The Anthem development is especially worrisome, since the company currently covers more than 1 million people in 14 states’ health insurance exchanges. The House-passed legislation is more about un-helping the people Obamacare covered than about helping those who still can’t bear the expense of health insurance and health care. Another positive step would be restoring a funding stream, which Congress stripped in 2015, to backstop health insurance companies that suffered higher-than-expected costs. This uncertainty is the biggest danger to the functioning of the health insurance system right now. Health insurance companies face looming deadlines in the coming weeks to declare their intentions for next year.

Source: Huffington Post June 06, 2017 22:52 UTC