Rhode Island Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
Free, and they don’t sell plans. A counselor will read your drug plan’s list with you.
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243,173 people in Rhode Island were enrolled in Medicare, according to KFF's state health facts table, which is compiled from CMS enrollment counts for 2024.
Rhode Island expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid is a separate program from Medicare, with its own eligibility rules and its own list of covered drugs.
Medicare's rules for GLP-1 medicines are set nationally, so they are the same in Rhode Island as everywhere else. What changes from state to state is which drug plans are sold where you live, which pharmacies are in their networks, and which prescribers are near you.
Rhode Island Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) is Rhode Island's State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Counselors are free, they are not paid by any plan, and they will read your drug plan's drug list with you.
Call 1-888-884-8721. The program's own site is https://oha.ri.gov/Medicare.
These contact details were checked against Rhode Island's SHIP page, https://www.shiphelp.org/ships/rhode-island/, in 2026-08.
The directory holds 116 active public-source listings in Rhode Island, spread across 5 counties.
The counties carrying the most listings, set against Rhode Island's 243,173 Medicare beneficiaries:
From public federal data. It shows a place exists and how to reach it, not whether it prescribes GLP-1 medicines, so call first.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Family Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy, Community/Retail Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy, Community/Retail Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Family Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy, Community/Retail Pharmacy.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy, Community/Retail Pharmacy.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Family Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy, Long Term Care Pharmacy.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy Technician.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Family Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy Technician.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered, Nutrition, Gerontological.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Family Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease.
Medicare's rules are the same in every state. For type 2 diabetes, a GLP-1 goes through your Medicare drug plan. Wegovy for heart-disease risk and Zepbound for sleep apnea also go through your drug plan. For weight management, the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge can cover Wegovy, Zepbound KwikPen and Foundayo from July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027. What differs by state is which drug plans you can join.
Call Rhode Island Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) at 1-888-884-8721. It's the State Health Insurance Assistance Program for Rhode Island: free, unbiased, and it doesn't sell plans. A counselor can read your plan's drug list with you and explain prior authorization and appeals.
Each Medicare drug plan has its own list of covered drugs, its own price tiers, and its own rules such as prior authorization. The plans on offer depend on where you live, so two people in Rhode Island can get different answers for the same medicine.
Not necessarily. Listings come from public federal data that shows a place exists and how to reach it. It doesn't record whether a place prescribes GLP-1 medicines or accepts a particular plan, so call and ask first.
Use the three questions at the top of this page. They'll tell you whether to start with your drug plan or your doctor, and give you the exact questions to ask.