Aetna, chief executive give $3.5 million to UConn for health ...
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- The University of Connecticut has received $3.5 million from insurance giant Aetna and its chief executive to fund university health programs, the school announced Tuesday.
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HARTFORD, Connecticut  - Four Connecticut state lawmakers proposed on Tuesday a $900 million program to bring health-care to the state's poor and uninsured, weighing in on a growing national debate over health-care reform.
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ATLANTA - A massive corporate merger between two health-care giants will result in $126.5 million of new funding and equipment for Georgia&#39;s medical schools and rural hospitals, Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced Tuesday.
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Select Medical Corp. SEM.N, which  operates acute care hospitals, said on Monday it struck a deal  to be taken private in a $2.3 billion buyout led by a private  equity group, sending shares soaring 23 percent.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc., one of the largest providers of health insurance in the United States, has paid $20 million to 37 states in order to settle claims processing problems, according to the New York State Department of Insurance.
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Computer Sciences Corporation has won a ten-year, $1.35 billion contract to manage telephone and computer networks for Ascension Health, the largest nonprofit health care system in the US
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THE REGION US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Representative Michael Capuano, Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, and other state and local officials joined executives and medical staff of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at the formal start of construction of the $250 million, 275,000-square-foot Yawkey Center for Cancer Care in the Longwood Medical Area. Funded with $30 million from the ...
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Howard University will receive a gift of software and other technology valued at more than $70 million, the largest contribution in its 137-year history, the university announced Tuesday.
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Negotiations between General Motors Corp  and its major union ran through a fifth day of overtime on Wednesday, with the automaker suggesting a trust fund that would take over nearly $5 billion in annual health-care costs, according to a person familiar with the proposal.
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Dee Sonderquist Brehm, a diabetic, and her husband, Bill Brehm, have given the University of Michigan Health System $44 million to study the disease.
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By Soule, Alexander  After coming up short in its bid for $15 million in federal grants a year ago, The Workplace Inc. last week received a $5 million commitment from the U.S. Department of Labor to create new workforce development programs in Connecticut's Fairfield County.
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TUCSON, Ariz. Aug. 24, 2004 - The University of Arizona&#39;s Cancer Center has been given a $19.5 million grant for continued research on skin cancer.
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Health insurer Aetna Inc. (AET.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted a five-fold increase in third-quarter profit as it boosted membership and benefited from a big tax refund from discontinued operations.
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Bee Staff Writers. Bucking the leadership of his fellow Republicans, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his support Monday for a $3 billion bond measure for stem cell research
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(Hartford, Connecticut-Dow Jones/AP) Aug. 20, 2004 - Health-insurance giant Aetna says it&#39;s agreed to buy Strategic Resource Company of Columbia for $250 million.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers have presented a counter-proposal that asks Prime Minister Paul Martin to shell out $5.3 billion a year in new health-care money.
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One of New England's top business leaders says companies should contribute more to employees' health insurance than is required by the state's healthcare revamp law.