President Barack Obama-Unitedhealth Group Inc-The Supreme Court-Reform Provisions

UnitedHealth to keep reform provisions, regardless of Court ruling

NEW YORK (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc, the largest U.S. health insurer by market value, said it would maintain the health coverage protections included in President Barack Obama's healthcare law regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the legislation. The Supreme Court is expected to decide later this month whether to strike down all or portions of the law, Obama's signature domestic policy achievement that was passed in 2010. The provisions UnitedHealth will maintain include continuing to provide coverage for dependents up to age 26 under their parents' plan. ... read more..

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Unitedhealth Group Inc-Earnings Forecast-Health Insurer-Health Plans

UnitedHealth fourth-quarter profit tops views

(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc posted a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by increased membership across its array of health plans. The largest U.S. health insurer by market value also backed its 2012 earnings forecast, which many analysts have seen as conservative. UnitedHealth's quarterly net income rose to $1.26 billion, or $1.17 per share, compared with $1.04 billion, or 94 cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts on average were expecting $1.04 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Revenue rose 8 percent to $25. ... read more..

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