WellPoint, Inc.

WellPoint, Inc.

• Aetna 1Q profit slips 4 pct, boosts 2013 forecast

  Aetna's first-quarter net income fell 4 percent as acquisition-related costs and rising health care expenses more than offset government business ... 

• Health insurer WellPoint's 1Q profit rises 3 pct

  WellPoint shares hit their highest level since the summer of 2011 on Wednesday after the nation's second largest health insurer trumped first-quarter ... 

• Watson's medical expertise offered commercially

  Dr. Watson is accepting new patients. The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical residency and is being offered commercially to doctors ... 

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  Aetna 4Q profit sinks 49 pct, medical costs climb

  Aetna's fourth-quarter net income sank 49 percent as higher medical costs squeezed profitability for the insurer's commercial health coverage, and ... 

• Insurer WellPoint's 4Q profit jumps 38 percent

  WellPoint Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings jumped 38 percent compared to the final quarter of 2011, when the nation's second largest health insurer ... 

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  UnitedHealth 4Q profit slips 1 pct. as costs rise

  UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income slipped 1 percent, as a rise in costs from medical claims and other expenses countered revenue ... 

• Insurers may prove choosy with overhaul exchanges

  The leader of the nation's largest health insurer warned Thursday not to assume widespread participation from his company in part of health care ...