Cigna Healthcare delivered a 17% increase in second quarter pretax adjusted income from operations, outpacing a 9% rise in revenues. The profit growth comes primarily from improved margins in the company's U.S. Employer business. The gains occur even as the segment's medical care ratio ticked up to 84.5% from 83.2% in the year-earlier quarter. The company attributes the higher MCR to prior-year risk adjustment benefits within the Individual and Family Plans business that were recognized in the second quarter of 2025

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