Rhode Islanders who buy their own insurance face an average 12.4% rate increase for 2027, and RIMAP’s state-funded savings could offset part of that for lower-income households and some older, higher-earning ones. Getting the help requires enrolling by Jan. 31.
With Open Enrollment set to start Nov. 1, HealthSource RI’s own website still listed one item as “COMING SOON” as of Oct. 20: the final parameters for the state’s new subsidy program.
That program, the Rhode Island Marketplace Affordability Program, or RIMAP, is the headline of this year’s shopping season, which runs from Nov. 1 through Jan. 31, 2027. HealthSource RI says RIMAP begins in January and is expected to help more than 20,000 eligible current and former customers afford health coverage. It is state money filling in for federal help that ended: the enhanced portion of federal premium tax credits expired on Dec. 31, 2025, according to Gov. Dan McKee’s Executive Order 26-03…