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WellPoint Inc. said it plans to raise the quarterly dividend it pays shareholders by 30 percent, an announcement that comes about week after the health insurer's stock started slipping after it named a new CEO.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has announced that he will expand Medicaid to an estimated 900,000 additional Florida residents under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The decision is a surprise since Scott has been a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act.

The sequester is now the new fiscal cliff (all by itself). And of course, the fiscal cliff was the new health care reform. Can we get through a single quarter without some new manufactured crisis? I mean, arent there enough real ones?

The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday finalized a key health reform rule that most notably expands mental health and substance abuse benefits to 62 million Americans.

American International Group Inc. is expected to report a loss in the fourth quarter, reflecting more than $1 billion in losses related to insurance policy payouts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. AIG will report its latest financial results on Thursday after the market closes.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says President Barack Obama's campaign was "eight, maybe 10 years, ahead" of the Republican Party last year in understanding the rapidly changing face of the American electorate.