WellPoint

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  Carriers proceed with caution on public exchanges

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 9, 2013

  Health care exchanges already struggling to get off the ground in many states are facing new hurdles as major insurance companies express reservations over joining them.

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  Questions vex PPACA pediatric vision benefits

  By Allen Greenberg  |  April 23, 2013

  Should the parents of a child covered under health care reforms who can’t make out the writing on a classroom chalkboard be able to buy Tag Heuer frames? How about a pair of Fendis? Or maybe Guccis?

• WellPoint names new CEO

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  February 13, 2013

  WellPoint named Joseph Swedish as the health insurer’s new chief executive Tuesday, after a six month search.

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  WellPoint CEO Braly resigns

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  August 28, 2012

  WellPoint said late Tuesday that Angela Braly stepped down from her role as the insurer’s president and chief executive, effective immediately.

• Aetna profits tumble 15 percent

  By The Associated Press  |  July 31, 2012

  Aetna Inc.'s second-quarter net income tumbled almost 15 percent compared to last year when slower-than-expected growth in health care use helped earnings. The health insurer's latest results still beat analyst expectations, and it raised its 2012 earnings forecast.

• UnitedHealth second-quarter profit rises

  By The Associated Press  |  July 19, 2012

  UnitedHealth Group said Thursday that its second-quarter net income rose 5.5 percent, trumping Wall Street expectations, as enrollment gains helped fuel revenue growth and consumers continued to moderate their use of health care services.

• Stocks drop after health care law is upheld

  By Associated Press  |  June 28, 2012

  Stocks dropped sharply Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld the central provision of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a requirement that almost all Americans carry health insurance.

• Hospital stocks jump after health care ruling

  By DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer  |  June 28, 2012

  Stocks of hospital companies rose sharply and insurance companies fell Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld a requirement that almost all Americans carry health insurance.

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  Big dogs play nice with reform

  By Denis Storey  |  June 12, 2012

  UnitedHealthcare started it. Aetna and Humana soon followed. Wellpoint’s waffling, holding out for the Supreme Court ruling.

• Other carriers jump on reform bandwagon

  By Tom Murphy  |  June 12, 2012

  Some of the nation's biggest health insurers will keep some popular parts of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even if the law fails to survive Supreme Court scrutiny later this month.