Tag: Affordable Care Act
U.S. coronavirus crisis long time in making
As the coronavirus pandemic exerts a tighter grip on the nation, critics of the Trump administration have repeatedly highlighted its changes to the nation’s...
HSRI sees 32,704 signups for 2020
EAST PROVIDENCE – Enrollment in the state’s health insurance market for 2020 totaled 32,704 individuals and families during the open enrollment period, an increase...
Five Questions With Marie Ganim
Marie L. Ganim | R.I. health insurance commissioner
1. Who can expect to see the most savings from the state’s reinsurance program that went...
Drug costs for some U.S. seniors to rise by hundreds of...
NEW YORK – Senior citizens with high prescription drug costs are facing hundreds of dollars in additional expenses next year, according to a new...
Reinsurance program helps curb premiums
Sam Salganik sees hardship cases of Rhode Islanders struggling to pay for health care. But he’s seeing less of it.
“The state is making progress,”...
Under Trump, U.S. is sicker
Let’s revisit Ronald Reagan’s “Are you better off now than four years ago?” question, zooming in on health.
President Donald Trump, take a reverse-bow. You...
Almost 2M more Americans uninsured in 2018, census says
NEW YORK – The number of Americans without health insurance increased by almost 2 million people in 2018, according to new data released by...
Five Questions With Christopher Ferraro
5Q: Christopher Ferraro | Chief financial officer, Coastal Medical Inc.
1. Coastal Medical has operated as an accountable care organization since 2012. What led...
Babineau: ‘Health care is local’
Dr. Timothy J. Babineau misses seeing patients, but as Lifespan Corp.’s president and CEO for the past seven years, the former cancer surgeon has...
Medicare for All would be more expensive for all
Congressional leaders are only beginning to come to grips with the true costs of Medicare for All and the battle that lies ahead.
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