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12/19/2005     Advice for Seniors Navigating the
Medicare Prescription Drug Decision
1/30/2006     HMOs Earn $7 Billion in First Half of 2005
10/24/2005     HMO Profits Jump 21% in First Quarter 2005
8/8/2005     Nation's HMO Profits Increase 10.7% in 2004
5/24/2005     Profitability Continues to Surge for the Nation's HMOs
2/7/2005     Higher Co-Pays for Drugs and Doctors Cited as
Most Significant Change to Health Insurance Coverage
2/7/2005     50% of HMOs Financially Strong as Profitability Continues
12/8/2004     HMO Profits Increase 33% in First Quarter 2004
8/30/2004     HMOs Earn $10.2 Billion in 2003, Nearly Doubling Profits
5/3/2004     HMO Profits Skyrocket to $6.7 Billion
in First Nine Months of 2003
3/2/2004     HMO Profits Surge 73% in Second Quarter 2003
1/20/2004     HMO Profits Jump 60% in First Quarter 2003
12/10/2003     HMOs' Profits Climb 81% to $5.5 Billion in 2002
4/21/2003     Aetna Health Inc. (N.Y.), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc., and Group Hospitalization & Medical Services, Inc. Upgraded by Weiss Ratings
12/18/2002     HMO Profits Skyrocket 162% in First Quarter 2002
12/9/2002     Consumers Continue to Choose Medicare HMOs Despite High Risk of Being Dropped
9/3/2002     HMOs' and Health Insurers' Profits Increase 25% to $4.1 Billion in 2001
5/21/2002     HMO Profits Decline 3.8% to $879 Million in First Nine Months of 2001
2/4/2002     HMO Profits Up 16 Percent in Second Quarter 2001
1/14/2002     Financial Failure Strikes 40 Insurance Companies, 8 HMOs, and 4 Banks in 2001
11/26/2001     HMO Earnings Climb 8 Percent to $323 Million in First Quarter 2001
10/29/2001     Advice For 536,000 Medicare Beneficiaries Being Dropped From Their HMOs On January 1
10/10/2001     More Than 18% of Financial Institutions Vulnerable in a Recession
8/6/2001     HMOs Return to Profitability Earning $990 Million
6/18/2001     Large and Small HMOs with Strong Capital Successfully Navigate Six Years of Industry Trouble
1/22/2001     Profitability Eludes Most Small HMOs As Medical Costs Rise Faster Than Premiums
1/8/2001     Insurance Company Failures Up 30% In 2000, HMO Failures Down 22%
11/8/2000     Medicare HMO Fiasco: Few Options Available for the Nearly One Million Seniors to be Dropped From HMOs by Year-End
10/30/2000     Ten HMOs Fall Below Regulatory Guidelines For Financial Stability
9/20/2000     Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans Reverse Losses With Return To Profits in Core Business
9/18/2000     Half of Nation's HMOs Continue To Lose Money; Industry's Losses Total $186 Million Despite Profits Among 34 Largest
4/26/2000     HMO Profits Plunge In Third Quarter '99 as 47% of Companies Lose Money Largest HMOs Only Profitable Sector
1/11/2000     Financial Scorecard for 1999: HMO Failures Surge 78%; Insurance Company Failures Rise 5%; Bank Failures Increase 167%
11/8/1999     Advice for 300,000 Medicare Beneficiaries Being Dropped from their HMOs on January 1
10/25/1999     10 HMOs at High Risk of Failure
8/19/1999     Four Out of Five Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans Losing Money In Their Underwriting
8/9/1999     Over Half Of HMOs Lose Money For Second Consecutive Year
1/11/1999     Four HMOs and 11 Insurance Companies Fail in 1998
12/14/1998     Operating Losses Mount for Blue Cross/Blue Shield Plans
11/09/1998     Urgent Advice For Medicare Beneficiaries Dropped By HMO
8/31/1998     Nearly 60% of HMOs Lost Money in 1997
8/11/1997     Blue Cross / Blue Shield Companies Invest Heavily In Stocks
8/4/1997     HMO Profits Fall 60% in 1996 Weiss Downgrades 97 Companies; Upgrades 34
10/7/1996     Blue Cross/Blue Shield Companies Suffer Large Losses, Premium Hikes or Service Cutbacks Possible