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NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies were up at the close of trading: Aetna rose $1.57 or 5.2 percent, to $32.04. CIGNA rose $2.03 or 6.1 percent, to $35.58. Coventry Healthcare rose $.92 or 4.1 percent, to $23.34. Humana rose $1.16 or 2.8 percent, to $42.04. UnitedHealth rose $1.81 or 6.4 percent, to $30.31. WellPoint rose $2.10 or 3.8 percent, to $57.43.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies were up at the close of trading: Aetna rose $1.57 or 5.2 percent, to $32.04. CIGNA rose $2.03 or 6.1 percent, to $35.58. Coventry Healthcare rose $.92 or 4.1 percent, to $23.34. Humana rose $1.16 or 2.8 percent, to $42.04. UnitedHealth rose $1.81 or 6.4 percent, to $30.31. WellPoint rose $2.10 or 3.8 percent, to $57.43.
It will more than double for most employers, reviving the issue of whether the state should have taken stimulus funds.
(Updates with response from Democratic aide). By Martin Vaughan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Millions of retirees covered by employer prescription-drug benefits could see those benefits threatened by a provision in health-care legislation pending in Congress, large employers and the AFL-CIO warned Thursday.
In Washington Tuesday, a democrat and a republican teamed up to try and move forward the very slow process of fixing healthcare. Their idea - letting you shop around for your own medical plan, while your boss pays for it.
LONDON (SHARECAST) - US shares shrugged off unsavoury unemployment data to post good gains, helped by some well-received trade figures. The Dow Jones was up 68 points at 10,405, the S&P 500 gained 6 points to 1,102 and the NASDAQ closed up 7 points at 2,190.
By insider. EVP & CFO of WellPoint Inc. ( WLP ) Wayne S Deveydt sells 60,229 shares of WLP on 12/08/2009 at an average price of $55.84 a share. Read more » »
Gov. David Paterson 's announcement this week that he plans tocut state aid to municipal governments added more uncertainty touncertain times, local officials said.
Most people are aware of the existence of seeing-eye dogs who assist visually handicapped persons in their daily travels. But there is another breed of dogs known as service or therapy dogs.
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will not be hitting the Big Easy for a planned fundraiser Friday hosted by the Louisiana senator who secured a $100 million Medicaid boost for her state in the proposed Senate health reform bill.
LONDON (AP) -- Swine flu is far less dangerous than originally feared, British officials said Thursday -- about 100 times less lethal than the 1918 Spanish flu.
A 28-year-old Utah woman who died this summer of H1N1 swine flu had a mutated form of the novel virus. Rachel Herlihy, deputy state epidemiologist with the Utah Department of Health, said the mutation is considered insignificant by the U.
Software giant adds the popular hospital system to its IT-based health care portfolio amid acquisition competition from the likes of Google, Intel, and Oracle.
For the second time in as many months, local proponents of health care reform with a public insurance option gathered at the Cumberland County Courthouse for an evening vigil.
We're midway through the open enrollment period for seniors to make changes to their Medicare plans.
At a workshop in Valdosta Thursday, seniors wrote down prescriptions they're taking and met with health care professionals to find the Medicare Part D plan that's right for them.
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