Tagged: Medicaid

Senator Jack Reed wants to see Liberian refugees put on the path to US citizenship.  State officials will consider reinstating bus service in Tiverton.   These stories and more on the RIPR Morning News Podcast.

Governor Lincoln Chafee has released a new report on Medicaid fraud. Lawmakers and citizen groups had been pressuring Chafee to make the report public.

And, after declining for fear of jeopardizing fraud investigations, Chafee finally released the report, along with several proposed anti-fraud bills and a timeline of his administration’s efforts over the past few years to crack down on corruption.  

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee is coming under fire for not releasing a report on Medicaid and food stamps fraud.  The pension settlement reached between Providence and its workers and retirees has been approved.  These stories and more on the RIPR Morning News Podcast.

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Governor Lincoln Chafee is trying to explain why he’s withholding a report that details waste, fraud and abuse in the state’s Medicaid and food stamp programs. The report was done by former Moderate Party gubernatorial candidate Ken Block.  Chafee says he asked Block to conduct the investigation about a year ago. But now that it’s done, the governor is refusing to release it.