(Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama met with top executives from more than a dozen health insurers, including Humana and Cigna, to re-affirm his support for the Affordable Care Act after several companies retreated from the law’s government-run insurance markets.
Obama dropped in on a meeting on Monday in Washington between top White House health officials and the executives before the 2017 enrollment period, according to a White House official. Earlier in the day, the president sent a letter to all companies offering coverage in Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges.
“We know that this progress has not been without challenges. Most new enterprises have growing pains and opportunities for improvement,” Obama wrote in the letter. “The marketplace, while strong, is no exception.”
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