Apr 23, 2021, by Staff Writer
SMITHFIELD, RI – Two Bryant economists, President Ross Gittell, Ph.D., and Faculty Fellow and incoming Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategy Edinaldo Tebaldi, Ph.D., are joining the Rhode Island Foundation’s new initiative, “Make it Happen: Investing for Rhode Island’s Future,” to help develop recommendations for spending up to $1 billion in broad new stimulus funding the state is projected to receive from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARP).
“We are proud that members of the Bryant University community are able to contribute to this important initiative.
Prominent Bryant alumni, Jessica David 10MBA, consultant and former executive vice president of strategy and community investments at the Rhode Island Foundation, and John Galvin ’91MBA, President & CEO at AAA Northeast, are also among the top Rhode Island leaders who will contribute to the effort. Rhode Island Foundat
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• Provide immediate relief from Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidy clawbacks created by COVID-19 uncertainty.
• Provide clarity on COVID-19 testing coverage requirements, especially in regard to tests that are ordered as part of state-based contact tracing efforts.
• Partner with states in actively focusing on programs and practices that address the needs of historically marginalized communities.
• Address problematic elements of the recently proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) for Plan Year 2022.
• Allow flexibility for states aiming to pursue progressive policy aims by empowering them to apply for ACA innovation waivers beyond reinsurance.
Longer-term policy priorities
• Reverse policies, such as the weakening of non-discrimination protections and the public charge rule, that undermine the ACA and deny health care coverage to many people.
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DCCA NEWS RELEASE: Hawaii Joins Multistate Group Providing ACA Policy Recommendations to President-elect Biden
Posted on Dec 23, 2020 in Latest News, Newsroom
HONOLULU Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Colin Hayashida joined a group of the nation’s state insurance commissioners in a pledge to work with President-elect Joe Biden by providing health policy recommendations to the incoming administration.
The commissioners share President-elect Biden’s vision that no American should have to go without health care coverage. They believe comprehensive and progressive health care is essential to addressing urgent public health priorities, such as the COVID-19 and opioid crises, addressing racial disparities in the health care system, and ensuring enforcement of mental health parity.