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...Desmond Mitchell and Andre Akpan scored two late goals to pull out a 2-1 victory for the Crimson, who improved to 10-2-1 (2-0-1 Ivy) on the season. After defeating Brown 1-0 at home on Saturday, the team picked up another win against a Rhode Island team by knocking off the Friars, who fell to 5-6-3 (2-4-2 Big East) on the year...
...aims to provide health insurance to 98% of its residents by 2014, in part through the creation of a statewide self-insured health plan. Derek Slap, a spokesman for the president of the state senate, says, "The hope is that it will dovetail very nicely with health reform nationally." Rhode Island, which has some of the most stringent insurance-market regulations in the country, already has guaranteed issue in the small group market (requiring insurers to accept all applicants) and strict limits on how insurance companies can set premium rates based on health status. "Changing the underwriting laws will...
...States also may be better at innovating on delivery and payment reform, working with local health-care providers to make care more efficient and affordable. "It's very hard for the feds to experiment," says Rhode Island's Koller. "What we can do much better is work with providers and work with the delivery system...
...Rhode Island handily won the regatta, besting runner-up Connecticut by 20 points...
...Paul was my dad's most loyal guy. My dad thought the world of Paul. I think the world of Paul." - Representative Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ted Kennedy's youngest son, on Sept. 23 (CQPolitics...