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 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said on
Wednesday that only Paulding County in northwestern Ohio was
projected to be a "bare county" with no insurers in 2018, while
1,478 counties could have only one issuer next year.
Just a month ago, CMS said there were 40 counties projected to have
no insurers next year.
Health insurers are facing an upheaval in their businesses amid
growing uncertainty about healthcare legislation under President
Donald Trump, who seeks to follow through on his promise to
dismantle former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law,
formally known as the Affordable Care Act.
Insurers such as UnitedHealth Group Inc, Aetna Inc and Humana Inc
have exited most of the states where they sold Obamacare plans,
leaving hundreds of U.S. counties at risk of losing access to
private health coverage in 2018.
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But other insurers, like Centene Corp, have filled those gaps,
expanding into new counties that had lost their coverage options.
In June, Centene said it would enter into three new states and would
expand operations in six existing markets in 2018.
(Reporting by Michael Erman, editing by G Crosse and Tom Brown)
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