The following is the first in a series of briefs about rising health care costs in RI published by the Rhode Island Business Group on Health. You can access the second brief on how Hospitals' Rising Overhead Costs Erode Efficiency here.
It’s well known that Rhode Island’s families, businesses, municipalities, unions, and state agencies are paying unjustifiable and unsustainable increases every year for commercial health insurance premiums. What’s not widely known, however, is that the amount families and plan sponsors statewide pay for commercial health insurance family premiums is among the highest in the nation.
Read full brief here (pdf).