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R.I. residents spend less on health insurance than most states, WalletHub...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is among the bottom 10 states for how much residents pay for health insurance relative to household income, according to WalletHub.
The personal finance website in...
Rising insurance costs tied to health system consolidation
Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times, according to our...
RIDOH effort aims to lower the barriers to getting HIV meds
With HIV diagnoses on the rise nationwide and in Rhode Island, a new R.I. Department of Health initiative is looking to expand access to...
R.I. health care access third best in nation, Forbes Advisor finds
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the third-best state in the nation for health care access, according to a study by Forbes Advisor.
The inaugural report...
R.I. has 13th-highest cost of living in nation, Forbes Advisor says
PROVIDENCE – The cost of living in Rhode Island is among the 15 most expensive costs of living by state in the nation, according...
Study: R.I. ranked 20th-worst state for nursing home staffing in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – As nursing facilities nationwide are facing shortages, Rhode Island ranked as the 20th-worst state for senior care staffing, according to a recent...
Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls
WASHINGTON (AP) – Days out from a surgery and with a young son undergoing chemotherapy, Kyle McHenry was scrambling to figure out if his...
Medicaid renewals put state leaders on alert
Lindsay Lang feels a certain amount of pride that the rate of Rhode Islanders with health insurance coverage is among the highest in the...
How to cure shortage of primary care docs?
When the phone rings at East Providence Primary Care, chances are there is someone in search of a new doctor on the other end.
It...
UMass ‘vaccine corps’ needs to be replicated
The U.S. faces one of the most consequential public health campaigns in history right now: to vaccinate the population against COVID-19 and, especially, to...
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