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Investors gave a cheer Monday morning to WellPoint Inc.’s $4.9 billion deal to acquire a Virginia-based Medicaid managed care company. Shares of the Indianapolis-based health insurer shot up more than 5 percent in pre-market trading after WellPoint...

Insurance giant WellPoint Inc. reported a 3% increase in first-quarter profit and raised its full-year outlook as the company prepares for major changes under the federal healthcare overhaul. WellPoint, which runs Anthem Blue Cross in California and...

It can take years for people with cerebral palsy, autism, schizophrenia or Down syndrome to find trusted physicians to oversee their health. Now, families and advocates say, those medical relationships are being threatened as Illinois rolls out a new...

Health insurer WellPoint Inc. will buy rival Amerigroup Corp for $4.46 billion in a major bet on the expansion of the U.S. government's Medicaid health plans for the poor. The companies announced the deal on Monday, just a week and a half after the U.S....

WellPoint Inc Chief Executive Angela Braly abruptly stepped down from her post on Tuesday following growing investor dissatisfaction with the health insurer's financial performance. WellPoint, the No. 2 U.S. health insurer, is the parent company of...

Angela Braly, the chief executive of WellPoint Inc., resigned late Tuesday after intense pressure from shareholders who have been unhappy with the company’s performance. WellPoint announced that John Cannon, its general counsel, would temporarily...

U.S. health insurers are snapping up rivals as they look to take advantage of a major expansion in the U.S. government's health program. President Barack Obama's healthcare law, which was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in June, aims to extend...

A week after the U.S. Senate passed a health-care reform bill on Christmas Eve, health-care providers and consumers are trying to figure out what the proposed reform could mean for them. Health-care providers agree reform is needed, but opinions vary...