UnitedHealth Exit Would Hurt Some States

Although UnitedHealth Group Inc. hasn’t been a major seller of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, a further retreat from President Barack Obama’s health insurance reform program could pose problems for Obamacare users in some states.

So far, UnitedHealth has said it will exit Obamacare markets next year in Georgia, Michigan and Arkansas. Oklahoma regulators said on Monday that UnitedHealth is also quitting that state’s exchange. While Michigan and Arkansas can probably weather UnitedHealth’s move, some consumers in Georgia and Oklahoma may feel a lack of choices, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of UnitedHealth’s offerings across the U.S.