Cigna to enter individual ACA marketplace in Chicago area

Bloomfield, Conn.-based payer Cigna will sell individual health plans on and off the Affordable Care Act marketplace in the Chicago area for coverage beginning Jan. 1.

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The plans, called Cigna Connect, will network with a majority of Arlington Heights, Ill.-based AMITA Health and Chicago-based Presence Health primary care physicians, hospitals and specialty practices.

The plans will be offered in five Illinois counties — Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee and Will.  

Aetna, UnitedHealthcare and its subsidiary Harken Health will exit Illinois’ market in 2017. Prior to Cigna’s entrance, the Illinois Department of Insurance said three-fourths of Illinois counties will have one or two payers offering coverage next year on the state’s ACA exchange. 

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