Obamacare’s supporters scored a victory as health insurerCentene Corp. decided to dramatically expand in Nevada, filling inrural counties that were at risk of having no options nextyear.

Centene said Tuesday that it will sell statewide viaits SilverSummit unit, a move that will help more of Nevada’sresidents gain Affordable Care Act coverage. Nationally,the decision will reduce the number of empty counties to two: onein Ohio and one in Wisconsin.

Many of Centene’s rivals have pulled back from the ACA, citingfinancial losses and uncertainty about how the Trump administrationwill run the health law’s markets. Centene, seeing an opportunityto profit as others retreat, has plans to expand in nine states fornext year. The company already had about 1.1 million Obamacarecustomers as of June 30.

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