Here are four takeaways:
1. States with likely insurer exits include Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Arizona and Missouri.
2. The ACA concerns surrounding these states will benefit candidates who could use this as a campaign platform. Republican strategist Ron Bonjean told The Hill, “It feels like there’s a sleeping giant that’s about to awaken on the campaign trail. It really does seem like an easy target, an easy layup for Republicans to score points.”
3. A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found almost 50 percent of U.S. states are projected to have fewer ACA options in at least one county next year.
4. Earlier this week, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said he had plans to hold a hearing concerning various state health insurance marketplaces. Sen. Johnson says he will bring in Ohio, Wisconsin and Washington insurance commissioners as those states are expected to lose payers going into 2017.
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