obamacare and the aca in droves. one third of the counties that have one insurer and states that have one offering coverage. if you only have one choice, you don t have any choice at all. the fact of the matter is that if we have insurers and the ones remaining say if you don t change this and stabilize the market and make it so that we can actually price to the risk of an individual, we are not going to be able to stay here. it s possible that undercurrent law which is one of the reasons that they have gotten this wrong, undercurrent law, they don t take into account anything that is happening in the real world. they will have those that are leaving the market. 332 insurers providing health coverage and 167 this year. 232 last year and 167 there this year. what that means is that patients
once. the fact of the matter is we re working on the regulations right now. in fact, we ve had a proposed rule that s been out there to narrow the window so that insurers are able to stay in markets that they re having to pull out. remember one-third of the counties in this country, one-third in the county, over #,000 counties only have one insurer offering kovrng on the chang exchanges. five states only have one inrer offering coverage on the exchanges. you tell me that that s what the plan was. the fact is those folks have no choice whatsoever. they are the federal government has destined them to only have one opportunity to purchase coverage. and if that s not what they want, tough luck. that s not our plan. our plan is to allow individuals the opportunity to purchase that kind of coverage they want for themselves and their family in a market that allows them an array of choices so it suits them. not what part government tells them. we will look into the report
working for all parties involved. anthem says without significant changes to the act or obama care as we ve been describing it, is going to extract itself from a number of states where it s offering coverage currently, so what do you say to those insurers who are demanding changes or else? well, i think the appropriate way to deal with this issue is bring anthem, the insurers together, sit down with republicans and democrats. the republicans complain so bitterly that you know, that affordable care act was pushed through so fast, yet now, they re doing the aim saim things themselves. the it s haywire. something thrown together at the last minute. see if there s a way to get the insurers and governors who have experience and implementation. over the last year and a half, our medicaid has been flat. on a per person basis. the first time ever.
deductible, and we know that this is happening by talking to the folks out there trying to provide the care. a third of the counties in the united states, one-third of the counties in the united states have only one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. five states only have one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. one insurer is not a choice. so we need to make certain that we correct that. in tennessee this morning, it was announced that there are a number of counties that have no insurers offering under the exchange. insurers are leaving the market on the exchange paid last year, there were 232 insurers providing coverage, offering coverage on the exchange, now there are 167. that is a loss of about 30% in one year alone. all of this means that the patients are not getting the care that they need. the principles that we have as our guiding star our affordability. we want a system affordable for everybody. accessibility, we want a system accessible for everyone, a system o
make $40,000, 50,000, 60,000 your deductible oftentimes is 8,000, 10,000, 12,000 a year. what that means is that you ve got an insurance card but you don t get care, because you can t afford the deductible, and we know this is happening by talking to the folks out there trying to provide the care. third of the counties in the united states, one-third of the counties in the united states have only one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. five states only have one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. one insurer is not a choice. so we need to make certain we correct that. in tennessee this morning, it was announced that there are a number of counties that have no insurer offering coverage on the exchange. insurers are leaving the market on the exchange. last year there were 232 insurers that were providing coverage, offering coverage on the exchange. now there are 167. that s a loss of about 30% in one year alone. and all of this means that patients are not getting the care t