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PROVIDENCE, RI -- As a vote on Trumpcare looms in the U.S. Senate, there is rising concern in Rhode Island that the drastic Medicaid cuts in the Republican bill will leave more children uninsured and take money away from students with special... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement in response to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) decision to delay a vote on the Republican Trumpcare bill because it lacks... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to protect low-income families from lead-based paint and other health hazards within their homes, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza announced today that the City of Providence will receive... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a score of the Senate Trumpcare bill that is expected to be voted on later this week.  CBO found that the bill would leave 22 million Americans without... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – Today, one day after Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled their plan to dismantle Obamacare and take health care away from millions of Americans in order to provide massive tax breaks for the wealthy, U.S. Senators Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after Senate Republicans unveiled their closely-guarded health care legislation, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “This bill is no way to improve health care in Rhode Island or the rest of the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – As Senate Republicans work behind closed doors on a plan to take health care from millions of Americans in order to give a tax cut to the wealthy, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today joined with Rhode Islanders... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) teamed up with Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and several colleagues in introducing legislation to penalize pharmaceutical companies that engage in price gouging without cause, leading to price spikes... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC  – Today is “Don’t Fry Day,” the Friday prior to Memorial Day weekend that has become an opportunity to raise awareness about sun safety and encourage everyone to protect their skin throughout the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated score of the Trumpcare bill.  CBO found that the bill passed by House Republicans earlier this month would leave 23 million Americans without... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC  – In a newly released letter, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and all 46 of their Senate Democratic colleagues today sent a letter urging Senate Republican leaders to drop current repeal efforts... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced today that Care New England (CNE) has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as the recipient of one of only 32 national Accountable Health Communities model grants,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following joint statement today in response to testimony received in a hearing last week on... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In the wake of Congressional Republicans’ failed attempt to rip health coverage away from millions of Americans, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined Al Franken (D-MN) and a key group... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to expand research leading to potential advances for women’s health, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that Women &... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to improve access to treatment for those suffering with mental illness and addiction, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined this week with the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council (SUMHLC) of Rhode... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement in response to the failure of the Trumpcare bill: “For seven years, Congressional Republicans said Obamacare was wrong and they had a better plan.  For two... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC –  Despite the fact that doctors, nurses, hospitals, and the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have sounded the alarm that repealing Obamacare and replacing it with Trumpcare would lead to widespread health... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC –  Congressional Republicans and President Trump cried foul when the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report detailing that as many as 24 million Americans could lose their health insurance under... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today issued the following statement after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report detailing cost and coverage estimates for House Republicans’ health care repeal... Read More