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The Obama administration has shelved a financially troubled long-term care insurance plan. Officials said Thursday the staff has been cut and it's an "open question" if the program will be implemented.

Stephen Moses, a man who has spent years fighting the rules that let relatively affluent people qualify for Medicaid nursing home benefits, got a chance today to explain his position to members of Congress.

Some Rhode Island lawmakers predicted Wednesday that plans to overhaul the public retirement system will set off long, expensive legal battles with public worker unions.

The National Tax Sheltered Accounts Association (NTSAA) and the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) want to make it easier for 403(b) participants to compare retirement plan options.

Rhode Island is the nation's smallest state. But its pension problem may well be the largest in the land.

In five years, the cost to taxpayers for Rhode Island's public retirement system will more than double if nothing is done to curb runaway pension costs.