“It is very likely that we would need to leave the public exchange business entirely and plan for additional business efficiencies should our deal ultimately be blocked.” Aetna announced plans to pull out of a bunch of health care exchanges. They said it was because of financial losses. But it might have been political payback.

+ LA Times: A doctor bikes across the country to ask Americans about Obamacare. (In case his patients were wondering why it’s been so hard to get an appointment…)