Obama Just Got Hit With Devastating News, His Whole Plan Just Came Crumbling Down This week, Health insurer Aetna announced that it will be dropping Obamacare insurance in 69% of the counties and 11 of 15 states where it currently offers plans. Aetna is the third largest health insurance company in the country, and is the most recent to pull back from the plans offered under the Affordable Car Act (ACA). This is not good news for patients either. It affects 20% of Aetnas 838,000 Obamacare participants, covering people in 536 counties. Primarily, it affects patients in the following states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas. Participants will be forced to chose between other Obamacare plans or purchasing individual insurance outside of the exchanges. Patients may also lose their preferred doctors and hospitals if they choose plans that dont have them in-network. Most Obamacare plan members will continue to receive tax credit subsidies to help pay for their insurance. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported that 85% of Obamacare plan members received tax credit subsidies in 2016. The question remains whether premium increases are enough to offset losses and keep insurers competitive. Aetna cites heavy losses as their reason for the move, suggesting that too many sick people are buying plans, not enough healthy people are paying premiums to cover the expenses, and the government doesnt seem to be making any policy changes to fix the government. They did respond to some degrees, but insurers are not satisfied with the moves, Marianna Udow-Phillips, director of the Center for Healthcare Research Transformation at the University of Michigan said in an interview. This isnt terrible news for people like Trump, however, who hope to eliminate Obamacare entirely in the coming years. 