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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

BRIEF-Humana CEO says extension of old policies affects Obamacare sign-ups, (NYSE: HUM)

Humana Inc : * CEO Bruce Broussard says during conference call that company evaluating strategic alternatives for its closed long-term care insurance business * CEO says seeing higher retention of individuals in non-Obamacare health plans due to extensions of old plans * CEO says believes risk pool will deteriorate as old policies are renewed * CEO says receiving more applications from young people, possibly because ofpayment subsidies from government * CEO says 82 percent of new members from Obamacare receiving governmentsubsidies * CEO says more young people are signing up for Obamacare plans, likely becauseof these subsidies

Humana Inc. (Humana) is a health care company. Humana operates in three segments: Retail, Employer Group, and Health and Well-Being Services. Shares of HUM remained unchanged at $97.47. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $65.88 and as high as $105.80. On average, 1400060 shares of HUM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 0.



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