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The nation's health-care system is broken, but congressional proposals to fix it do not focus enough on controlling spiraling costs, according to the president of one of the nation's largest health insurers.

Only nine states are less healthy than Kentucky, according to the 2009 edition of Americaa s Health Rankings, an annual report published by the United Health Foundation, the nonprofit arm of health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Mergers and acquisitions involving Minnesota companies that were announced in the past week.

Cholesterol pills Vytorin from Merck & Co. and Lipitor from Pfizer Inc. worked no better than simvastatin, a cheaper generic medicine, at keeping patients out of the hospital for heart attacks or stroke, a study found.

UnitedHealth Group , the nation's largest insurer, recently rankled many when the Minnetonka-based company implored its 75,000 employees to send letters to senators and newspapers, with copies to the insurer's lobbying arm, opposing a public insurance option in the proposed federal health care legislation as well as payment cuts to Medicare ...

Full disclosure, fellow investors: I'm as perplexed by the health insurance reform "conversation" as the next sentient citizen.

If you think it's slipping now.. wait till the effects of dropping the GAMC program start to be felt.

Throughout their all-out campaign to stop health care reform, Republican leaders have relied on questionable forecasts from the Lewin Group , a subsidiary of insurer UnitedHealth Group.

UnitedHealth closed at $29.08 Friday, near one-year high. UnitedHealth is hosting an investor meeting on December 2. December option implied volatility is at 40; January is at 42; below its 26-week average of 48 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

In an aggressive new effort to influence the congressional health care debate, UnitedHealth Group this week e-mailed its 75,000 U.S. employees, urging them to contact their senators and providing two form letters attacking specific legislative proposals.

By Dan Eggen The nation's largest health insurance carrier is urging its employees to lobby the Senate against reform proposals that would hurt the firm's bottom line, according to copies of e-mails released Thursday by a liberal advocacy group.

Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurance carrier, is urging its employees to lobby the Senate against reform proposals that would hurt the firm's bottom line, according to copies of e-mails released Thursday by a liberal advocacy group.

Source: Wordcount: Top Reasons for Non-Adherence: Patients Believe They Are Feeling Better and Are Concerned About Side Effects Nearly 60 Percent Believe Prescription Adherence Can Help Lower Health Care Costs IRVINE, Calif.-- -- A new survey finds that 54 percent of Americans say they do not consistently take prescriptions as instructed even ...

It has been just one week since we last updated the options backdating numbers .

UnitedHealth Group Inc. 's Ingenix health information subsidiary said Tuesday that it will acquire a Florida-based company that helps hospitals and health systems better manage their finances.

Furthermore, 84% of the volume changed hands on the call side. Digging into yesterday's action, we find that the November 29 call added more than 16,000 new positions, while the December 30 call increased its open interest by more than 35,000 new positions.

Locally-based Ryan Cos. US Inc. has hired Brian Murray to fill the roll of CFO. Murray will take the position vacated by Tim Gray who is transitioning into the role of vice chairman.

Rising unemployment, swine flu and the threat of health care reform all ganged up on managed care companies in the third quarter and could hurt their performance heading into 2010.

OptionMonster co-founder Pete Najarian provides options picks Monday, Wednesday and Friday in TheStreet.com's Deep in the Money Calls newsletter.

Health insurer Humana Inc. says its third-quarter profit rose 65 percent on a boost from government programs, with Medicare Advantage leading the way.