The announcement compares with a base reduction of 0.9 percent proposed in February.

The offer, which would be UnitedHealths largest purchase ever, is 27 percent more than Catamarans closing share price of $48.32 on Friday.

Before the change, Aetna put almost all HIV drugs in its highest category of cost sharing, asking patients to pay as much as half the expense of high-priced medicines, according to the AIDS Institute.

Health insurer Humana Inc. will sell its Concentra clinics unit for $1.06 billion in cash, less than five years after buying the business to expand into occupational health and physical therapy services.

As more former hippies need hip replacements, health insurers from Humana Inc. to WellCare Health Plans Inc. are turning into hot targets.

Hackers may have accessed information including names, Social Security numbers, bank accounts and medical information, Mountlake Terrace, Washington-based Premera said today in a statement.

Its unclear if anyone can figure out long-term care insurance, at least in its current form.

MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, said profit climbed 68 percent in the fourth quarter as results improve in the companys home country.