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• Ready or Not: States Brace for Obamacare Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | 10:54 AM ET

  

  With only six months before the start of enrollment for Obamacare, state and federal health officials are racing to get insurance regulations and systems up and running in time.

• Aetna CEO: Slashing Health Costs With Workplace Yoga Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 4:02 PM ET

  

  After a near-death experience while skiing, Aetna CEO introduced yoga and mindfulness to the workplace to reduce stress. Is a similar move right for your office?

• Aetna CEO Cautions on Premium Sticker Shock  Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 8:13 AM ET

  

  Mark Bertolini, Aetna chairman & CEO, reveals his company's strategy to deal with uncertainty in Washington, and introducing mindfulness to his employees.

• In telecommuting debate, Aetna sticks by big at-home workforce Friday, 1 Mar 2013 | 12:01 AM ET

  March 1- For more than six years, Tammy Saunders has woken at 5:30 a.m., showered, dressed and walked upstairs- to her office. A nurse practitioner, Saunders works as a case manager for Hartford, Connecticut- based health insurer Aetna Inc, helping college students recovering from accidents or surgery get the follow-up services they need.

• UPDATE 2-U.S. issues final word on essential benefits under 'Obamacare' Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013 | 5:04 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, Feb 20- The Obama administration on Wednesday issued its long-awaited final rule on what states and insurers must do to provide the essential health benefits required in the individual and small-group market beginning in 2014 under the healthcare reform law.

• UPDATE 1-U.S. releases list of health benefits insurers must offer Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013 | 3:37 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, Feb 20- The Obama administration on Wednesday issued its long-awaited final rule on essential health benefits that insurers must offer consumers in the individual and small-group market beginning in 2014 under the healthcare reform law.

• Dow, S&P End at New 5-Year Highs; GOOG Breaks Above $800 Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013 | 5:05 PM ET

  

  Stocks finished modestly higher across the board Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 closing at their best levels since October 2007, lifted by optimism for more M&A deals and after positive economic data from Europe.

• UPDATE 2-Proposed 2014 Medicare Advantage rates cut insurer payments Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013 | 1:54 PM ET

  Medicare Advantage is the Medicare program in which private insurers provide health insurance to seniors and are reimbursed by the government.

• Carl Icahn Takes a 12.9% Stake in Herbalife Thursday, 14 Feb 2013 | 7:16 PM ET

  

  Carl Icahn bought 14 million shares of Herbalife, making a major bet against Pershing Square's Bill Ackman, who is short the stock. The two had an epic showdown on CNBC last month .

• ANALYSIS-US data, earnings suggest 'fiscal cliff' fears overhyped Wednesday, 6 Feb 2013 | 4:54 PM ET

  NEW YORK, Feb 6- Jon Najarian's no wimp. But when Congress seemed hell-bent on running the economy over the much-ballyhooed "fiscal cliff" at the end of last year, Najarian finally got skittish.

• UPDATE 2-Coventry profit rises as Medicaid in Kentucky improves Wednesday, 6 Feb 2013 | 10:00 AM ET

  Feb 6- Coventry Health Care Inc, which is being bought by larger competitor Aetna Inc, reported a higher fourth-quarter profit Wednesday that beat analysts' expectations, helped by improvements in its Kentucky Medicaid business.

• UPDATE 1-Coventry profit rises on Kentucky Medicaid growth Wednesday, 6 Feb 2013 | 7:58 AM ET

  Feb 6- Coventry Health Care Inc, which is being bought by larger competitor Aetna Inc, reported a higher fourth-quarter profit Wednesday that beat analysts' expectations, helped by improvements in its Kentucky Medicaid business. The company earned a net income of $119 million, or 88 cents per share, up from $86 million, or 60 cents a share a year earlier.

• Coventry says quarterly profits rose, Kentucky Medicaid improved Wednesday, 6 Feb 2013 | 7:10 AM ET

  Feb 6- Coventry Health Care Inc, which is being bought by larger competitor Aetna Inc, on Wednesday said that fourth-quarter profits rose, helped by improvements in its Kentucky Medicaid business.

• UPDATE 4-Humana quarterly profit falls, flu season to cost $75 mln Monday, 4 Feb 2013 | 10:56 AM ET

  *Humana profit of $1.19 a share beats Wall St view of $1.06. Feb 4- Health insurer Humana Inc reported a drop in fourth-quarter profits on Monday and said it was experiencing the worst flu season in a decade that would cost $75 million for added healthcare services such as hospitalizations.

• Aetna Q4 Profits Slip on Higher Medical Costs  Thursday, 31 Jan 2013 | 3:30 PM ET

  

  Mark Bertolini, chairman, CEO and president of Aetna, shares his take on unions, the company's earnings and the impact of higher medical costs.

• UPDATE 3-Aetna profit falls on costs and legal settlement Thursday, 31 Jan 2013 | 8:17 AM ET

  Shawn Guertin, who has been with Aetna since 2011 and was previously CFO of Coventry Health Care Inc, which Aetna is buying, will replace Zubretsky on Feb. 25. The Hartford, Connecticut company announced plans in August for the $5.6 billion acquisition of Coventry, part of a strategy to expand in government-sponsored healthcare programs like Medicare.

• UPDATE 2-Aetna profit falls on settlement costs, names new CFO Thursday, 31 Jan 2013 | 7:19 AM ET

  Jan 31- Aetna Inc said on Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings fell sharply, as costs rose in parts of its employer-based insurance business and as it took charges for settling litigation involving its payment practices for out-of-network care.

• UPDATE 1-Aetna profit falls on legal settlement, new CFO named Thursday, 31 Jan 2013 | 6:38 AM ET

  Shawn Guertin, who has been with Aetna since 2011 and was previously CFO of Coventry Health Care, which the company is buying, will replace Zubretsky on Feb. 25. Aetna announced plans in August for the $5.6 billion acquisition of Coventry Health Care Inc, part of a strategy to expand in government-sponsored healthcare programs like Medicare.

• Aetna profit falls as company takes settlement charge Thursday, 31 Jan 2013 | 6:15 AM ET

  Jan 31- Aetna Inc said on Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings had fallen sharply as it took charges for settling litigation and costs rose in parts of its employer-based insurance business. Aetna said net income had declined to $190.1 million, or 56 cents per share, from $372.6 million, or 97 cents per share, a year earlier.

• Aetna to sell Missouri Medicaid as part of Coventry deal Tuesday, 22 Jan 2013 | 9:20 AM ET

  Jan 22- Aetna Inc said on Tuesday it agreed to sell its Missouri Medicaid business to WellCare Health Plans Inc as part of its purchase of Coventry Health Care Inc because their combined Missouri businesses had exceeded Medicaid membership limits.