New Delhi, July 30 -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Humana Inc. HUM told the health insurance market Wednesday that it will exit additional Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, the second consecutive year the company has announced it cannot make the program's economics work in markets where it has operated for years.

The announcement extends a retreat that has already displaced more than half a million seniors from their current Humana coverage. In late 2024, the company pulled out of thirteen service areas and more than one hundred counties for plan year 2026. Wednesday's disclosure means the perimeter of the Medicare Advantage business Humana is willing to defend is still moving inward, not out.

The financial pressure behind both rounds of exits is...