Tag: ACA
R.I. considers health insurance mandate as enrollment sets records
PROVIDENCE — The individual mandate penalty for the uninsured, zeroed out by the GOP tax law, remains in place for 2018 as HealthSource RI,...
Four R.I. hospitals penalized for high patient injury, infection rates
PROVIDENCE — Four Rhode Island hospitals have been penalized with a 1 percent reduction in Medicare payments for fiscal 2018 by the federal Centers...
BCBSRI, Lifespan, offer lower-cost managed care health plan
PROVIDENCE — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Lifespan’s new coordinated care health plan, BlueCHiP Direct Advance, will cost 10 percent...
HSRI: Newly insured numbers have tripled halfway to enrollment deadline
PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state-based Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange, reports a record number of new people – 1,484 individuals and families,...
Does the Graham-Cassidy bill to alter the Affordable Care Act deserve...
As the U.S. Senate prepares to consider the health care bill being presented by Sens. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., the issue...
ACA reform stalls as GOP takes second shot at repeal
PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI Executive Director Zach Sherman’s hopes for health insurance market-stabilizing legislation were dashed Tuesday when U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor &...
Ground is shifting on health care
Congress’ failed effort to undo Obamacare this year revealed an important political shift in the U.S.: Americans are no longer content to let people...
Is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) better than either the House...
Much of the young Trump administration has been spent trying to overturn and replace the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). The impulse...
Report: Senate health reform would significantly reduce Medicaid funding in R.I.
PROVIDENCE - If the Better Care Reconciliation Act was passed in its current form, Rhode Island will lose $1.9 billion of federal Medicaid funding...