Whip Place: Introduction to Primary Care Reform Package - House Corporations (41426)

House Minority Whip David J. Place (R District 47 - Burrillville, Glocester) introduces a comprehensive package of healthcare reform bills during a Rhode Island House Committee on Corporations hearing on April 14, 2026.

Whip Place explains that this package of 8 to 9 bills is designed to protect traditional, independent primary care providers and prevent them from being forced out of business. He outlines the three current models of care in Rhode Island: vertically integrated hospital systems (like Brown or CharterCARE), traditional independent doctors, and expensive concierge medicine. He warns that without legislative action to support independent practices, the "middle ground" of traditional medicine will disappear, leaving Rhode Islanders with only two extremes: monopolistic hospital networks or out-of-pocket concierge care.

House Minority Whip David J. Place
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