Elevance Health slashes profit forecast on persistently high medical costs
Elevance Health cut its annual profit expectation on Thursday due to increased medical costs in its government-backed plans, becoming the latest U.S. insurer to take a hit from high demand for healthcare services.
Elevance Health Latest Insurer Battered By Higher Medical Costs
Elevance Health is the latest health insurance company to report higher-than-expected medical costs as third quarter profits tumbled more than 20%.
Ballooning Medicaid costs challenge health insurer Elevance
On Thursday, Elevance Health disclosed in its third quarter earnings release that its medical loss ratio — the amount of premium revenue it spent on medical care — was markedly higher than Wall Street analysts expected, sending its stock price into a tailspin.
Elevance Health cuts annual profit forecast on persistently higher medical costs
Elevance Health cut its full-year profit forecast on Thursday, as it expects to pay out more in claims due to robust demand for medical care from members in its government-backed plans, sending its shares down 6% in premarket trading.
Elevance Shares Dive After Insurer Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Medicaid Challenge
It was the latest sign of how medical expenses are squeezing insurers’ earnings, a result likely to punish shares across the sector.
Elevance Health’s stock tumbles as profit dented by ‘unprecedented’ Medicaid challenges
We remain confident in the long-term earnings potential of our diverse businesses as we navigate a dynamic operating environment and unprecedented challenges in the Medicaid business,” Chief Executive Gail K.
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