the Medicare Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” which leaves thousands of Rhode Island seniors paying the total cost of their prescrip...…Read More
Posted on 10/12/2011 | -
Thousands of RI Seniors Benefitting from “Doughnut Hole” Fix
Providence, RI - Last year, as part of the health care reform law, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) helped lead the successful fight to end the Medicare Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” which leaves thousands of Rhode Island seniors without prescription drug coverage ever...…Read More
Posted on 8/15/2011 | -
Whitehouse Introduces Resolution to Defend Social Security and Medicare
Mr. WHITEHOUSE: Mr. President, I rise to discuss the ongoing negotiations on the Federal budget and our rapidly approaching debt ceiling. I think we all agree the situation we face is increasingly grave. I believe every responsible person agrees that a failure to act on the debt limit would have awful repercussi...…Read More
Posted on 7/11/2011 |