UnitedHealth's exit won't kill ACA exchanges

• Published in: Business Insurance Vol. 50; no. 9; p. 4
• Main Author: Livingston, Shelby
• Format: Journal Article Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago Crain Communications, Inc 25.04.2016; Crain Communications, Incorporated
• Subjects: Corporate finance; Health care policy; Health insurance; Health insurance exchanges; Health maintenance organizations; Insurance companies; Insurance premiums; Laws, regulations and rules; Market exit; Service discontinuation; States; United States; United States > US

UnitedHealth Group Inc. said last week that it will exit nearly all of the 34 states where it sold coverage on health insurance exchanges this year amid slow enrollment growth and an unhealthy population that have dented its profit. It said it expects to lose $650 million this year on exchange busin...