Obamacare off-exchange plans drop by half, study finds

By Kimberly Leonard

Published June 26, 2018 6:26pm ET

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The number of health insurance plans sold outside of Obamacare’s exchanges fell by half in 2018, according to a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Plans sold outside the exchanges fell from 8,700 in 2017 to about 4,000 in 2018. Eight states had no plans that were sold outside the exchanges in 2018, compared with five in 2017.

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