Two of the nation’s three largest health insurers are trying to reassure investors and customers a day after their biggest competitor questioned its future on the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges. Aetna Inc. and the Blue Cross-Blue Shield carrier Anthem Inc. are both reaffirming their 2015 earnings forecasts and saying that their commercial coverage meets expectations. That includes insurance sold on the exchanges. Their announcements come a day after UnitedHealth Group cut its 2015 forecast due to losses piling up from coverage on the ACA’s exchanges, which let people buy insurance coverage with help from income-based tax credits. UnitedHealth Group Inc. said it will decide next year whether to stay in the exchange business in 2017. Shares of UnitedHealth Group, Aetna and Anthem are rallying in morning trading Friday.
