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MANAGED CARE STOCKS RISE 1%
Managed care stocks rose 1% in the two weeks ended Jan. 27, according to an MHMR tally of 13 issues.

PEOPLE: TOUGH; BRENNAN
Health Net (Woodland Hills, CA) has named Steve Tough president of its Health Net Federal Services division.

MOLINA TO ACQUIRE CAPE HEALTH PLAN
Molina Healthcare (Long Beach, CA) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HCLB Inc. (Troy, MI), the parent company of Cape Health Plan (Southfield, MI).

HUMANA TO ACQUIRE CHA HEALTH OF KENTUCKY
Humana (Louisville) has agreed to acquire provider-owned CHA HMO Inc. (Louisville), which serves 96,000 members in Kentucky.

WELLPOINT 4Q05 NET JUMPS ON 8.5% MEDICAL COST TREND
Citing a rolling 12-month medical cost trend of less than 8.5% in 2005, WellPoint Inc. (Indianapolis) reported fourth-quarter 2005 net income of $652 million, up 253%, on revenues of $11.432 billion, up 68%.

HEALTHCARE SPENDING GROWS TO 7.9% IN 2004, CMS SAYS
Healthcare spending in the U.S. rose 7.9% in 2004, down from a rate of increase of 8.2% in 2003 and 9.1% in 2002, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Washington).

ILLINOIS HAS MOST MEDICARE PDP DRUG LIVES AS OF JAN. 13
With 251,339 voluntary enrollees in stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, the state of Illinois led the nation, according to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Washington).

UNITEDHEALTH EYES 3% ’06 PART D OPERATING MARGIN
UnitedHealth Group (Minnetonka, MN) said it projects operating earnings of $150 million to $160 million on revenues of $5 billion from its Medicare Part D drug business, representing an operating margin of 3.1%.

UNITEDHEALTH RAISES ‘06 PROFIT OUTLOOK
UnitedHealth Group (Minnetonka, MN) raised its full-year 2006 earnings projection to between $2.85 and $2.90 per share ($3.7 billion to $3.8 billion based on 1.3 billion diluted shares), a 21% to 23% increase over 2005 results.

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