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A report released by the National Association of Health Underwriters demonstrates what those in the industry have already predicted: Americans depend on their employer for health insurance coverage.

Starting with UnitedHealth on Thursday, health insurers will report their fourth-quarter results over the next two weeks, and a Jefferies & Co. analyst expects the companies and their stocks to do well in early 2012.

Managed care company Cigna Corp. said Tuesday it has formed a joint venture with the Indian conglomerate TTK Group, and it expects to start selling health insurance through it by early next year.

New research by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services indicates that including comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits in Medicaid insurance coverage can result in substantial savings for Medicaid programs.

The Food and Drug Administration would collect hundreds of millions of dollars in new fees from pharmaceutical companies to help speed up the review of generic drugs, under an agreement with industry released by the agency on Friday.

More adult children now have health insurance, thanks to a mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.