UnitedHealthcare plans to offer individual and family health plans in 22 state marketplaces in 2023, newly entering Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio, Healthcare Dive reports.
The payer has been steadily ratcheting up its presence on the Affordable Care Act exchanges after dramatically reducing its ACA markets in 2017 over waning growth expectations.
In 2022, the payer has offered plans on ACA exchanges in 18 states, up from 11 states in 2021.
Open enrollment for plans on ACA marketplaces begins Nov. 1. UnitedHealthcare will be selling plans in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Despite the expansion, the Minnetonka, Minnesota-based payer has not returned to its largest previous presence on the exchanges — UnitedHealthcare was in 34 states in 2016 before scaling back its presence as it struggled to turn a profit. Aetna and Humana also exited the exchanges in 2018. Read more.
