Medicare costs hurt WellPoint; Aetna profit beats

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurers WellPoint Inc (NYSE: WLP - News ) and Aetna Inc (NYSE: AET - News ) posted quarterly profits above Wall Street targets and raised their full-year forecasts on Wednesday, but WellPoint warned costs for its Medicare plans for seniors were higher than it expected ...

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