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United We Fall?
UnitedHealth Group officials lower company earnings estimates by about 16% because of reduced commercial businesses and higher-than-expected Medicare-related costs and announce plans to restructure the company to increase focus on regional coverage. According to UnitedHealth officials, the company expects earnings to decrease by about $1.1 billion, which includes $400 million related to problems with commercial businesses and $500 million related to problems with a Medicare prescription drug plan. UnitedHealth officials estimate that the company will lose 800,000 members from fully insured plans this year and say that competition has forced the company to discount premiums more than expected for new and renewed customer accounts. Meanwhile, California Public Employees' Retirement System officials announce that the pension fund and others have negotiated an $895 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against UnitedHealth over stock-option backdating reported in 2006.

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