Two new health insurers are poised to join California's market for Obamacare coverage — industry giant UnitedHealth and a New York start-up named Oscar.
Many consumers may welcome the new choices starting next year and the prospect that increased competition helps hold down premiums. The lack of more health plans to choose from has been a sore point for some Covered California customers during the rollout of the Affordable Care Act.
But the state's decision to consider adding UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation's largest health insurer, but limit it to a handful of smaller markets in more rural areas has drawn fire.