The analysts predict lowering the corporate tax rate to 20 percent, as proposed by Senate Republicans, could improve for-profit insurers’ competition with major nonprofit payers, like Kaiser and Blues plans.
Here is how earnings per share could rise for eight major U.S. health insurers, according to Cowen.
1. Molina Healthcare — 62.1 percent
2. Humana — 34.4 percent
3. WellCare Health Plans — 32.5 percent
4. Centene Corp. — 31.6 percent
5. Aetna — 30.4 percent
6. Anthem — 25.2 percent
7. UnitedHealth Group — 24.3 percent
8. Cigna — 21.6 percent
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