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WellPoint Inc. will become the second big health insurer to tell investors how it wrapped up 2011 and whether health care use remains subdued when it reports on its fourth-quarter performance Wednesday.

In a BenefitsPro exclusive, AIG announced the merger of two of the carrier giants two benefits divisions into a single new business unit, AIG Benefit Solutions.

Mitt Romney perpetuated one unsubstantiated claim, about his record at Bain Capital, and more or less corrected himself on another, about President Barack Obama's health care law, in the latest Republican presidential debate.

In an election-year decision certain to disappoint religious conservatives, the Obama administration announced Friday that church-affiliated institutions will get only one additional year to meet a new rule to cover birth control free of charge.

Washington state lawmakers considered proposed legislation Thursday that will require most health insurers offering maternity care to also cover elective abortions.

House Republicans say a fresh push for a 1,700-mile Canada-to-Texas pipeline could be part of a new round of negotiations over extending the payroll tax cut and benefits for the long-term unemployed.