Health Care Stocks Point Lower On Aetna's (AET) Profit Warning
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A number of health care plan stocks are indicated lower after Aetna (NYSE: AET) lowered 09 guidance. Aetna cited continuation of higher projected Commercial medical costs; and lower projected 2009 Medicare revenue, reflecting an updated view of the risk profile of the Medicare book of business.
Stocks:
- CIGNA Corp. (NYSE: CI)
- WellPoint (NYSE: WLP)
- Coventry Health (NYSE: CVH)
- Humana (NYSE: HUM)
- UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)
- AMERIGROUP(NYSE: AGP)
- Centene (NYSE: CNC)
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