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        "uri": "/2012/01/26/wellpoints-4q-profit-drops-39-percent/",
        "title": "WellPoint's 4Q profit drops 39 percent",
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        "prettyDate": "January 26, 2012",
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        "summary": "WellPoint Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income sank 39 percent as medical claims increased, mostly because of a $50 million hit from the health insurer's Medicare Advantage business. But the company forecast earnings growth in 2012.",
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        "uri": "/2012/01/19/unitedhealths-fourth-quarter-profit-jumps-21-perce/",
        "title": "UnitedHealth's fourth quarter profit jumps 21 percent",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "January 19, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income jumped 21 percent, but the insurer saw signs of health care use picking up and left its 2012 earnings forecast unchanged.",
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        "uri": "/2012/01/19/unitedhealths-4q-profit-jumps-20-percent/",
        "title": "UnitedHealth's 4Q profit jumps 20 percent",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "January 19, 2012",
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        "summary": "UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income jumped 20 percent, but the insurer saw signs of health care use picking up and left its 2012 earnings forecast unchanged.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/11/16/more-employers-offer-high-deductible-plans/",
        "title": "More employers offer high deductible plans",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "November 16, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "More companies are offering workers a form of high-deductible insurance called a consumer-directed health plan as they struggle with rising costs and prepare for coverage expansions under the health care overhaul, according to a survey from the benefits consultant Mercer.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/10/28/cigna-3q-profit-falls-but-expects-2012-growth/",
        "title": "Cigna 3Q profit falls, but expects 2012 growth",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "October 28, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Cigna Corp.'s third-quarter profit tumbled 35 percent due to a bigger hit from some discontinued businesses, but income from its main segments grew and it became the latest managed care company to forecast 2012 growth.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/10/27/aetnas-3q-profit-slips-outlook-rises/",
        "title": "Aetna's 3Q profit slips, outlook rises",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "October 27, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Aetna Inc.'s third-quarter net income slipped 1 percent on a charge for an early retirement program, but the performance trumped expectations and the health insurer raised its 2011 earnings forecast.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/10/26/companies-focus-on-worker-health-to-curb-costs/",
        "title": "Companies focus on worker health to curb costs",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "October 26, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "More employers are giving workers the option to tame health insurance costs for next year if they provide a blood sample and reveal details about their health habits.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/10/24/cigna-to-buy-healthspring-for-3-8b/",
        "title": "Cigna to buy HealthSpring for $3.8B",
        "byline": " Tom Murphy ",
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        "prettyDate": "October 24, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Cigna Corp. will buy fellow health insurer HealthSpring Inc. in a $3.8 billion deal as it becomes the latest managed care company to snap up a bigger share of the fast-growing Medicare Advantage market.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/10/18/unitedhealth-profits-slip/",
        "title": "UnitedHealth profits slip",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "October 18, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s third-quarter net income edged slightly lower as medical costs climbed and some health care use picked up, but the insurer's revenue grew and it raised its 2011 earnings forecast.",
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      },
      {
        "uri": "/2011/09/21/health-care-use-slows-premium-hikes/",
        "title": "Health care use slows premium hikes",
        "byline": "Tom Murphy",
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        "prettyDate": "September 21, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Many workers will see their health insurance costs rise less next year than in more than a decade, partly because consumers are dialing back their health care use, a benefits consultant has found.",
        "body": null
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