Wall Street Isn’t Sweating Cigna’s Third-Quarter MLR Miss

Cigna Corp. on Nov. 4 reported a higher-than-expected medical loss ratio (MLR) for the third quarter of 2021, which the company blamed on rising medical costs from COVID-19 care and from high utilization among customers who signed up for Affordable Care Act exchange plans during the pandemic special enrollment period. However, equities analysts were not overly concerned, noting that most investors saw the “MLR miss” coming and that Cigna did beat Wall Street consensus estimates for its quarterly earnings.

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Leslie Small

Leslie Small

Leslie has been reporting and editing in various journalism roles for nearly a decade. Most recently, she was the senior editor of FierceHealthPayer, an e-newsletter covering the health insurance industry. A graduate of Penn State University, she previously served in editing roles at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Colorado.

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