Are you confident state providers, insurers and political leaders can ease a growing health care access and affordability crisis?

Providers and some state leaders have been sounding the alarm for more than a year that the state health care system is in crisis.

Incremental legislative changes, including boosts in Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care doctors, have so far done little to improve access. Meanwhile, the cost of care continues to skyrocket, with commercial health insurance premiums for 2026 at their highest levels in a decade. PBN Branded Content

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At PBN’s Fall Health Care Summit on Oct. 30, Martha Wofford, CEO and president of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, said health care expenses are “an unbelievable burden” on patients,