Here are four takeaways:
1. UnitedHealth lost an additional $200 million from the Affordable Care Act exchanges. The payer enrolls merely 6 percent of the ACA exchanges, despite being the nation’s largest carrier.
2. The payer enrolled 2.1 million individuals during the second quarter.
3. Compared to this period last year, UnitedHealth’s profit increased 14 percent.
4. In April, the payer said it was pulling out of many ACA exchanges due to $1 billion anticipated losses.
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