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Giant insurer Aetna said Wednesday it will not sell Obamacare plans in Virginia next year, citing expected financial losses on such plans in 2017.

Aetna left open the question of whether it will sell such individual health plans anywhere in the United States.

Aetna's decision to exit Virginia in 2018 comes several weeks after it said it would drop out of Iowa's individual market next year.

The company was selling Obamacare plans in just two other states this year: Delaware and Nebraska.

"Despite significantly reducing our exchange footprint, our individual Commercial products could potentially lose more than $200 million in 2017," said Aetna spokesman T.J. Crawford.

"Based on that financial risk, and growing uncertainty in the marketplace, we will not offer on- or off-exchange individual plans in Virginia for 2018. We will communicate decisions on our remaining states as appropriate."