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Business Journal September 21 , 2009 - September 27 , 2009 SECTION: Pg. 3 Vol. 32 No.

Recently, Rep. Alan Grayson quipped on the floor of the House that the GOP health care plan amounted to: "1) Don't get sick, and 2) If you do get sick, die quickly." Yesterday, John Boehner , the top GOP man in the House, finally unveiled the official GOP plan...and did little to disprove Rep.

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Medical costs associated with swine flu are beginning to mount, causing health insurance companies to experience much-higher-than-usual coverage expenses.

Several of the largest health insurance companies, including Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc., rallied on Wall Street after Republicans won the governor seats in New Jersey and Virginia.

Hartford managed care provider Aetna Inc .'s multibillion-dollar Department of Defense contract was in doubt after the U.S. Government Accounting Office upheld a protest from a rival health insurer, Reuters reports.

Rising unemployment, swine flu and the threat of health care reform all ganged up on managed care companies in the third quarter and could hurt their performance heading into 2010.

Aetna Inc. is in danger of losing a U.S. military contract that would have been its largest, after the Government Accountability Office upheld an appeal from the health insurer that now has the contract.

Aetna announced today that Joseph M. Zubretsky, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Credit Suisse Healthcare Conference on Nov.

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.

Managed care company Aetna Inc. said Tuesday it has completed a $70 million acquisition of employee assistance program provider Horizon Behavioral Services LLC.

While people are still losing jobs and benefits, Aetna's Q3 net profit and enrollment is up.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 12:25 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 12:25 p.m. Health insurers UnitedHealth Group Inc.

The Senate Democratic chairman said Tuesday the panel is investigating how health insurers price the coverage they sell to small businesses, which have struggled for years with soaring premiums.

Dow Chemical Co. on Tuesday said chief financial officer Geoffery Merszei will leave that post and take on the roles of president of Dow Europe, Middle East and Africa, chairman of Dow Europe and executive vice president of The Dow Chemical Co.

Health insurer Humana Inc. says its third-quarter profit rose 65 percent on a boost from government programs, with Medicare Advantage leading the way.

First Solar, Inc led the decliners in the S&P 500 index with a loss of 17.3%. Affiliated Managers Group third quarter profit increased 72%. Aetna Inc beats analyst expectations.

Filed under: Earnings reports , Aetna Inc , AFLAC Inc , MetLife Inc. Even as the battle over health care reform rages on Capitol Hill, we are seeing a flurry of third quarter reports from insurers.

Colgate-Palmolive Company third quarter sales rose 0.3% to $4 billion and net income rose 18% to $590 million or $1.12 a share.