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Pregnant with her seventh child and desperate to kick a meth addiction, Madeline Hutchinson turned to a program from the local Medicaid provider that connected her with a mentor and other support that she said helped her get off drugs.

Generic drug maker Akorn Inc. said Tuesday its profit slipped 76 percent in the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, when it sold off a joint venture.

Major insurance companies were among the hardest hit stocks as the broader markets fell Tuesday, after a report indicated that the killer tornadoes and severe storms that ravaged the United States could cause up to $2 billion in insured losses.

Some New York women receiving Medicaid-paid contraceptives are being told that under a recent state cost-cutting measure they can't get their preferred, brand-name methods unless a generic version "fails first," which could mean bleeding, nausea or pregnancy.

Here are the top 5 frequently used legal services in 2011, according to Hyatt Legal Plans, a MetLife company.

When Ronald Ballerini was offered access to a group legal benefit through his employer, he was convinced of its value just after reading the brochure.

Roughly half of both men and women who purchased individual critical illness insurance were younger than age 45, according to research from the American Association for Critical Illness Insurance and General Re Life Corporation.

The chairman and chief executive of American Express Co. received a compensation package valued at $22.5 million for 2011, a 38 percent increase from a year earlier, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing.