For the first time, a county in America has lost all of its Obamacare insurers
by Bob Bryan | Business Insider
Pinal County, Arizona, right next to Phoenix, was founded in 1875 and is home to roughly 400,000 people.
It’s also the county that Obamacare forgot.
After Aetna’s announcement that it will roll back 70% of its offerings in public exchanges, Pinal County appears to be the only county in the US with a public exchange but zero insurers offering Affordable Care Act plans in 2017.
This leaves people that need insurance through the ACA in Pinal County with limited options. Currently, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is participating in the county, but it has plans to pull out in 2017.