Losses Mount for Obamacare Startup Oscar as Repeal Looms

  • Annual loss climbed to $204.9 million from $121.7 million
  • Oscar counts on premium hikes, narrow networks for improvement

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Oscar Insurance Corp., the startup trying to reinvent medical insurance with its Obamacare-focused plans, lost more than $200 million on the products in 2016 as it heads into a year that may see the undoing of the health law.

The company offered plans in four states in 2016 and lost about $204.9 million on premium revenue of $425.9 million, according to filings. The loss widened from $121.7 million in 2015.