Topic: CIGNA Corporation

Health Insurance Stocks Dive on Medicare Advantage Cuts

Health insurers' stocks are taking a beating today as investors digest the Obama budget proposal's push to cut federal payments to insurers that run private Medicare Advantage plans. Humana, United and Coventry are among the biggest players in Medicare Advantage, which helps ...

(more…)

Health insurers' stocks are taking a beating today as investors digest the Obama budget proposal's push to cut federal payments to insurers that run private Medicare Advantage plans. Humana, United and Coventry are among the biggest players in Medicare Advantage, which helps ...

By health plan

Aetna stock price declines following revised earnings forecast - June 22 ? Aetna lets more patients see what doctors are being paid - March 16 ? AMA takes on Aetna, Cigna over use of flawed database - Feb. 23 ? United agrees ...
eHealth, Inc. (EHTH) Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript February 12, 2009 5:00 pm ET. On the call this afternoon, we will have Gary Lauer, eHealth's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stuart Huizinga, eHealth's Chief Financial Officer. Forward-looking statements made on this ...
Because life insurance is so important, most people consider where they should purchase it from. There are several options when shopping for a life insurance policy. An individual can acquire they coverage desired via local brokers, life insurance companies or directly from ...
So Cigna (CI) has now joined the roll of health-insurance companies that are busy cutting workers as the economy worsens and rising medical costs take their toll on profits and membership. The insurer, which suffered a big loss in a discontinued death-benefit ...
The 28 companies included in the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Health Benefit Providers Index with market caps over $250M have lost over 40% of market value in the past year on an equally weighted basis.. The index contains retail pharmacies such as Walgreen ...

CREATING SAVVY CONSUMERS

And even though they are being progressively more challenged to navigate those systems, they may never learn enough to be successful in managing their highdeductible insurance policies, health savings accounts and health reimbursement accounts unless health plans, producers and employers who pay ...

Healthways Inc.: A Risky Play

Healthways (HWAY) provides disease management services to health insurers, businesses, and the government. The value comes from savings in medical costs due to these programs outstripping the costs of signing a contract for Healthways' services. However, the risk was also large - ...
Cigna Corporation (CI) is one of the largest US health insurers. Cigna has very little long term debt (so little that it could just about be paid off with cash on hand). So why is Cigna selling at a 20% discount these ...