Anthem Drops Obamacare in Ohio: 300,000 Without Insurance? Gruber Strikes Again

mishtalk.com / Mike “Mish” Shedlock / June 7, 2017 

House Speaker Paul Ryan’s attempt to replace Obamacare was sheer madness. Left alone, Obamacare was imploding anyway. Republicans should have waited for Democrats to beg them to “do something”.

Left alone, Obamacare was imploding anyway. Republicans should have waited for Democrats to beg them to “do something”.

Republicans should have waited for Democrats to beg them to “do something”.

Bloomberg reports Insurer’s Obamacare Exit Could Leave 300,000 Without Options.

Anthem Inc.’s decision to quit Ohio’s Obamacare market will leave 13,000 people without any coverage option under the program next year. That number may rise to 300,000 if the health insurer follows suit in the rest of the states where it sells.

Anthem, which currently oversees Affordable Care Act plans for about 1.1 million people in 14 states, is one of the largest of the multistate insurers that hasn’t pulled back sharply from selling individual plans in the ACA. In April, it said it was “assessing our market footprint in 2018,” and on Tuesday the company said it would leave Ohio.

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