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WellPoint Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income sank 39 percent as medical claims increased, mostly because of a $50 million hit from the health insurer's Medicare Advantage business. But the company forecast earnings growth in 2012.

Companies that were bailed out during the financial crisis still owe U.S. taxpayers nearly $133 billion. Treasury's plans to recoup that money have been slowed by the volatile stock market and weakness among smaller banks.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback won't delay an overhaul of Medicaid in Kansas, officials said Thursday, despite bipartisan concern among legislators that his administration is moving too quickly to turn the entire program over to private health insurance companies.

More than 50,000 people throughout the country are participating in a Change.org campaign to encourage Sallie Mae to stop charging jobless borrowers a $50 fee for forbearance on their student loans.

Obviously, theres some serious issues with our health care system and even more question as how to fix it. Accountable care organizations aim to directly address the problems plaguing health care, including cost, quality and satisfaction. Theyre also an integral component to health care reform. But are they the way...

More than half of Americans say the Supreme Court should rule that the health overhaul laws requirement to have health insurance or pay a fine is unconstitutional, a study from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds.

TruHearing, a medical health organization that offers discounted hearing aids, will now offer its discount hearing services to VSP Vision Care members. VSP Vision Care is the largest not-for-profit vision benefits and services company in the United States.

House Republican leaders are drafting a bill to replace President Barack Obama's health care overhaul if the Supreme Court strikes it down this summer.