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Analysts look at how PPACA could encourage early retirement.

Allstate Corp.'s profit grew in the second quarter, as the insurer benefited from higher revenue and capital gains, plus lower catastrophe-related losses.

Insurer MetLife Inc. on Wednesday said its net income plummeted as it lost more than $1 billion on derivatives.

Two large hospital operators paid kickbacks to clinics that directed expectant mothers living in the country illegally to their hospitals and filed fraudulent Medicaid claims on those patients, a federal whistle-blower lawsuit unsealed Wednesday said.

Using one method, officials find the gap could range from 14 percent to 55 percent.

The chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors at the White House trumpets good news about healthcare cost containment.