Enrollment in R.I.’s Obamacare is up again

Feb. 26-- Feb. 26--PROVIDENCE -- Enrollment in HealthSource RI, the state marketplace, continued to rise last year, according to Rhode Island's Health Information Survey, which reported on Monday that 32,486 customers enrolled and paid for coverage in 2018 compared to 30,637 in 2017.

With that increase, only 3.7 percent of Rhode Islanders were uninsured last year, down from 4.2 percent in 2016, the state said.

"The Affordable Care Act is working in Rhode Island," Gov. Gina Raimondo said in a media release. "More than one million Rhode Islanders have insurance for the first time ever, our uninsured rate is the lowest it's ever been, and HealthSource RI offers some of the most affordable plans in the country."

According to the release, "HealthSource RI's competitive marketplace offers the third lowest-cost benchmark plan nationwide in 2019."

Raimondo repeated her earlier warnings that Washington politics threatens so-called Obamacare. "The Trump Administration's dangerous policies put our progress at risk," the governor said. "It's critical that we protect the ACA and continue our work until every single Rhode Islander has quality, affordable health insurance."

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