Molina’s Earnings Disclosure Adds to Worsening Headwinds for Health Insurers

Jul 11
Jul 11, 2025

Less than a week after Centene Corp. withdrew its earnings guidance for the year and saw its stock plummet, Molina Healthcare, Inc. on July 7 revealed that its second-quarter earnings will be “modestly below expectations,” citing ongoing medical cost pressures.

Molina also lowered its full-year adjusted earnings per share (EPS) guidance to a range of $21.50 to $22.50, compared with the previous guidance of greater than $24.50. Some industry experts say Molina’s disclosure offers further evidence of the managed care sector’s mounting troubles.
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Leslie Small

Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.