CNBC: One-third of US won't have a choice between Obamacare plans in 2017

[villager]

It's looking like a lot of people are going to have little Obamacare choice next year.

One-third of the United States may have just a single insurer to pick from on Obamacare marketplaces in 2017, an analysis released Friday suggests.

Seven entire states are projected to have just one carrier in 2017: Alaska, Alabama, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wyoming, according to research by the Avalere consultancy. And more than half of the country, 55 percent, may end up having two or fewer insurers to choose from on those government-run exchanges, Avalere said.

"And there may be some sub-region counties where no plans are available," a report by Avalere on its analysis found.

The findings reflect the effect of announcements this summer that three major insurers — Aetna, UnitedHealth and Humana — will sharply reduce the number of areas where they will sell individual health plans in 2017 due to financial losses on those plans, as well as the failures of most Obamacare co-op insurance plans.

The analysis relates to the number of insurers in a given "rating region," not the number of plans available. A single insurer can offer multiple plans at different price points, and at different levels of coverage.

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http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/one-third-of-us-wont-have-choice-between-obamacare-plans-in-2017.html

[Moostache]

1. Without single payer Medicare for All, there will be nothing left of Obamacare in 5 years time.

There is a simple equation that used to define the difference between left and right in America...is healthcare a right or a privilege?

In the run up to the fight for Obamacare, ie. the 2008 campaign, it was a frequent refrain from ALL Democrats...HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT...but then it was perverted almost imperceptibly to ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE IS A RIGHT.

The two things do not mean the same thing.
They never did.

[ecstatic]

2. This should move us closer to a public option. nt

[JoePhilly]

3. Red state, red state, red state, red state, red state ....

... should I go on??

Vote for the GOP, die when you get sick.