UnitedHealth Cost Comments Fuel Dow Jones Stock To Key Level

UnitedHealth Group easily cleared Wall Street’s Q3 earnings forecast and raised its outlook as medical benefit costs undershot expectations. Comments on the earnings call about tentative signs of moderation in costs for government health care programs powered the Dow Jones stock, which is on track to open above its 50-day moving average. Other managed care plays including Humana (HUM), Cigna…