2022 RI Governor's race: on Health Care

Ashley Kalus: COVID testing contract leads to dispute with the state

Kalus's company is slated to begin closed-door mediation proceedings with the R.I. Department of Health over the firm's COVID-19 testing contract with the state. Doctors Test Centers, which Kalus started with her husband early in the pandemic, won a nearly $8 million testing contract from Rhode Island. By January, the relationship between company executives and state health officials had deteriorated, as both sides threatened legal action and law enforcement became involved. Source: WPRI on 2022 Rhode Island Gubernatorial race May 2, 2022

Luis-Daniel Munoz: COVID: Must do more to vaccinate blacks & Latinos

Luis Daniel Mu&?ntilde;oz said that reaching proportional vaccination rates is not enough. "Black people and Latinos between the ages of 34 and 44 are three times more likely to be hospitalized compared to white individuals 74 to 85 years of age. When you look at that risk from an equity standpoint, one would say that that population should have relatively more vaccines allocated to them based on the increased risk. But in Rhode Island you can't even get an equal proportion." Source: Brown Daily Herald on 2022 Rhode Island Gubernatorial race Apr 9, 2021

Matt Brown: For Medicare for All, protect reproductive freedom

Healthcare for All
Enact Medicare-for-All style universal healthcare
Ensure every RI resident has mental, dental, hearing, and vision care
Take on big pharma to make prescription drugs affordable
Protect reproductive freedom

[Brown heads this RI coalition]. Source: GoLocalProv.com on 2022 Rhode Island Gubernatorial race Sep 22, 2021

Matt Brown: Vaccine requirement to enter public spaces, mask mandate

Pandemic Protection for All
Vaccine requirement to enter public spaces including restaurants, bars, and stadiums (except for people with valid medical or religious reasons not to get vaccinated)
Implement a statewide mask mandate in public spaces
Expand paid sick leave

[Brown heads this RI coalition]. Source: GoLocalProv.com on 2022 Rhode Island Gubernatorial race Sep 22, 2021

Nellie Gorbea: Support mental health care for students, teachers, staff

??Fully support mental health care along with other emotional and behavioral health programs for students, teachers, and administrators. Source: 2022 Rhode Island Governor campaign website NellieGorbea.com Jun 26, 2022

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