Behind the Nightmare Week for Health Insurance Stocks
The Wall Street Journal·2026-01-30 18:23
It's been a nightmare week for health insurance stocks and it has something to do with this thing called Medicare Advantage rate. Medicare Advantage is a very important program for this country. About half of all seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage, which is basically where the government pays insurers to manage the care of seniors.Shares of America's largest health insurance companies. Think United Health Group and CVS cratered this week after the Trump administration announced a Medicare Advantage ...