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Aetna has agreed to buy the Medicare supplement and related blocks of in-force business of Genworth Financial for $290 million.

A growing number of medical professionals are signing up to accept TRICARE, the healthcare plan for members of the uniformed services, retirees and their families, according to the Department of Defense.

WellPoint Inc. announced today that it entered into an agreement to acquire CareMore Health Group, a Medicare Advantage health plan that also operates 26 clinics in select markets in California, Arizona and Nevada.

In a turnaround from earlier this year when it requested rate increases of more than 59 percent for some policy holders, Blue Shield of California announced yesterday it would limit its net income to no more than 2 percent of revenue.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) continues to collect and report valuable data from its web-based RACTrac survey.

Less than three months after launching a self-insurance program in its local market, WellNet Health Plans has announced three separate PPO agreements that will expand its market reach into West Virginia, Nevada and the Washington, D.C. metro area.

The Maryland Health Care Commission has launched an online portal intended to help small businesses comparison-shop for health insurance plans for their employees.

A Q&A with Richard Burke, president of senior care services for the Fallon Community Health Plan

Republicans have had an easy time criticizing the Barack Obama Administration's healthcare overhaul plan, but when it comes to creating their own, the way has been politically treacherous.

Republicans and Democrats have locked horns over the fiscal year 2012 budget and the federal deficit, with the fate of entitlement programs hanging in the balance.