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Governor Carcieri Releases Proposed State Budget for Year Starting July, 2009 Send RIte Care Works your story about how RIte Care Works for: You Click here to view the Supplemental FY09 Budget Proposal: Implications for Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Families in Rhode Island Visit Rhode Island Kids Count for related news and information Governor's Proposed Supplemental Budget Includes Resource Test Article 30 of the Governor's 2009 Supplemental Budget proposes a liquid resource test for children and families enrolled in RIte Care.View Article 30 here. Resource tests are shown to result in substantial administrative barriers to enrollment and could make Important Changes to Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Families in Rhode Island Important changes are being made to programs like RIte Care/RIte Share. Read more. |
Welcome!RIteCareWORKS.org gives clear, accurate and non-partisan information about the benefits of RIte Care, Rhode Island's health insurance program for low-income children and their families. We believe that RIte Care:Works For Children In NeedIt helps children and their families stay healthy by offering them health insurance. By using private managed care plans to efficiently provide the coverage, the program has had nationally recognized success in improving the health of its target population. Works For Tax PayersIt’s a good investment. RIte Care is a highly efficient program that is very cheap considering all the good it does. Because it is funded through federal matching funds, approximately 52 cents on every dollar spent on RIte Care/RIte Share is paid for by the Federal Government. The State only pays 48 cents for every dollar allocated to RIte Care. There is no cheaper way to cover low-income children and their families. Works For Rhode IslandIt is a program that is important for everyone. RIte Care keeps children for all families healthy by ensuring that those in need have access to necessary vaccinations and medical treatment. Even if a family can afford insurance, they benefit from RIte Care. Their children go to school and play with children who would not have access to care without the program. By providing these low-income children with health insurance, RIte Care benefits not just them but every other child and person who interacts with them. It’s a win-win situation. |
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RIteCareWORKS is comprised of an ever-growing coalition of concerned organizations and individuals: American Cancer Society American Heart Association / American Stroke Association American Lung Association Bayside Family Healthcare Blackstone Valley Community Healthcare Chad Brown Health Center Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island East Bay Community Action Program Family Health Services Family Resources Community Action Family Voices at RIPIN Kids First Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island March of Dimes Northwest Health Center Ocean State Action Parent Support Network of Rhode Island The Poverty Institute at Rhode Island College Providence Community Health Centers Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians Rhode Island Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Rhode Island Foster Parents Association Rhode Island Health Center Association Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Rhode Island Parent Information Network The Rhode Island Medical Society RIPAC Thundermist Health Center Tri-Town Health Center Wood River Health Services Woonsocket Even Start Get involved today! |
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