Thousands of Rhode Island seniors and disabled residents no longer covered for non-emergency visits at four local hospitals can switch insurance plans ahead of the fall open enrollment period. Gov. Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging announced a two-month special enrollment period for UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage patients on Thursday — exactly

UnitedHealth Group’s massive health insurance business will drop Medicare Advantage health plans covering more than 600,000 people as it tries to reverse its financial decline. It’s one of several strategies to shore up finances that executives detailed for investors Tuesday.