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On Medicaid Day of Action, RI Delegation to Emphasize Medicaid’s Role in Supporting Behavioral and Mental Health

March 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

March 17, 2025

CONTACT: Chip Unruh (Reed), 202-224-4642

Meaghan McCabe (Whitehouse), 202-224-2921

Noah Boucher (Magaziner), 202-225-2735

Guillermo Perez (Amo), 202-225-4911 

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

On Medicaid Day of Action, RI Delegation to Emphasize Medicaid’s Role in Supporting Behavioral and Mental Health

Providence, RI – Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 18 at 11:15 AM, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse will join Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo at a press conference to emphasize how Republican-proposed cuts to Medicaid will harm Rhode Islanders seeking behavioral and mental health care, as well as the providers who serve them.

WHO:

Senator Jack Reed

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Congressman Seth Magaziner

Congressman Gabe Amo

Michael Wagner, MD, FACP  President and CEO, Care New England

Mary Marran, MS, OT, MBA President and COO, Butler Hospital 

Paul Wallace, MD Medical Director, The Providence Center 

Laurie-Marie Pisciotta, Executive Director, Mental Health Association of RI

Details

Date:
March 18
Time:
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Venue

345 Blackstone Blvd Providence
Providence, RI United States