REPORT: Rhode Island healthcare premiums among highest in nation

WAKEFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island has some of the highest commercial healthcare premiums paid by families and employers in the United States, according to a recent report from the Rhode Island Business Group on Health. From 2012 to 2022, health insurance premium costs in Rhode Island rose from 23 to 28% of median household income. In that same time period, Rhode Island’s ranking in highest premiums rose a slot from 14th most expensive in the nation to 13th. Hospitals ranked as the highest medical expense that commercial health insurance...