MINNETONKA, Minn. — UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s second-quarter net income rose almost 8 percent, buoyed by steady enrollment growth and slower-than-expected use of health care services.

The nation's largest health insurer's earnings topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, and it raised the low end of its full-year earnings forecast. The company's stock jumped nearly 6 percent.

But company executives continued to warn that federal cuts to the Medicare Advantage program would put pressure on the company in 2014 and beyond.

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