On November 19, 2015, UnitedHealth, in a conference call for investors, announced it may abandon the law's insurance exchange marketplaces in 2017 after suffering $425 million in losses on these policies.

UnitedHealth sells policies on about half of the PPACA exchanges.

UnitedHealth's departure would not be devastating, as it insures about 5 percent of the roughly 10 million Americans with exchange marketplace plans.

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