More U.S. counties to see Obamacare marketplace monopoly: analysisNEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly a third of U.S. counties likely will be served by only one insurer that participates in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace in 2017, according to an analysis published on Sunday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The 31 percent of U.S. counties that will have just a single option of insurers within the ACA’s exchanges would represent an increase from 7 percent this year, the nonpartisan group found. Despite sharing a namesake, the Kaiser Family Foundation is not associated with healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente. UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH.N) and Aetna Inc (AET.N) have decided to largely exit government-run online marketplaces in 2017 that sell subsidized plans created under President Barack Obama’s national healthcare reform law, citing low enrollment and high service costs. The bulk of the decrease in counties with a choice of insurers is due to UnitedHealth’s pullback, which was announced in April. The data underscores the degree to which industry retrenchment is curtailing individual’s options within the marketplaces. Insurer departures may lead to higher costs within that market, analysts have said. One county - Pinal County in Arizona - risks having no insurer options at all within the marketplace, the analysis found. The study’s authors said another plan offered elsewhere in the state could expand to serve the county. The foundation said it could take more months and more data for the full impact of the changes for 2017 to become clear. “A number of steps remain before the full picture of this year’s Marketplace competition is known but the ACA has greatly expanded the insurance options available to consumers in the individual marketplace,” said Marjorie Connolly, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a statement. politicsNews
more counties see obamacare marketplace monopoly analysisnew york reuters nearly third counties likely served one insurer participates affordable care act aca marketplace according analysis published sunday kaiser family foundation the percent counties single option insurers within aca exchanges would represent increase percent year nonpartisan group found despite sharing namesake kaiser family foundation associated healthcare provider kaiser permanent unitedhealth group inc meta inc decided largely exit online marketplace sell subsidized plans created president barack obama national healthcare reform law citing low enrollment high service costs the bulk decrease counties choice insurers due unitedhealth fullback announced april the data underscores degree industry retrenchment curtailing individual options within marketplace insurer departures may lead higher costs within market analysts said one county pinal county arizona risks insurer options within marketplace analysis found the study authors said another plan offered elsewhere state could expand serve county the foundation said could take months data full impact changes become clear a number steps remain full picture year marketplace competition known aca greatly expanded insurance options available consumers individual marketplace said marjorie connolly spokeswoman department health human services statement politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: More U.S. counties to see Obamacare marketplace monopoly: analysisNEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly a third of U.S. counties likely will be served by only one insurer that participates in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace in 2017, according to an analysis published on Sunday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The 31 percent of U.S. counties that will have just a single option of insurers within the ACA’s exchanges would represent an increase from 7 percent this year, the nonpartisan group found. Despite sharing a namesake, the Kaiser Family Foundation is not associated with healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente. UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH.N) and Aetna Inc (AET.N) have decided to largely exit government-run online marketplaces in 2017 that sell subsidized plans created under President Barack Obama’s national healthcare reform law, citing low enrollment and high service costs. The bulk of the decrease in counties with a choice of insurers is due to UnitedHealth’s pullback, which was announced in April. The data underscores the degree to which industry retrenchment is curtailing individual’s options within the marketplaces. Insurer departures may lead to higher costs within that market, analysts have said. One county - Pinal County in Arizona - risks having no insurer options at all within the marketplace, the analysis found. The study’s authors said another plan offered elsewhere in the state could expand to serve the county. The foundation said it could take more months and more data for the full impact of the changes for 2017 to become clear. “A number of steps remain before the full picture of this year’s Marketplace competition is known but the ACA has greatly expanded the insurance options available to consumers in the individual marketplace,” said Marjorie Connolly, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a statement. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: more counties see obamacare marketplace monopoly analysisnew york reuters nearly third counties likely served one insurer participates affordable care act aca marketplace according analysis published sunday kaiser family foundation the percent counties single option insurers within aca exchanges would represent increase percent year nonpartisan group found despite sharing namesake kaiser family foundation associated healthcare provider kaiser permanent unitedhealth group inc meta inc decided largely exit online marketplace sell subsidized plans created president barack obama national healthcare reform law citing low enrollment high service costs the bulk decrease counties choice insurers due unitedhealth fullback announced april the data underscores degree industry retrenchment curtailing individual options within marketplace insurer departures may lead higher costs within market analysts said one county pinal county arizona risks insurer options within marketplace analysis found the study authors said another plan offered elsewhere state could expand serve county the foundation said could take months data full impact changes become clear a number steps remain full picture year marketplace competition known aca greatly expanded insurance options available consumers individual marketplace said marjorie connolly spokeswoman department health human services statement politicsnews