One of seven carriers offering Affordable Care Act Marketplace health insurance in Oklahoma will cease offering coverage next year. A health policy analyst says the move comes amid a broader trend of insurer exits as several federal policy changes fuel declining enrollment.
Mending, founded in 2021, offered individual Marketplace and small group plans in Maine and Oklahoma. Its coverage included direct primary care, a business model where patients purchase a membership for unlimited access to certain primary care services.
Normally, patients pay a monthly direct primary care fee outside of their health insurance. Mending premiums covered this payment…