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WellPoint Inc. said a drop in expenses helped raise its first-quarter net income nearly 6 percent, as it became the third big health insurer in the past week to beat analyst expectations and raise its 2011 earnings forecast.

A report from the J.P. Morgan Treasury Service shows how HSAs have become a vital part of helping Americans save and pay for medical expenses.

Senior citizens and activists are gathering to protest plans to reduce the federal deficit by cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Humana Inc. gave investors more signs that some insurers will be able to handle the health care overhaul's latest restrictions when it announced a new quarterly dividend and better-than-expected first-quarter results on Tuesday.

The nation's largest firefighters union — one of the Democrats' most reliable sources of campaign money — announced Tuesday that it would quit donating to federal candidates this year because members of Congress aren't sufficiently backing them in their fight against anti-union measures around the country.

Starmount Life Insurance Co.is now in business in 49 states with its recent admission in New Hampshire.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's top financial adviser on Tuesday defended the administration's proposal to hire a private company to run a state worker and retiree health insurance program, rebutting complaints the privatization would boost health care costs to generate short-term cash for the budget.

What started as a bipartisan attempt to lower health insurance premiums turned into a heated debate over the new health care law Monday, when the Democratic Senate gave preliminary approval to setting up a new insurance exchange over GOP objections that the move means Colorado is caving to federal health...