Our Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO Martha Wofford had a lot to say about an important health issue - prescription drug affordability - in this interview.

Drumroll, please! We are excited to announce the Rhode Island Current: a free, independent, nonprofit digital news site bringing readers a steady stream of reporting about state government and public policy in the Ocean State. Sign up for our newsletter: rhodeislandcurrent.com

NEW: Rhode Island officials are bracing for an April 1 deadline when they have to begin a Medicaid recertification process that will affect about a third of the state’s population and could kick at least 25,000 people off the program wpri.com/target-12/rhod…

Proud to be a part of this joint statement. "What the people of RI, and especially our youth, need to be hearing from elected leaders instead are affirmations of acceptance and inclusion, not negative stereotypes that feed misinformation and extremism." jewishallianceri.org/news/a-joint-s…

Being a family caregivers is so challenging. Certainly deserving of more recognition. Great column by our CEO, Martha Wofford

Two words for Patrick Anderson and his deep dig into super interesting article for Providence Journal: “You rock!” providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…

Not falling for Rhode Map today. That was just AI pretending to be you pretending to be Ed pretending to be Dan. Robots have probably already turned the three of you into scraps for the seagulls in Providence River.

Rich Salit you'll know it's not me anymore when the typos stop

I'm just waiting to see if they can pun. All I have left over AI is that the robots can't see there's an AI steak sauce joke to be had at their expense some day.

Today marks Day 50 of my friend and colleague @evangerskovich's unjust detention in a Russian prison. Every day is a day too many. All of us at The Wall Street Journal call for his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan #journalismisnotacrime

Such a timely and important topic.

This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, let’s celebrate this bold goal from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to reach 50% of Rhode Island youth by 2025 with mental health care & education. Learn more about this crisis across the nation & how BCBS companies aren’t waiting to take action: bcbsa.co/6014gbO8j

Congratulations to our President & CEO Martha Wofford on being named a Top 50 VBC Thinker for 2023 by Pearl Health . She’s a champion of Value Based Care at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to improve healthcare quality & affordability in RI. Read more here: ow.ly/C37U50OuAjA

This is Florida in 2023

The American Heart Association - Rhode Island #SNEHeart Walk is this Saturday, June 10th! Scroll through this thread and learn how you can get involved from our President & CEO (and proud chair of this year’s walk) Martha Wofford, Mario Hilario from Studio 10 WJAR and The Rhode Show’s Will Gilbert. (1/3)

The Heart Walk is this Saturday! Martha Wofford provides the details in this interview.

Important vaccine messages and well delivered by our Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island team.

Washington Bridge closure impact on business: Providence Chamber hosting an urgent meeting on zoom for members today at 4 p.m. Mayor Brett Smiley Brett Smiley confirmed. Other participants invited.

Good to hear that management remains local and that new company is employee-owned rather than venture capital. With news coverage of the biz community diminished, @PBN is a great resource. Best wishes PBN!

Love Canada Pooch Ltd. products but frustrating that I can’t each anyone in customer service via phone or email to do a simple exchange.