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Aetna CEO Has `Serious Concerns' About Obamacare Sustainability

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  • Affordable Care Act is in third year of new insurance markets
  • Anthem, UnitedHealth have also complained about exchanges

The head of the third-biggest U.S. health insurer said he has “serious concerns” about whether or not Obamacare’s new markets are sustainable, echoing criticism from other top for-profit insurers.

“We continue to have serious concerns about the sustainability of the public exchanges,” Aetna Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Bertolini said on a call Monday while discussing the company’s fourth-quarter results. “We remain concerned about the overall stability of the risk pool.”