The Latest Breaking News from Cigna

Mehmet Oz specifically called out UnitedHealth and CVS for soaring prices — but he's heavily invested in both

Growth stocks have been mired in a brutal bear market. However, a handful of stocks are quite cheap and continue to grow at an impressive rate. 3 such stocks that investors should consider buying are Cigna (CI), Micron (MU), and Freeport McMoran (FCX).

Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager that Cigna Corp. bought in 2018, is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission for what regulators claim is influence over drug prices wielded by pharmacy benefit managers and transparent business practices.

Cigna's (NYSE:CI) short percent of float has fallen 6.8% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 3.00 million shares sold short, which is 0.96% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Cigna (NYSE:CI). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Preventive care should be free under the ACA. An investigation found it doesn't always work that way in practice

Preventive care, like screening colonoscopies, is supposed to be free of charge to patients under the Affordable Care Act. But some hospitals haven't gotten the memo.

Cigna (NYSE:CI) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 7.87% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.99%. Currently, Cigna has a market capitalization of $86.15 billion.

Cigna (NYSE:CI) has observed the following analyst ratings within the last quarter:

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