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Membership drains plague top U.S. health plans
Health insurers still cannot escape the impact of the recession and high unemployment. Major U.S. health plans endured continuing membership losses through calendar third-quarter 2009 (3Q09), and... Read more...
Health Net's (HNT) Q3 Results - Q3 Top Health Insurance Company Earnings Report
View Health Net's (HNT) Q3 Earnings Report Highlights:
Health Net reported revenues for Q3 2009 of $3.9 billion, an increase from $3.8 billion a year ago.
The company reported a net loss of $66.0... Read more...
Health Net considers selloff of assets, stock
Stung by a financially-bruising 2008, Health Net is considering a sale of some of its business in Arizona and the Northeast, according to the company's CEO and president Jay Gellert. The two regions,... Read more...
If health plan profits keep falling, selloffs may begin
Health plan profits are falling, and given the trends in the U.S. economy and healthcare costs generally, this trend is likely to linger for a while. And if falling profits remain a fact of life for... Read more...
Health Net realigns executives' duties in response to poor Q3 earnings
Health Net's board of directors has realigned and sharpened the focus of each individual executive's duties in response to the company's poor earnings for Q3. Health Net posted disappointing profit... Read more...
Fear and trembling in health plan land
Well, this week caps it. It seems like we're looking at just about a clean sweep where bad-news health plan financials are concerned: UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Cigna, WellPoint, Kaiser and... Read more...
Following peers, Kaiser profits plunge
As FierceHealthFinance readers probably know, the last few weeks have been ugly for health plans, many of which announced disappointing first-quarter results. True, it's worth bearing in mind that... Read more...
