Repealing itself.
Medica, the last insurer selling individual health policies in most of Iowa, likely to exit.
Tens of thousands of Iowans could be left with no health insurance options next year, after the last carrier for most of the state announced Wednesday that it likely would stop selling individual health policies here.
Medica’s announcement comes on the heels of word last month that Aetna and Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield would pull out of Iowa’s individual health insurance market for 2018. Those are the only three choices for individual health insurance in most areas of the state this year.
The carriers’ exit could leave more than 70,000 Iowans who buy their own coverage without any options for 2018.
The news caught national attention Wednesday, because of fears that residents of other states could also lose insurance as carriers pull out of the market.
Medica, the last insurer selling individual health policies in most of Iowa, likely to exit.
Tens of thousands of Iowans could be left with no health insurance options next year, after the last carrier for most of the state announced Wednesday that it likely would stop selling individual health policies here.
Medica’s announcement comes on the heels of word last month that Aetna and Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield would pull out of Iowa’s individual health insurance market for 2018. Those are the only three choices for individual health insurance in most areas of the state this year.
The carriers’ exit could leave more than 70,000 Iowans who buy their own coverage without any options for 2018.
The news caught national attention Wednesday, because of fears that residents of other states could also lose insurance as carriers pull out of the market.