{"id":2638,"date":"2016-04-20T09:48:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T13:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2016-04-20T09:48:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T13:48:07","slug":"unitedhealthcare-to-exit-all-but-handful-of-obamacare-markets-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2638","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealthcare To Exit All But \u2018Handful\u2019 Of Obamacare Markets In 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>UnitedHealthcare will operate only in a \u201chandful\u201d of health insurance exchanges in 2017, down from <a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/profile\/kaiser.family.foundation#!\/vizhome\/AshleysMaps_0\/UnitedHealthGroupHIXParticipation2016http:\/\/kff.org\/health-reform\/issue-brief\/analysis-of-unitedhealth-groups-premiums-and-participation-in-aca-marketplaces\/\" target=\"_blank\">34 states<\/a> this year, company officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The company did not provide the anticipated details in its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedhealthgroup.com\/~\/media\/UHG\/PDF\/2016\/2016Q1Release.ashx?la=en\" target=\"_blank\">first-quarter earnings announcement<\/a> released Tuesday morning or in a subsequent teleconference with securities analysts. But a spokesman confirmed Nevada and Virginia would be among the states where it will retain a presence. In the past week, UnitedHealthcare said it would leave Georgia, Michigan, and Arkansas. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/unitedhealthcare-to-exit-all-but-handful-of-obamacare-markets-in-2017\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=28662501&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8O09cEq_i3HarFddi6dPYZjvzm60X-vRW0GH4idR3SuoRsJBSkJAHpL28sRInAV2YKDk3BzEelf-YMndDRlvdpXuVijQ&amp;_hsmi=28662501\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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