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HEALTHSOURCE RI SAID that 1,484 individuals and families have since open enrollment for health insurance began Nov. 1. Enrollment ends Dec. 15.

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,...
HEALTHSOURCE RI reported a greater than 80 percent of eligible health plans auto-renewal of 2017 enrollees and 6,000 calls since open enrollment for health insurance began Nov. 1.

HSRI renews 80% of eligible 2017 enrollees for 2018

PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state-based Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange, reported a greater than 80 percent auto-renewal of 2017 enrollees and 6,000...
HIGHER RATES: The Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner has approved 18-20 percent increases in health insurance rates for silver-level plans in the individual marketplace, due to the elimination of cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers from the federal ­government. / BLOOMBERG 
FILE ­PHOTO/
ANDREW ­HARRER

OHIC’s approach saves R.I.ers significant financial pain

It might seem counterintuitive to praise Health Insurance Commissioner Marie L. Ganim for keeping the average cost increases in 2018 for the benchmark silver...
THE OFFICE OF THE HEALTH Insurance Commissioner and HealthSource RI announced that new rates for silver-level plans in the individual health insurance market place will increase 18-20 percent due to the elimination of Cost Sharing Reduction payments to insurers from the federal government. However, these increases will largely be offset by federal tax credits as mandated by law. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

OHIC announces new 2018 rates in response to Trump’s CSR cut

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner has approved new rates increases for HealthSource RI’s silver-level health plans sold on the...
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES see health insurance rates in the Rhode Island individual market rising between 13.5 percent and 20.3 percent over 2017 due to the elimination of Cost Sharing Reduction subsidies. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

OHIC expects double-digit health insurance rate increases

PROVIDENCE —  The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner reported that preliminary estimates of individual market health insurance rates see insurance premiums increasing between...
FOLLOW-UP: Sam Slade, center, vice president employer segment, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, and Melissa Cummings, right, senior vice president, chief customer officer, BCBSRI, talk with attendees following the PBN Health Care Summit on Oct. 5. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

‘Creative’ changes to ACA possible, but repeal dead

Affordable Care Act reform is more likely than repeal, and employers should take better advantage of cost-saving, health-plan tools in the meantime, according to...
THE SENATE GOP has abandoned its effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and Rhode Island officials want to renew efforts to strengthen it. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Affordable Care Act reform hopes renewed after GOP repeal abandoned

PROVIDENCE – Local hopes for bipartisan health insurance market-stabilizing legislation were rekindled Sep. 25 when Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, opposed the latest Affordable Care...

PBN fall 2017 Health Care Summit set for Oct. 5 in...

PROVIDENCE - PBN’s fall 2017 Health Care Summit will take place Oct. 5 at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick from 8:30-11:30 p.m. This year the...
THE SENATE GOP has revived its effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act but is running out of time to pass the measure with a simple majority. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

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 &...
THE RHODE ISLAND Manufacturers Association’s inaugural Health Care Summit will update employers on Affordable Care Act changes and introduce them to Dr. Marie L. Ganim, the state’s new health insurance commissioner.

RIMA Health Care Summit to update employers on ACA changes

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association’s inaugural Health Care Summit, at the Providence Marriott on Thursday, Sept. 14, will update employers on Affordable...
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