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Aetna's Earnings Beats Analysts' Expectations On Higher Premiums, Lower Medical Costs
The Hartford CourantAetna beat analysts' expectations with third-quarter earnings that benefited from higher premiums and lower medical costs. "Our emerging businesses strategy continues to see positive results from collaboration with providers, including lower costs,...Tags: Thomson Corporation, Earnings, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Aetna Inc., Business
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WDBJ7 goes one on one with Anthony Flaccavento
This week's Election 2012 candidate profile focuses on the 9th District Congressional race. The 9th district is located in the southwest portion of the state and includes Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Floyd, Craig, Carroll, and Grayson Counties, along with...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Health Care Reform (2009), Republican Party, Sales
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GUEST COLUMN: Political games won't fill sinkhole
Contributing WriterThis is the season political junkies live for. Presidential elections, with all of their twists and turns, polls and prognostications, are what partisans crave. The most recent debate between Gov. Romney and President Obama was — if little else...Tags: Regional Authority, Elections, Unemployment Benefits, Politics, Health Care Reform (2009)
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WellPoint To Buy Amerigroup For $4.5 Billion In Medicaid Play
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....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Thomson Corporation, Companies and Corporations, Molina Healthcare Incorporated, Justice System
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Getting good health insurance
WSBT TVFinding a good health insurance plan is one of the most important decisions you can make, and it’s not always easy. Insurers are now required to use a new form that describes in plain English deductibles, co-pays and other costs. Consumer...Tags: Humana Incorporated, Aetna Inc., Government Health Care, Consumers, Private Health Care
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Central issues of Election 2012
Whoever wins the presidential election in November will confront urgent problems: Should tax cuts scheduled to expire be renewed? Should federal spending be cut to reduce the deficit or would that weaken an already lackluster economy? After one of the...Tags: White House, Tampa, Long Term Care, Justice System, Income Tax
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Enrollment season opens for Medicare Advantage and drug plans
Medicare beneficiaries can begin choosing their drug and medical coverage for 2013, and most seniors are expected to stick with the same policies they have already, despite price changes and a rating system that shows some plans may be better than others....
Tags: Humana Incorporated, Prescription Drugs, Medicare, Government Health Care, Drugs and Medicines
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Who is your choice for the president of the U.S.?
By KELLY HAINES Salisbury My choice for the next U.S. president would be Mitt Romney. I believe he could help turn our country around for the better. For example, he could help middle class families by lowering taxes across the board. Romney is...Tags: PBS (tv network), U.S. Elections, Elections, Regional Authority, Politics
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Alaska Providers to Contact 840 Patients in Meningitis Outbreak
Channel 2 NewsFederal officials recommended Wednesday that Alaska health care providers contact more than 840 of their patients in connection with materials from a Masschusetts pharmacy implicated in a deadly multi-state meningitis outbreak. According to a statement...Tags: Symptoms, Spine, Health Organizations, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Maryland braces for Supreme Court decision on health care reform law
Miriam Brand just graduated from the University of Maryland and does not have a job, but she does have health insurance.
The 22-year-old diabetic is among the 2.5 million Americans who were allowed to stay on their parents' policies because of the...Tags: Diabetes, Justice System, Laws, Stephen J. Hemsley, Politics
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UnitedHealth To Acquire Brazil's Largest Health Care Company For $4.9 Billion
The Hartford CourantUnitedHealth Group's plans to spend $4.9 billion on Brazil's biggest health care company is the insurer's priciest acquisition in years, giving it a huge stake in Latin America as U.S. companies compete for a rapidly growing middle-class market around the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Dentistry and Dental Health, Marketing, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Health Care: Insurers step up, modestly
Singing the praises of major U.S. insurance companies is not a common pastime on these pages, but recent events require at least a stanza and perhaps even a chorus. Such is the tuneful news that several have decided that no matter how the U.S. Supreme...Tags: Healthcare Laws, Companies and Corporations, Humana Incorporated, Justice System, Labor Legislation
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