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        "uri": "/2013/02/21/wellpoint-board-oks-dividend-hike/",
        "title": "WellPoint board OKs dividend hike",
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        "prettyDate": "February 21, 2013",
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        "summary": "WellPoint Inc. said it plans to raise the quarterly dividend it pays shareholders by 30 percent, an announcement that comes about week after the health insurer's stock started slipping after it named a new CEO.",
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        "uri": "/2013/02/19/insurer-stocks-slip-over-possible-medicare-cuts/",
        "title": "Insurer stocks slip over possible Medicare cuts",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "February 19, 2013",
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        "summary": "Health insurance stocks are wobbling after data released by the federal government pointed to possible steep Medicare Advantage payment cuts in 2014.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/02/19/medicare-advantage-stocks-slip/",
        "title": "Medicare Advantage stocks slip",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "February 19, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Shares of several health insurers started slipping Tuesday before markets opened on the first trading day after the federal government released preliminary data that points to a steeper-than-expected rate cuts for Medicare Advantage plans in 2014.",
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        "uri": "/2013/02/07/cignas-fourth-quarter-profit-jumps-49-percent/",
        "title": "Cigna’s fourth-quarter profit jumps 49 percent",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "February 07, 2013",
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        "summary": "The acquisition of HealthSpring, another insurer, for $3.8 billion last year helped lift Cigna Corp.'s net income by 49 percent in the fourth quarter.",
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        "uri": "/2013/02/06/cvs-caremarks-fourth-quarter-numbers-up/",
        "title": "CVS Caremark’s fourth-quarter numbers up",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "February 06, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "CVS Caremark's fourth-quarter earnings climbed 6 percent, as new customers and Medicare prescription drug plans helped its pharmacy benefits management business, and revenue from the chain's established drugstores grew.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/02/05/centenes-4q-profit-plunges-70-percent/",
        "title": "Centene’s 4Q profit plunges 70 percent",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "February 05, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Centene Corp.'s fourth quarter earnings plunged 70 percent, as flu expenses hit the Medicaid coverage provider and it continued to struggle with costs from two of its state programs.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/23/wellpoint-enjoys-huge-fourth-quarter/",
        "title": "WellPoint enjoys huge fourth quarter",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "January 23, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "WellPoint Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings jumped 38 percent compared to the final quarter of 2011, when the nation's second largest health insurer incurred a big hit from its Medicare Advantage business.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/01/17/insurers-may-prove-choosy-with-overhaul-exchanges/",
        "title": "Insurers may prove choosy with overhaul exchanges",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "January 17, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "The leader of the nation's largest health insurer warned Thursday not to assume widespread participation from his company in part of health care overhaul's coverage expansion that unfolds later this year.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/17/unitedhealths-profit-dips-slightly/",
        "title": "UnitedHealth’s profit dips slightly",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "January 17, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income slipped 1 percent, as a rise in costs from medical claims and other expenses countered revenue gains for the nation's largest health insurer.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/01/09/flu-may-deliver-limited-impact-to-stocks/",
        "title": "Flu may deliver limited impact to stocks",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "January 09, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "Flu season may have a more muted impact on some health care stocks than investors expect, even though experts warn that this year's version is shaping up to be more intense than recent seasons.",
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