UnitedHealth Group Inc., thelargest U.S. health insurer, has decided to call it quits in twostate Obamacare markets, in the latest challenge to PresidentBarack Obama’s health-care overhaul.

The insurer won’t sell plans for next year in Georgia andArkansas, according to state insurance regulators. Tyler Mason, aUnitedHealth spokesman, confirmed the exits and declined to saywhether the company would drop out of additional states.

Many insurers have found it difficult to turn a profit in thenew markets created by the Affordable Care Act, whereindividuals turned out to be more costly to care for than thecompanies expected. UnitedHealth and Aetna Inc. both posted lossesfrom the policies last year, as did big Blue Cross and Blue Shieldplans in states like North Carolina.

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