Tag: Affordable Care Act
Kilmartin files motion against ACA federal lawsuit filed in Texas
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, joined by 15 attorneys general, has filed a motion to intervene in Texas et al. v. United...
HSRI: Paying customers up 5%
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...
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island reports $22.6M profit...
WARWICK – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island reported net income of $22.6 million in 2017, significantly better than the previous year’s...
Sherman: HSRI premiums may spike 50% without mandate
PROVIDENCE — HealthSource Rhode Island’s 12 percent enrollment increase was the greatest among state-based Affordable Care Act exchanges this year, but the individual mandate...
Individual mandate repeal not Armageddon
On Dec. 20, the new GOP tax bill signed into law repealed the individual mandate for the Affordable Care Act.
The individual mandate puts a...
HSRI: Health insurance enrollees up 10.5% in 2018
PROVIDENCE — The number of health insurance enrollees through the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange, Health Source RI, climbed to 33,021 in the final...
With new year, new R.I. rules take effect
PROVIDENCE – With the advent of the new calendar year, new provisions from the fiscal 2018 budget have taken effect.
The 2018 fiscal year budget...
Five Questions With: Joshua Miller
Sen. Joshua Miller, D-Cranston, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment &...
HSRI: Health insurance plan signup, payment due Dec. 31
PROVIDENCE — The number of health insurance enrollees through the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange, Health Source Rhode Island, has risen to 32,000, and...
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,...