Elizabeth Burke Bryant is executive director of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT. / PHOTO COURTESY RHODE ISLAND KIDS COUNT/PETER GOLDBERG PHOTOGRAPHY
PROVIDENCE - U.S. Census Bureau data from the 2016 American Community Survey shows more Rhode Islanders were covered for health insurance in 2016 than 2015 - a direct result of the Affordable Care Act, according to the Economic Progress Institute and R.I. KIDS Count. According to data released Tuesday by the federal agency, the percentage…