RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A health insurance carrier is re-entering the markets of 42 Virginia localities next year.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports roughly 70 percent of Virginia's 132 cities and counties have only one carrier, and the re-entry by Anthem Healthkeepers will decrease the amount to 45 percent.
All but seven of the localities Anthem is returning to have one carrier. Charlottesville, Hampton Roads and the Piedmont are among the areas it's going back to.
Anthem's move was reflected in rates filed Friday at the State Corporation Commission and returns Virginia's largest insurer to 110 localities nearly a year after it exited the individual marketplace.
Anthem spokesman Scott Golden says in a statement that it revised its individual health plan offerings for 2019 to include additional cities and counties after reviewing the stability of Virginia's marketplace.
