(Bloomberg)--The fate of President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law may depend on how long Anthem Inc. and Aetna Inc. are willing to wait before starting to make money off of PPACA.
The two insurers are on the hot seat now that UnitedHealth Group Inc. appears unlikely to linger as a seller on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s government-run markets.
UnitedHealth, the U.S.’s largest health insurer, said Thursday that if it can’t turn a profit, in 2017 it may quit the health plan marketplaces where millions of Americans buy coverage.
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