Opinion: Aetna’s Departure Does Not Bode Ill for Market
In a Los Angeles Times opinion piece, columnist Jon Healey writes that Aetna's decision to stop selling individual health insurance plans in California at the end of 2013 "is not a sign that the [health care] system is collapsing" as state officials prepare to implement the Affordable Care Act. "Instead, it's one company's decision to sacrifice one of its smaller revenue streams until the uncertainties fade and the worst-case scenario is ruled out."
- "Aetna's Departure Won't Doom California's Individual Insurance Market" (Healey, Los Angeles Times, 6/18).