Anthem announced its decision to continue offering Obamacare plans next year in some cities and counties of Virginia.
The state’s Bureau of Insurance said 63 localities in Virginia were at risk of losing insurers offering health care plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare in 2018.
More than 350,000 Virginians were at risk of losing health insurance by January next year. Optima Health decided to limit selling individual plans on and off ACA Exchange next year.
Anthem, Aetna, and UnitedHealth, the three leading health insurance companies previously announced plans to exit the market.
Anthem engaged in further evaluations and discussions with regulators after learning about the situation. The health insurer said its goal was to make sure that there are no “bare” cities and counties in Virginia.
Anthem eventually decided to change its individual health plan offerings for 2018. Its revised offerings now include on and off Exchange individual health plans in 68 cities and counties in Virginia.
