- Title Information
- Title
- Policy Brief on the Menu of Policy Options for State-Based Universal Health System Reform
- Type of Resource (primo)
- technical_reports
- Abstract
- This memorandum responds to a request from Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F.
Neronha for a menu of policy options to improve the state’s health care system. Like many
states, Rhode Island faces mounting challenges related to access, affordability, and long-term
sustainability. Hospitals report significant financial distress, driven by workforce shortages and
reimbursement rates that lag behind peer states. Primary care is also under strain, as patients face
growing access challenges. Nearly 12 percent of residents report that they do not have a regular
place to receive medical care. Most recently, Anchor Medical—a multi-site primary care clinic
serving more than 25,000 patients—announced its closure, citing the increasing administrative
burden and the state’s difficulty attracting primary care clinicians.
- Name
- Name Part
- Erin C. Fuse Brown
- Role
- Role Term (marcrelator)
(authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators", valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut")
- Author
- Name
- Name Part
- Hayden Rooke-Ley
- Role
- Role Term (marcrelator)
(authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators", valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut")
- Author
- Origin Information
- Date Created
- 2025
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- State-Based Universal Health System Reform
- Genre
- Policy Brief
- Access Condition:
use and reproduction
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- Identifier:
DOI
- 10.26300/295j-nm76