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  • Nearly 14,000 RIers Benefitted from Obamacare’s Medicare “Doughnut Hole” Fix in 2013

    Washington, DC - Thousands of Rhode Island seniors have saved on prescription drugs because of the Affordable Care Act, according to federal data released last week.  In 2013, 13,998 Rhode Islanders on Medicare saved over $9.9 million on their prescriptions, for an average savin...…Read More

    Posted on 3/24/2014 | Doughnut Hole, Seniors, ACA, Prescription Drugs, Affordable Care Act, Drugs, Prescription, Medicare

  • Medicare is Not the Problem

    July 30, 2013 - At a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing on containing health care costs, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discussed the challenges of treating patients as consumers, shared a personal story about medical bills for those with and without insurance, and called on his colleagues to stop trying to label our nation's health care cost problems as a Medicare problem.

    Posted on 7/30/2013 | Medicare

  • Whitehouse to Obama: No Need to Cut Medicare

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    Posted on 12/5/2012 | Affordable Care Act, Delivery System Reform, Medicare, Medicaid, middle class, Health , Health Care, Seniors, Budget Deficit

  • Sheldon Holds Hearing on Health Care Fraud, Field Hearin, Brings Judiciary Subcommittee to Rhode Island, March 26, 2012

    East Providence, RI - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today convened an official field hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism in East Providence, RI, to examine ways to reduce costs and strengthen health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid by cracking down on frau...…Read More

    Posted on 3/26/2012 | Medicare, Health Care, Judiciary, healthcare, Medicaid