The apparent collapse of Republican efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act creates a new wave of uncertainty for the health-care industry, particularly for insurers offering plans to consumers on the law’s exchanges. Health-care companies will be spared significant cutbacks in Medicaid that were part of the various Republican bills—a boon particularly for hospitals. Insurers are able to avoid a provision in the now-dead Senate Republican bill that they said would tank the ACA marketplaces, but they also must still...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 18, 2017 19:52 UTC