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Mar 1 2022

Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com - contributing writer on health An antidote to despair Dr. Paul Farmer offered insights about what ...
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Feb 22 2022

Getting to no… rejecting the Lifespan, Care New England merger application – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer RI Attorney General nixes merger between Care New England, Lifespan, calling them out for ...
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Feb 15 2022

What really happened to human services in RI – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI The current disarray is a function of terrible investments made in UHIP, putting technological fixes over ...
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Feb 1 2022

Addressing a failed system – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Tina Spears, executive director of the Community Provider Network of Rhode Island. An ...
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Jan 25 2022

News media’s critical, in-depth reporting on state budget lacking – Richard Asinof

Photo by Mike Cohea, image courtesy of the R.I. OMB The cover of the budget document for Gov. McKee's proposed ...
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Jan 18 2022

Why did Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott resign abruptly in the middle of a pandemic? – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI The simmering conflict over public health vs. political health between the Governor and the director of ...
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Jan 11 2022

Providence Water faces civil rights complaint over disproportionate lead exposure risk – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI No one disputes that lead poisoning of children is a terrible and preventable chronic disease, one ...
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Jan 4 2022

RI health and human services depleted, silos worse in 15 years under EOHHS umbrella – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, contributing writer, ConvergenceRI Photo: Benedict Lessing, Community Care Alliance Editor’s Note: Benedict Lessing, the president and CEO ...
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Dec 21 2021

No bankruptcy protection for Sackler family, Purdue Pharma – “We fight on” – Richard Asinof

“They aren’t bankrupt. They’re loaded. We fight on.” RI AG Neronha applauds court decision nixing Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement by ...
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Dec 14 2021

Dr. McDonald’s rules to live by: Love one another. Don’t be a jerk. COVID, year 3 – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer An in-depth interview with Dr. James McDonald, medical director at the R.I. Department of ...