State-by-state look at ACA individual marketplaces

(By Becker’s Hospital Review )

Government health exchanges are on track to offer shoppers fewer options than ever before in 2017.

Recent studies from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Avalere Health suggest one-third of all U.S. counties will only have one insurer offering plans on Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2017, leaving an estimated 2.3 million ACA marketplace enrollees in uncompetitive markets. High-profile exits like UnitedHealthcare and Aetna, as well as double-digit premium rate increases nationwide, have caused some experts to question the individual market’s long-term viability. Continue reading article here….

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