Here are five takeaways:
1. The company will only operate in a handful of health insurance exchanges in 2017, down from 34 states this year. It will retain a presence in Nevada and Virginia, among other states, and is leaving Georgia, Michigan and Arkansas.
2. The company did not provide details in its first-quarter earnings announcement released Tuesday morning or in a subsequent teleconference with securities analysts.
3. The company said it lost $475 million last year from the marketplace plans and was on target to lose $650 million in 2016.
4. So far, UnitedHealthcare is the only large carrier to announce it will leave the marketplaces in multiple states.
5. UnitedHealthcare is the largest single health carrier in the United States.
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