Insurers who exit a state health insuranceexchange are not necessarily throwing in the towel onall individual policy business in a state.
Kaiser Health News reports that company procedure on sellingindividual policies varies from company to company and state tostate. Consumers who worry they won’t have much choice in statesthe insurers abandon may find the same companies still offer plansoff the exchange, KHN advised.
Aetna, KHN said, no longer sells via the Kansas, Utah, andDistrict of Columbia exchanges. But it continues to offerindividual policies in Kansas and Utah, because neither of thosestates require insurers to sell through an exchange if they want tosell off-exchange.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
