Over the past seven years the RI Life Index has asked Rhode Islanders about the economy and other issues. New survey results indicate little has changed ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Commercial insurance premiums for nearly 175,000 people in Rhode Island are set to increase next year. The state’s Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) approved ...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island private health insurers have submitted rate requests to the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC), asking for the steepest premium increases in more than a ...

Lindsay Lang’s morning doomscroll has become something of a compulsion. As she gets out of bed, the HealthSource RI director can’t help but reach for her phone, combing through news headlines and ...

Under a new rule, Rhode Island’s attorney general will put health care mergers under scrutiny to combat market concentration ...

The initial cuts by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) caused turmoil for service ...

High recidivism rates in Rhode Island demonstrate a need for a public health approach to reentry. Reentry programs should focus on restorative practices like vocational training and therapy. Rhode ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — There are plenty of widely discussed problems in the local health care system these days, from a shortage of primary care doctors to financially strained hospitals. But a new ...

Rhode Island is fighting a national battle against opioid addiction — a battle that has no boundaries and threatens every family, every neighborhood, every race, and rich and poor. The growing drug ...

The rate requests, which are on average over 20% in every market, are the highest in over a decade. The proposed rate hikes will affect more than 170,000 Rhode Islanders who are covered under ...