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INSIDE KNOWLEDGE: Members of the first panel at the 2018 Spring Providence Business News Health Care Summit April 6 at the Providence Marriott Downtown: from left, Dr. Gus Manocchia of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Stephen Farrell, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of New England; Dr. Claire Levesque, board-certified neurologist and chief medical officer for commercial products at Tufts Health Plan; and Joan Kwiatkowski, CEO of CareLink and the PACE Organization of Rhode Island.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Health Care Summit: System needs more primary care doctors, cost control

Government 04/13/2018

Two themes led much of the discussion during the first of two panels at Providence Business News’ 2018 Spring Health Care Summit: primary care...

Individual mandate repeal not Armageddon

Government 01/05/2018

On Dec. 20, the new GOP tax bill signed into law repealed the individual mandate for the Affordable Care Act.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...

THE MOST RECENT ESTIMATE for HealthSource RI enrollment for 2018 was 33,021, a 10.5 percent increase from 2017 enrollment in the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange.

HSRI: Health insurance enrollees up 10.5% in 2018

Health Services 01/02/2018

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...

HSRI: Health insurance plan signup, payment due Dec. 31

Health Services 12/29/2017

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...

WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT on Tuesday, Dec. 19, and then through the early afternoon on Wednesday, Congress delivered a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill to President Donald Trump for his signature. / BLOOMBERG NEWS PHOTO/ZACH GIBSON

Congress sends Trump tax-cut bill in first GOP legislative win

Government 12/20/2017

WASHINGTON – House Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years – hours after the Senate...

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has passed the GOP's tax bill. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Senate passes U.S. tax overhaul, putting GOP on brink of big...

Government 12/20/2017

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years, a bill that delivers a...

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

Does the Graham-Cassidy bill to alter the Affordable Care Act deserve...

Government 09/24/2017

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...

SEN. JOHN MCCAIN has said he will not support the Graham-Cassidy proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, potentially dooming efforts by the GOP to repeal the health care bill before Sept 30. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

McCain to oppose ACA repeal, possibly dooming GOP effort

Government 09/22/2017

NEW YORK - Sen. John McCain said Friday he’ll vote against the GOP-only Affordable Care Act repeal proposal, becoming the second Republican to oppose...