A federal judge has ruled Republican Gov. Scott Walker's controversial law stripping most public workers in Wisconsin of nearly all their union rights is constitutional.

New Mexico's insurance regulator has approved a rate increase of at least 9 percent for about 26,000 customers of Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Magellan Health Services Inc. said Monday it will buy pharmacy benefits manager Partners Rx for $100 million.

The White House is enlisting former President Bill Clinton's help in explaining President Barack Obama's health care law as a key phase of the reform nears.

A Stifel Nicolaus analyst said Monday that the threat of health care spending cuts could hurt a variety of stocks in the health care sector, including companies that own hospitals, rehabilitation and nursing facilities, and companies that own health care real estate.

ING Groep NV says it has agreed to sell a 90 percent stake in its South Korean insurance arm to private equity firm MBK Partners for around $1.66 billion (1.24 billion euros).

Gov. Peter Shumlin says the state of Vermont is going to save $10 million a year by switching the company that manages the health insurance plan for state employees.

Encouraging news from Europe and China sent the stock market higher in early trading despite another batch of bleak earnings from retailers.