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        "uri": "/2012/04/26/aetnas-first-quarter-profit-tumbles-13-percent/",
        "title": "Aetna's first quarter profit tumbles 13 percent",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 26, 2012",
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        "summary": "Shares of Aetna Inc. sank 10 percent Thursday after the health insurer reported a first quarter performance that missed Wall Street expectations, and it failed to raise its 2012 earnings forecast.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/04/25/wellpoints-first-quarter-profits-tumble/",
        "title": "WellPoint's first-quarter profits tumble",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 25, 2012",
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        "summary": "WellPoint Inc. said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit fell nearly 8 percent as enrollment slipped and expenses rose, but the health insurer raised its earnings forecast for 2012.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/04/20/express-scripts-ceo-compensation-falls-17-percent/",
        "title": "Express Scripts CEO compensation falls 17 percent",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 20, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Total compensation for Express Scripts Chairman and CEO George Paz slid 17 percent in 2011, matching a drop the pharmacy benefits manager's stock took largely after it announced a $29.1 billion acquisition of competitor Medco Health Solutions Inc. last July.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/04/19/unitedhealths-profit-climbs-3-percent/",
        "title": "UnitedHealth's profit climbs 3 percent",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 19, 2012",
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        "summary": "UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 3 percent as enrollment and revenue gains countered an increase in operating costs, and the health insurer raised its 2012 earnings forecast.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/04/19/unitedhealths-first-quarter-profit-climbs-3-percen/",
        "title": "UnitedHealth's first-quarter profit climbs 3 percent",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 19, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 3 percent as enrollment and revenue gains countered an increase in operating costs, and the health insurer raised its 2012 earnings forecast.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/04/18/sxc-health-to-buy-catalyst-in-deal-4b-plus-deal/",
        "title": "SXC Health to buy Catalyst in deal $4B-plus deal",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 18, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "SXC Health Solutions Corp. plans to buy fellow pharmacy benefits manger Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. in a deal worth more than $4 billion, less than a month after competitor Express Scripts Inc. closed a $29.1 billion acquisition.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/04/18/pet-insurance-guards-against-big-vet-bills/",
        "title": "Pet insurance guards against big vet bills",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 18, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "An estimated 3 million dogs and 800,000 cats are covered by pet insurance in the United States.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/04/16/express-scripts-aims-to-predict-medicine-problems/",
        "title": "Express Scripts aims to predict medicine problems",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 16, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Express Scripts aims to help patients stay on their meds with a product that predicts who will stop taking prescriptions before the person actually does it.",
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        "uri": "/2012/04/03/wellpoint-ceo-comp-slipped-last-year/",
        "title": "WellPoint CEO comp slipped last year",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 03, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "1 minute",
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        "summary": "Health insurer WellPoint's earning sank last year, and the pay package Chairwoman and CEO Angela Braly received slipped as well.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/03/29/express-scripts-faces-lawsuit-over-29b-medco-deal/",
        "title": "Express Scripts faces lawsuit over $29B Medco deal",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "March 29, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "An alliance of drugstores and community pharmacists has filed a federal lawsuit to stop Express Scripts Inc.'s $29.1 billion takeover of Medco Health Solutions Inc., a deal they fear would create a giant pharmacy benefits manager with too much leverage and market share.",
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