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  • HealthCare.gov website seen on Nov. 12, 2014.

    HealthCare.gov allows window-shopping on Obamacare plans that go on sale Saturday, and data suggest that price increases, if any, will be modest.

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    Stocks of SunEdison and Conn's jumped Tuesday on news that David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital had opened new positions in them.

  • Trader work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

    Stocks finished narrowly mixed Monday as trading was largely muted with no major economic news on tap and as investors hesitated to jump in after the recent rally, but the S&P 500 rose to touch a fresh all-time high.

  • U.S. stock index futures were in positive territory Monday after the Dow and S&P 500 hit fresh all-time highs last week, propelled by a better-than-expected monthly jobs report.

  • Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.

  • The S&P 500 Health Care Sector rose to another record high Tuesday, led by managed care companies such as Humana and UnitedHealth Group.

  • Take a look at some of Tuesday's midday movers:

  • Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.

  • Managed-care and hospital stocks should repeat 2012's performance in 2013 as Obamacare is enacted, says one fund manager.

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    Health care stocks reached their highest level since April 25, led by Aetna.

  • How everyone will deal with the effects of Obamacare in 2013.

  • Nov 1- Health insurer Cigna Corp raised its earnings outlook for the year as its recent purchase of specialized Medicare provider HealthSpring again helped the bottom line more than expected, enabling it to beat analyst forecasts for quarterly profits.

  • Nov 1- Health insurer Cigna Corp's quarterly profit more than doubled as its acquisition of Medicare specialist HealthSpring drove growth in premiums and fees, prompting the company to raise its full-year profit outlook for the third time this year.

  • Nov 1- Health insurer Cigna Corp's quarterly profit more than doubled as its acquisition of Medicare specialist HealthSpring drove growth in premiums and fees, prompting the company to raise its full-year profit outlook for the third time this year.

  • BETHESDA, Md.-- Coventry Health Care Inc.' s third-quarter net income dropped 14 percent, as the health insurer's medical costs and other expenses outweighed revenue gains from an expansion of its Medicaid business.

  • Aetna said that next year it will shift even more of its commercial and Medicare business to these groups, known as accountable care organizations, which are offered incentives to improve the quality of care while lowering costs. Medicare is the government health plan for older Americans.

  • *Outlook for 2012 now $5.10 per share. Oct 25- Aetna Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, saying it had reached its 2012 membership goal ahead of schedule, held down costs with doctors and benefited from higher medical insurance premiums.

  • *Earnings of $1.55 per share beat analysts' estimate of $1.34. The third-largest U.S. health insurer also boosted its 2012 outlook on Thursday to the top end of its previous forecast range of $5.00 to $5.10 a share.

  • The company also raised its 2012 outlook on Thursday to the top end of its previous forecast of $5.00 to $5.10 a share. The company said third-quarter earnings had risen to $499.2 million, or $1.47 per share, from $490.4 million, or $1.30 per share, a year earlier.

  • Aetna Inc.' s third-quarter earnings rose 2 percent as lower-than-expected health care use and revenue gains helped the insurer trump Wall Street expectations.