Gina Raimondo in Biden Cabinet members actions and issues


On Abortion: Supports law allowing for late term abortions

Governor Cuomo is taking a lot of heat from Catholics - he claims to be one - but he still supports late-term abortion. So far, calls for him to be excommunicated by the Church have fallen on deaf ears within the clergy with the power to do that. Governor Gina Raimondo, also a Catholic, is supporting a similar bill in her state of Rhode Island. Under it, preborn babies would have NO protection.
Source: Daily Caller News on 2021 Biden Cabinet Jan 8, 2021

On Social Security: Reformed state pension program, raised retirement age

Raimondo's landmark was overhauling the state's pension program to rein in a system that was increasingly costly without a robust funding mechanism. Her pension reform was finalized after she became governor and survived lawsuits from government unions. The state and the unions ultimately reached an agreement to preserve much of the original program, which created a hybrid plan with contributions from the state and employees, suspended cost-of-living adjustments and raised the retirement age.
Source: 19th News e-zine on 2021 Biden Cabinet Jan 7, 2021

On Health Care: COVID: civil liability immunity for hospitals, nursing homes

On April 9, top officials from Rhode Island's nursing home lobbying groups sent a letter to Raimondo's office requesting immunity from civil liability if their residents faced injury or death from COVID-19. One day later, the governor's office issued an executive order granting the lobbyists what they had asked for: hospitals and nursing homes were classified as emergency management facilities and granted immunity from civil liability, except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Source: Jacobin magazine on 2021 Biden Cabinet Dec 2, 2020

On Health Care: Privatized & cut budgets for Medicaid

Raimondo's plan involved privatizing management of Medicaid in the state, outsourcing management to private insurers. By 2018, over 60% of the state's Medicaid budget went to private health insurers. That year, hospital administrators called Raimondo's round of cuts to Medicaid "devastating." The governor's proposed budget for 2020, introduced before the pandemic broke out in the United States, included nearly $60 million in Medicaid cuts.
Source: Jacobin magazine on 2021 Biden Cabinet Dec 2, 2020

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