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Health insurers say the proposed increases are driven by inflation and pent-up demand for health services postponed during the pandemic.

Maybe never before in Rhode Island’s history has the state's healthcare system been in greater turmoil. And, none of it is related to the pandemic.

Health care has become less affordable in Rhode Island Health care spending per capita grew 4.1 percent between 2018 and 2019 By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated April 29, 2021, 5:00 p.m. Email to a Friend PROVIDENCE — The cost of health care is increasingly becoming unaffordable for many Rhode Islanders. The Rhode Island Health Care Cost Trends Steering Committee announced Thursday that health care spending per capita grew 4.1 percent between 2018 and 2019, producing health care spending of approximately $8,949 per covered Rhode Islander. This rate exceeds the health care cost growth t...

R.I. health insurance commissioner joins other states in supporting ACA recommendations MARIE L. GANIM, Rhode Island's health insurance commissioner, signed a letter Wednesday pledging to work with President-elect Joe Biden on health policy recommendations. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELY PROVIDENCE – Marie Ganim, Rhode Island's outgoing health insurance commissioner, signed a letter on Wednesday pledging to work with President-elect Joe Biden on health policy recommendations. Ganim, who will retire from her post in early January, was one of 11 state insurance commissioners to sig...