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A merger of health insurer Highmark with the West Penn Allegheny Health System is moving forward.

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. beat Wall Street expectations with higher profit and revenue in the third quarter, the last before generic competition starts wiping out sales of Lipitor, the cholesterol blockbuster that has buoyed the company for years.

MetLife Inc. on Monday named President and CEO Steven Kandarian as its chairman effective Jan. 1, rejoining the leadership roles after eight months.

A Goldman Sachs analyst said shares of Aetna Inc. and Amerigroup Corp. should trade higher after the two managed care providers reported their third-quarter results.

Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward solving a complex problem.

Wellness programs are becoming increasingly popular in the workplace. But problem is, a lot of employees dont know about them. Thats because communication regarding benefits isnt nearly as strong as it should be, Colonial Life reports.