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Aetna exits Iowa individual insurance market for 2018
Reuters ^ | April 6, 2017 | by Caroline Humer

Posted on 04/06/2017 10:41:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Health insurer Aetna Inc said on Thursday it will exit Iowa's Obamacare-compliant individual insurance market in 2018, citing financial risk and the uncertain outlook.

Aetna said it is still evaluating its other remaining individual insurance markets, which include Delaware, Nebraska and Virginia. The company exited most markets this year but in January said it had more than 240,000 people in individual plans and expected to post losses on them this year.

Insurers have said uncertainty over which rules will be in place in 2018 and the billions of dollars in government subsidies that make the plans more affordable to millions of people make it difficult to commit to offering such insurance. Many have asked the government to extend the subsidies for 2018.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: deathspiral; failure; obamacare; socialism

1 posted on 04/06/2017 10:41:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And ObamaCare continues its collapse. How long will liberal Republicans hold us hostage?


2 posted on 04/06/2017 10:43:15 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good news.


3 posted on 04/06/2017 10:43:17 AM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Crucial

Obamacare..............”Made to Fail!”


4 posted on 04/06/2017 10:50:11 AM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: Crucial

Sounds like they won’t need to for long the way things are going - if there isn’t an option in the ACA in your state, there is no mandate anyway. Will blow up on its own one way or the other.


5 posted on 04/06/2017 10:58:50 AM PDT by rb22982
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To: EnglishOnly

Well, the clear slant on the article is that this is because of the uncertainty created by Trump and the Repubs. Uncertainty that the subsidy gravy train will keep rolling.


6 posted on 04/06/2017 11:24:10 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There will be a number of states in 2018 with no individual health insurance policies available. This has to be addressed this year.


7 posted on 04/07/2017 4:52:00 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: Crucial
And ObamaCare continues its collapse. How long will liberal Republicans hold us hostage?

Article V Convention of States


8 posted on 04/07/2017 6:34:47 AM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Aetna is offering policies in my area, just not covering the main hospitals and associated medical offices!


9 posted on 04/07/2017 5:39:53 PM PDT by Bookwoman (...and I am unanimous in this...")
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