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Insurers avert $2B medical-loss ratio provision

Insurers should thank their lucky stars that the reform law's medical-loss ratio (MLR) provision wasn't implemented in 2010. If it was in effect, they would have rebated almost $2 billion to

Blue Shield credits $167M to customers, limits profits

Blue Shield of California is making good on its word of limiting annual profits to 2 percent of revenue by issuing credits to customers. CEO Bruce Bodaken pledged to cap profits after the insurer's

Is Blue Shield's refund good business or spin campaign?

Industry analysts and consumer advocates are responding to Blue Shield of California's announcement that it will limit profits to 2 percent of its revenue with varying opinions. Despite suspicions

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) Earnings Q1 2011

View UnitedHealth Group's ( NYSE: UNH ) Q1 Earnings Report Highlights: Revenues totaled $25.4 billion, increasing nearly 10 percent year-over-year Earnings from operations increased 10 pecent, to

Cigna's Q1 profit soars 52 percent, Humana up too

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Health plans limit profits, paying excess to state

Minnesota's four largest health payers--Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, HealthPartners, Medica and UCare--have agreed to limit profit margins on taxpayer-funded health programs to 1 percent

UnitedHealth boosted revenue, enrollment in 4Q

UnitedHealth Group ( NYSE: UNH ) posted a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as enrollment grew across its plans and Americans used fewer medical services. If these fourth quarter results are

Kaiser Permanente earns $634M in Q3 profits

Kaiser Permanente's third-quarter profits soared 11.4 percent to $634 million and its quarterly revenue jumped 5.7 percent to $11.1 billion. Enrollment also increased by 59,000, bringing total