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The main premise of the president's health-care reform is to extend coverage to everyone, and to make that financially attainable, the system will rely on young (and presumably more healthy) consumers entering the market. But there's a potential snag in the financing plan: younger Americans might not opt to sign up for insurance.The Affordable Care Act requires citizens to sign up for health-care insurance by 2014 or face a fine. With more healthier bodies in the insurance system, it would lead to lower premiums for older consumers.But a new poll from the American Action Forum finds the opposite is true: Younger consumers will choose to pay the annual penalty instead of coverage.The poll finds that premiums will rise sharply in 2014, and that Americans ages 18-40 will instead choose to pay the penalties over these increased prices. In a group of current insurance purchasers, 83% say they will still purchase insurance if premiums rise 10%, 65% will purchase it if premiums rise 20% and 5...
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Health insurer WellPoint Inc. (WLP) is consolidating its businesses into two main groups, one focused on commercial business, the other on government plans, while el...
U.S. stocks finished lower on Monday after comments from Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans knocked them from new all-time highs set earlier in the day....
The International Monetary Fund on Monday said the United States was getting carried away with a government austerity drive, offering some of the institution's blunt...
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Drug maker Actavis Inc. (ACT) agreed to acquire Warner Chilcott PLC (WCRX) for about $5 billion in an all-stock deal aimed at enlarging Actavis's portfolio of specia...
U.S. stocks traded slightly higher, grinding further into all-time-high territory after a slow start Monday with Yahoo Inc.'s acquisition of Tumblr and other deal ne...
Drug maker Actavis Inc. (ACT) agreed to acquire Warner Chilcott PLC (WCRX) for about $5 billion in an all-stock deal aimed at enlarging Actavis's portfolio of specia...
Affymetrix Inc. (AFFX) named Gavin Wood chief financial officer and executive vice president to succeed Tim Barabe, who intends to retire June 28.Mr. Wood joined Aff...
By Yale BockThe Long Term GARP investment portfolio rose 1.2% (net of fees) in the month of April 2013, which was better than the S&P 500 Index performance of 1.8%. ...
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French industrial gas provider Air Liquide SA (AI.FR) Friday said it bought a 73.3% stake in Australia's Healthy Sleep Solutions as part of a strategy to diversify i...
U.S. stocks edged higher Tuesday, as investors monitored speeches by three Federal Reserve officials that might hint at when the central bank will start to scale bac...
Medtronic Inc.'s (MDT) fiscal fourth-quarter sales grew roughly 4%, but expenses related to employee layoffs and manufacturing consolidation caused earnings to fall ...
U.S. stocks wavered Tuesday, as investors waited for upcoming speeches by Federal Reserve officials that might hint at when the central bank may start to scale back ...
Credit card debt may not make you sick, but new evidence suggests that it could slow your recovery -- or worse.A study conducted by sociologists at the University of...
U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, with investors expected to scrutinize speeches by two Federal Reserve officials for any clues as to when the central bank may begin to s...
As the federal government squeezes payments for private Medicare plans, Humana Inc. (HUM), the big health insurer most tethered to the government health program, has...
FOX Business: Capitalism Lives HereAfter dipping into the red several times, the markets pushed higher on Tuesday, helped by a bullish note from Goldman Sachs and ho...
