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UnitedHealth fourth-quarter profit tops views


    (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc posted a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit, helped by greater membership across its array of health plans.

    The largest U.S. health insurer by market value said net income rose to $1.26 billion, or $1.17 per share, compared with $1.04 billion, or 94 cents per share, a year earlier.

    Analysts on average were expecting $1.04 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

    (Reporting By Lewis Krauskopf in New York; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)