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Universal American

Universal American () is a Fortune 500 company with offices throughout the United States, and headquarters in Rye Brook, New York.

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CVS Beats 1Q Forecasts, Lifts 2012 Profit View

CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS) lifted its fiscal 2012 forecast and reported an 8% increase in first-quarter profit on Wednesday as it continued to nab former Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) prescription patients and build its Medicare customer base.

The Woonsocket, R.I.-based company raised its full-year guidance to a range of $3.23 to $3.33 a share, excluding items, bracketing the $3.27 forecasted by analysts on average in a Thomson Reuters poll.For the current quarter, it sees non-GAAP earnings between 78 cents and 80 cents, above the Street's estimate of 73 cents.The drugstore chain and pharmacy benefits manager has benefited from a year-ago purchase of the Medicare prescription drug plan of Universal America (NYSE:UAM) as well as a new gap in the prescriptions market after Walgreen's, the No. 1 U.S. drugstore, stopped filing prescriptions for patients of Express Scripts at the end of last year.  CVS chief executive, Larry Merlo, was optimistic that the company will only continue to benefit from the e...

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    On a trading day that saw the S&P 500 gain 0.6%, the Financial sector (XLF) showed little change.Universal American Corporation (NYSE:UAM) was a major gainer in the ...

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  5. Universal American Buying Health Firm For $228 Mln

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