Medical costs are eating the growth story: the medical benefits ratio climbed to 89.5%, flipping Alignment Healthcare to a quarterly loss even as revenue grew and topped expectations. Management now guides to an adjusted EBITDA loss of as much as $28 million in the fourth quarter, with no credit for the fixes already underway.
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