Urgent care centers have become popular because they offer accessibility as Rhode Island is grappling with a shortage of ...

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 ...

Predicting the future isn't easy. Back in 2000, who would have thought that by 2025 the Pawtucket Red Sox would no longer exist, or Rhode Island's first female governor would be telling people to ...

The state Department of Health is advising Rhode Islanders to get flu shots and take other preventive measures as the illness sweeps through the state.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island announced it is ending a discounted Medicare Advantage plan available to 275 company ...

If the state can commit to reinvesting Medicaid expenditures, we can still provide lifesaving care, write two state health ...

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 ...

About 13,000 Rhode Islanders are expected to drop health insurance coverage if Affordable Care Act subsidies are not extended ...