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Latest News Headlines for UnitedHealth Group Inc

Thursday 11/19/2009 8:15 AM ET - BusinessWire

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) company, has been named the "Best Health Plan Provider" by the readers of Business Insurance in the magazine's fifth annual Readers Choice Awards.

Wednesday 11/18/2009 11:30 AM ET - BusinessWire

Prescription Solutions, a leading pharmacy benefits management (PBM) organization and a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, released a study that found no significant differences in cardiovascular outcomes when comparing the effectiveness of ezetimibe/simvastatin to equipotent doses of simvastatin or atorvastatin alone.

Wednesday 11/18/2009 8:00 AM ET - BusinessWire

DAVID Corporation, a provider of risk-management software and services, today announced it has entered into an alliance with Ingenix to bring essential EDI reporting platform tools together in one solution. Through this alliance, the companies' complementary offerings will help their shared clients prepare for and meet new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reporting requirements faster and with fewer disruptions to their business.

Tuesday 11/17/2009 8:30 AM ET - BusinessWire

Prescription Solutions, a leading pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization and a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, has received several awards for customer service and its consumer Web site.

Tuesday 11/17/2009 12:01 AM ET - BusinessWire

--More than 1 in 4 Americans are now obese -- an increase of 129 percent in 20 years

The data contained in the 20th Anniversary Edition of America's Health Rankings(TM) notes a worrisome escalation in preventable diseases that will significantly increase costs in an already unaffordable medical care delivery system. Of the $2.4 trillion of annual health care expenditures in the United States, $1.8 trillion is associated with the treatment of chronic d

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Bid/Size

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Ask/Size

28.30

Price Open

28.63

Previous Close

28.77

Day High

28.30

Day Low

1.05

Beta (5yr)

30.25/2/3/09

52wk High/Date

15.19/11/21/08

52wk Low/Date

33.2 Billion

Market Capitalization

1.2 Billion

Shares Outstanding

54.21

Volatility Avg (1 Year)

8.1 Million

Avg Vol (10 day)

9.4x

P/E Ratio

3.03

EPS (TTM)

0.03 (4/16/09)

Declared ANN Div explain

0.11%

Yield

3/31/2009

Ex-Date

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Unitedhealth Group Inc vs. Peers

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UNH

UnitedHealth Group Inc

33.2B
+7.4%
WLP

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23.9B
+23.8%
AET

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12.3B
-0.3%
HUM

Humana Inc.

6.9B
+8.5%
CI

CIGNA Corporation

8.2B
+78.2%

Company Background

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UnitedHealthcare) is a diversified health and well-being company. The Company operates in four segments: Health Care Services, OptumHealth, Ingenix and Prescription Solutions. The Health Care Services segment consists of UnitedHealthcare, Ovations and AmeriChoice businesses. OptumHealth serves approximately 60 million individuals with its diversified offering of health, financial and ancillary benefit services and products that assist consumers in navigating the healthcare system and accessing services. Ingenix offers database and data management services, software products, publications, consulting and actuarial services and business process outsourcing services. Prescription Solutions offers a suite of integrated pharmacy benefit management services to approximately 10 million people, through approximately 60,000 retail network pharmacies and two mail service facilities as of December 31, 2008. On May 30, 2008, it acquired Unison Health Plans.

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