Health Care Stocks Point Lower On Aetna's (AET) Profit Warning

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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