HSRI: Paying customers up 5%

Rob Borkowski

March 19, 2018 2:03 pm

HEALTHSOURCE RI reported a five percent increase in paying enrollees year over year. HSRI also said that 35 percent of paying enrollees were in the 18-34 age group. /COURTESY HSRI — HEALTHSOURCE RI reported a five percent increase in paying enrollees year over year. HSRI also said that 35 percent of new enrollees were in the 18-34 age group. /COURTESY HSRI

PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange, reported that paying customers increased by 5 percent in 2018, with 18-34 -year-olds making up 35 percent of new customers, which may help mitigate an expected drop in enrollment when tax penalties for the uninsured zero out in 2019. “It will certainly help,” said HSRI…