What will be the impact of UnitedHealthCare's exit from most state Obamacare markets?

Although the mega insurer only accounts for a fraction of the health plans offered through the federal and state marketplaces set up by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), consumer advocates worry that its departure will lead to price hikes.

As Kaiser Health News notes, certain regions of the country will be more severely impacted than others. It highlights Lee and Collier counties in southwest Florida that will be left with only one PPACA health plan because of United's exit. The same is true of two counties in Oklahoma.

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