Wood River Health CEO will be a guest of Rep. Seth Magaziner at president's speech to the nation

Wood River Health President and CEO Alison Croke will be U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner’s guest at President Trump’s address to the nation this evening.

The speech will be Trump’s first to a joint session of Congress in his second term.

Wood River Health is a federally qualified health center based in Hope Valley, which serves thousands of patients, many of whom rely on Medicaid for care. Wood River Health also operates a Westerly location and provides dental care on Block Island.

Just last week, Magaziner, D-2nd District, came to Wood River Health’s Hope Valley headquarters, where Croke and the facility’s care providers told him that deep cuts proposed to Medicaid by House Republicans would lead to layoffs, reductions in services for patients and more locally. Also last week, the House voted on Republicans’ budget plan that will slash at least $880 billion from programs under the Energy and Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction — cuts expected to primarily come from Medicaid.

Reached late Monday, Croke was at a loss for words when Magaziner extended his invite. But she also was honored to be asked. [...] Read full article.