. >> we saw hmo names rally into the close, unitedhealth, aetna, humana. a key component of the reimbursement rate went from minus 2.2% to a positive number of about 3%. some of those names now popping in the after-hours. back to you. >> thank you, josh. karen, you are long some of these names. >> long wellpoint. you see which ones have medicare exposure, humana, unitedhealth, a cigna a lot less. >> you stick with your longs here? >> yes. i'm long aetna. humana is the most exposed. the action was so aggressive there. aetna popped, but sold off a little bit going towards the end of the day. >> war of the social networks. they rage on here. linkedin rose more than 15% while facebook saw decline. should you defriend facebook and connect on linkedin? let's bring in brian pitt analyst at jeffries. he is predicting a gain. >> thank you for having us. >> what's the main gist of the linkedin story? you cite different content which could add to ad inventory. are these tangible factors that could be put onto a model? >> they are. the company rolled down linkedin tod

aetna me now. then they will get a green card. the canree years in apply for american citizenship. a lot has been said about how long it takes. i am a permanent resident of the united states and i applied for my wife today, depending on what country it will take 9-14 years to bring her here legally as a permanent residence. i question is helping about 13 years. this whole thing about 13 years. a pack weight to citizenship that we do not have a two-tier structure in america. the end goal is what is essential. 1400 today. forcing hundred tomorrow that will be deported. -- 1400 tomorrow that will be departed. tomorrow that stops. what isa huge part of pushing comprehensive immigration reform. >> there is going to be a window between enactment and the beginning of legalization as long as detests meets the criteria. you are singling to proactively saw deportations. >> the president will be hearing from me. the thingsll necessary to bring it to the undocumented workers. this community? who are these people? 2/3 them have been here more than 10-years. a third of them have been here more t

after shooting up 9% monday, humana gained another 5% tuesday, while united health and aetna also moved higher. the stocks soared after the government revealed medicare advantage rates will jump 3.3% next year, as opposed to a 2.3% reimbursement cut to the insurer that was predicted. however, humana warned investors yesterday that reimbursements could take a hit from payment rates resulting from the healthcare reform. president obama will lay out his full budget agenda next wednesday, but until then, he's offering bits of his budget to the media. part of the plan calls for $100 million in research to cure brain disorders such as alzheimers. recently, the wall street journal reported president obama is leaning toward limits on social programs, which were first offered to republicans back in december. members of the gop are already saying the budget won't win approval of the republican-controlled house. americans are shrugging off the nation's economic drama and buying lots of new cars. gm sales were up 6.4% in march, ford up 6% and chrysler 5%. toyota's gains were a little more anemic at

december 2012 the ceo of aetna insurance blamed obamacare for increased health care premiums turnedr bailout, and he is like we just can't afford it, sorry people. >> employees were asked to give up vacations within aetna to. >> stephanie: he said this is a worthy cause, but somebody has got to pay for it but certainly not me. i'm not giving up my right to have my salary quadrupled. we were talk about elizabeth warren which makes jim make this sound. [ sound effects ] >> daddy like. >> daddy like? >> i like democrats who act like democrats. >> stephanie: how come women democrats always have the biggest sets? i don't know. she is the greatest courtroom lawyer ever? isn't she john? >> it's very awkward for all of my hilary-loving friends, because i am already voting for elizabeth warren in 2014. >> stephanie: yes. two senator levied an attack on [ inaudible ] refusing to disclose what they know about the failed foreclosure review program that ended abruptly this year, yet you don't hear people do follow-up questions like business let warren. >> now there's talk about the bank actually

others also clustered near the top include humana, aetna. >>> oil refiners are among the biggest lose owners the s&p 500 today as they grapple with costs of new pollution standards for gasoline. valero saying the epa plan will cost it hundreds of millions of dollars. valero down the most in this group of stocks, more than 5.5%. marathon, phillips, and tesoro also down 3 to 4%. >>> and as the arkansas attorney general launches an investigation into an exxonmobil pipeline rupture, oppenheimer analysts downgrade the world's largest company on cash flow concerns. thousands of barrels of crude oil spilled on friday near a subdivision in the town of mayflower, arkansas, forcing the evacuation of 22 homes. exon says it will cooperate with the investigation, and is working on a plan to fix the rupture. meanwhile, exon shares off just a fraction today, closing at more than $90 a share. >>> coming up, stockton, california, gets the okay to declare bankruptcy, pushed to the red in part because of its pension obligations. we'll talk to one guest about why he thinks that is happening in stockton,

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i don't understand how the -- how the aetna shareholders were necessarily harmed by that outcome.st go back to the proxy votes we keep seeing proposals put before shareholders, do you want more disclosure of the political spending by the company? they keep going down? and so i think if this -- if the case is really so strong that this is in the interests of the share holders, the companies have, disclosures, i don't understand why the shareholders are declining that opportunity. it suggests to me this is, in fact, not to their advantage and not -- therefore, not properly in the pursue of the sec. >> of course, first of all, political disclosure resolutions are far and away this year and last the number one question shareholders are being able -- are bring asked to vote on. will are 120 corporate disclosure resolutions on the ballots. that is not even counting companies just this year like qualcomm that after these petitions, resolutions, were filed, voluntarily decided to disclose this information. and the votes are actually receiving an average of 29% in favor of these disclosure

thanks to aetna, i paid 500 and aetna paid 500.hat's right. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: hey, we talked to our friend hot brie about this yesterday. according to "the daily beast," hillary clinton is back and she will beat you in 2016. >> she will beat [ overlapping speakers ] >> her rhythm stick. >> stephanie: i'm starting to feel she is going to run. she is back and it seems like she never left at all, and she apparently recharges swiftly -- >> no kenyan ranch for her. >> stephanie: no. no. she reemerged to a republicanturous welcome. followed tomorrow by a key mote -- >> key mote? >> stephanie: a bad hotel. a sign-waving crowd chanted ready for hilary. that's the slogan. there is a new pac that has already launched. and there's just a whole analysis of the stuff -- oh because i think david frum wrote a piece about -- >> whatever! >> stephanie: and they mentioned the lewinsky scandal, and that didn't hurt hilary americans sympathized with her. and then they go on to make the point the politics of personal destru

aetna ceo, 2012 compensation come he got a 25% raise compared to 2011. $13.3 million. bad. cheers went up about 9% over the past year. all right, so we talked about today's dismal job report and it brings up a reoccurring thing that we have here as to whether or not colleges even worth it these days. there is a growing trend to offer classes at bargain basement prices. this school in pittsburgh, my guess will correct me if it's wrong, it is one example, charging as little as $395 a class with no additional fees for room and board. joining me is timothy cook, founder of the school and a former u.s. commissioner of edation statistics. thanks to both of you. did i butcher the name of your school? >> no, i think you got it right. melissa: mommy tell you a little bit about it. you charge $395 per class and you don't offer a degree or an accreditation. you teach computer programming and carpentry and design. but you also have a class in organic agriculture. that makes me a little nervous. okay. are people taking you seriously? >> yes, we have had impressive legislation and w

flip over to aetna, a 5 2 -- 52-week high.hey work in health care, group insurance, and large case pensions. you'll hear them complain seven ways to sunday about obamacare. they are doing just fine. nobody's worried it's going government. as you look at those names, keep that in mind, a great performing sector so far. take a quick look at the s&p 500, and at this level, remember, the key level we are looking for, 1569, and at the moment, hold on, we are now putting it up, okay. we got the s&p 500 at 1569.59. there it is. okay. it's slightly above what we needed to beat. 1569.19 is where we needed to be. it a key number. every step of the hour we'll watch it. folks, anybody worried we would see a correction, it has not happened yet. well, the auto sector has definitely corrected up. auto sales put the pedal to the metal in march. several brands report best numbers since 2007. ford leading the path with march year over year sales, up nearly 6%. jeff flock, the auto guy, actually in a ford dealership in illinois, and ford is doin

even if you bought a plan like an aetna plan and significant in a plan and paid -- and cigna plan and paid for it yourself. how would you protect that doctor-patient relationship? >> probably by rewriting that law. >> thank you for speaking your mind. i hope you keep it up in the future. who in the current debate reflects your values and views, if anybody, the most in politics or your public life? >> ife certainly enjoyed what senator rubio had to say last night. i'm sure there are many up and coming young people. bobby jindal. and we'll just have to keep looking andpi hoping that people are courageous and forward-thinking. heather? >> does asa message of personal responsibility sell politically anymore? we've seen president obama suggesting universal pre-kindergarten care, basically telling parents it's not their responsibility to prepare their children for school, but rather the government's. i don't think your mother would have bought thatha message. she understood it was for you to do that. we seem to be expanding things the government can do instead of individuals. can a politici

. >> i will stay with aetna. >> sell facebook. if their answer to the mobile strategy is coming up with a home on the phone, sell it. >> that does it for us. more "fast" tonight at 5:00. have a great rest of the day. >> "halftime" is over. "power lunch" and the second half of the trading day starts right now. >> ceo slashers, pay cuts, guaranteed stock that is no longer guaranteed. today the changing face of the ceo corporate board relationship when it comes to pay. another big problem for carnival. it seems like everything they touch right now turns to, not gold if you know what i mean. the stock has been holding up remarkably well. we will explore just why. and something else to worry about. a warning before you file your taxes. you need to know about a brand new kind of rip-off. the crooks are getting bolder and it could affect you. first to sue. >> it's been a great year. so far in 2013, the dow is up and the s&p up 9.5%. as for the nasdaq it's up a full 7%. but check this out. the dow transports are now down more than 1%. the

aetna warned that premiums would doubling. >> and the impact of affordable care act on jobs. >> car dealer in my town, 168 employees, because of the aca, because of the aca, 166 of those employees will be moved from full time to part time, 28 hours a week. >> and he said the owner of several burger kings moved all but five of nine employees to part time. it allows insurers to charge them 50% more, they decided to treat smoking in district of columbia as a preexisting condition meaning non-smokers will bare any higher costs. >> bret: dow's winning streak ends at four. they lost .8 of a point. s&p 500 dropped and nasdaq fell 5. some rain must fall but if you live in maryland or handful of other places you may have to pay taxes on it. we're not kidding. molly henneberg is here with the amazing story. >> molly: if you live in one of the nine largest counties in maryland and if your home has a roof or driveway or any kind of surface that does not absorb rainfall, get ready to pay a so-called rain tax starting july 1st. these types of fees are more common, cities in illinois and other states hav

if pharma and aetna had to put their names on ads that they ran, you would see different ads than thehe irs needs to step up enforcement. sheldon white house had an issue on this asked the department of just about what you are doing about these and the answer was, we refuse to sxhent and they are doing nothing. crew is doing it's part to try to fight with the irs to make sure they do this. we also sued the irs a few weeks ago about the same question about the use of this regulation. we will see where we get. there has to be some effort made to are have these groups held accountable. >> it's extremely important because, you know, carlkarl rove and others, i keep coming back to crossroads are in fact subverting the law and turning these into political machines is what they have done? >> right. >> they used their 501 c 4 and others have to get that money and as you body out, people can give all of money they want. they are never identified. if you can get the irs to actually enforce the law. right? two more things. >> to reflect the law. >> that is one way of getting out from under the c

aetna upped its membership. that's why it did so well today. we have a jam-packed hour. liz claman is joining us live from los angeles at the milken global conference. liz, i know one of the guys you got coming liz: well as, yuri milner who is a friend. you covered his father back at "the wall street journal." he is a billionaire and made major, major investments when it comes to tech and silicon valley. we're dying to know what he is looking at coming up next. we're here at the beverly hilton hotel at the milken global conference where hallways are crawling with some of the biggest around best names. we have goldman sachs abby joseph cohen. she made a very smart call a couple months ago to remain in the markets. now she is making calls about that. i asked her, surely there are concerns out there. she said, many. so what are they? got to stay tuned for that interview david. i will send it back to you. david: it will be a busy good hour. see you in a couple minutes. let's get to today's action on east coast. we have peter kenny, knight capital managing director is warning

stephanie is, a lot of these names post the supreme court ruling on obamacare, humana was up 37%, aetna cigna is up 70% from there. a lot of names have already run. i think it's all in the names. >> that's why i go to wellpoint because it has lagged. it's trading at eight times earnings. historically traded 10 1/2 times. and again, this new guy has something company-specific that we can get excited about. we have to hear what he has to say but i think transparency gets better. i think you can take oh. >> do your point they took out a lot of these guys were looking for more medicare, medicaid exposure. cigna took out health spring. wellpoint took out amerigroup. >> steve, good to see you. >> thanks, guys. >> steve grasso, talk to you soon. >>> dow is setting new intraday highs in delve of the past 20 trading sessions. next guest is starting to get a bit more cautious. jason pride, collector of investment strategy. jason, welcome back to "halftime." froo nice to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> we keep pushing past highs or setting new highs and here we are on the cusp of the all-time

like humana, united health, aetna big because the medicare reimbursement rules just got changed very positively for the health maintenance organizations. a remarkable move. i like to say there's always a bull market somewhere, i promise to try to find it for you right here on "mad money." i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow. >>> good evening, i'm michelle caruso-cabrera in for larry kudlow. >>> stockton, california, gets the go ahead from the judge it can go into chapter 9 bankruptcy, the biggest city by population to ever declare bankruptcy. big question hasn't been answered, though, can stockton get a break on what it owes to pension funds? that's the key in this case. not just for stockton, but every struggling city and state in north america. a state of war with south korea. we've heard it all before, but this time the u.s. is taking it more seriously. the u.s. sending a missile destroyer to the area. should you be worried? and this is not an april fool's joke. the government really did spend $50,000 on smokey the bear balloons. we'll have more outrageous examples of gover

humana, united, aetna, $660 billion went into those insurance stocks.c example of how information drives information on wall street. judge andrew napolitano user. here is my problem. i did not have access to that information. our viewers did not have access to that information. it was only available to a few select people who paid money. therefore, could you describe it as insider trading? >> out first, kudos for the "wall street journal" for discovering this. yes, you could characterize this as insider trading. it will depend on the facts. it is not unlawful to have possession of this knowledge. it is unlawful to act on insider information to your benefit. stuart: what is insider information? >> that has been characterized in many different ways. information that would be made public, but not yet public. we do not know what these companies know. it is a lobbying group in d.c. that specializes in anticipating what the government will do. stuart: i think there is a slight error in fact there. these companies pay consultants. those consultants are people

united health, humana, aetna. the morgan stanley health care index hit a new all time high today. >> best day for the index since august 7, 2012. thank you so much, josh lipton. >>> first trading day of the second quarter in the books. after the break, what you should be doing with your money now. what to expect from the market for the rest of the year from one of the top minds on wall street, s&p capital iq's rich peterson with me next. >>> can aggressive actions out of north korea spook this rally and this economy? coming i'll speak to former defense secretary leon pa net na about how dangerous north korea really is. then, he's got harsh warnings about what he says could be a devastating cyber attack in the u.s.'s future. >>> toys r us's decision not to go public because of unfavorable market conditions, unfavorable market conditions? has many wall street analysts straching their heads. aren't the markets at near record highs? that and a lot more coming up on "closing bell." back in a moment. rokerage firms. but

. >>> also, aetna posted results just minutes ago. the insurance giant reported earnings of $1.50 a share, 11 yents ahead of estimates. revenues did fall a bit short. the company says results were driven by strong membership growth in its medicine business. >>> and numbers from starwood hotels are crossing the wires. they just crossed the wires a phi minutes ago, as well. we've got a lot coming this morning. earnings in revenue topping consensus. . i haven't been to a tarwood hotel in a little bit. corporate event toes watch today, ibm and under armour they're going to hold shareholders meetings. they're going to be voting on the buyout by berkshire hathway. >> and it's time for the global markets report. and -- >> welcome, ross. >> the one man i did -- i admit i did sort of fantasize a little bit in one of these, yours truly, are ross westgate who is standing by in london. ross, you know, we do have some green -- i'm just going to get out out of this quickly. we have some green and we -- i would figure that you're going to trade base

we are seeing names like aetna at a new annual highs. you are seeing all of them with arrows.hecked those numbers a few minutes ago. still some great moves there. connell: all right. dagen: more things like this could be on the horizon in europe as more and more people are out of work. connell: you know barbara corcoran if you watch "shark tank." she will be on in a field to talk about the market. let's see how everyone is staring against the dollar today. ♪ hi. i'm henry winkler. and i'm here to tell homeowners that are 62 and older about a great way to live a better retirement. it's called a reverse mortgage. [ male announcer ] call right now to receive your free dvd and booklet with no obligation. it answers questions like how a reverse mortgage works, how much you qualify for, the ways to receive your money, and more. plus, when you call now, you'll get this magnifier with l.e.d. light absolutely free. when you call the experts at one reverse mortgage today, you'll learn the benefits of a government-insured reverse mortgage. it will eliminate your monthly mortgage payments

the 18 minutes remaining, creating minutes, on april 1 the volume of humana, unitedhealth group that aetna stock was more than half a billion dollars. more stock in those companies was traded in those 18 minutes than throughout the rest. when information leaks from the administration that has the ability to cause significant market movement, it is wrong. and quite possibly illegal. i sent a letter last thursday formally seeking information from you, and i hope you agree that ultimately your responsible. what are you going to do to hold somebody accountable for this leak? >> senator grassley, let me start by saying i am a too, appreciate our meetings. .. >> and i thank you for inviting the inspector general. i was going to ask you if you were going to do that, and you are. i assume that gives you the authority that you're -- your investigation has to compel with production of information within cms, would that be fair to conclude that the inspector general can get all of this information out. you don't have to worry about authority? >> yes. okay. i'd be even more curious what authority your

numbers out later include reports from pfizer, aetna, adm and dreamwork animation. >>> net income ofank announced a surprise cash call. it's going to raise 3.7 billion from the sale of shares. the capital raising exercise comes amid pressure from deutsche to bolster its balance sheet. at the same time, ubs's business model is working. that's the message from the ceo today to cnbc following a surprisingly strong first quarter. net profit came in at just over a billion dollars. u.p.s. has shifted to its more traditional wealth arm and that's paid off with a rise in fees from wealthy clients. >>> bp reported a better than expected first quarter profits, excludeing a gain from the tnk/bp sale were bp's profits fell around 9% over last year. but that figure still beat the dow jones forecast. the british oil giant declared a quarterly dividend of 9 cents. that's up from 8 cents a share. and the stock up 3.65%. one analyst called those numbers stunning. shares in ab inbev are lower, cutting its growth outlook for the second biggest market brazil. that's a wrap of the earnings. plenty more t

aetna warns premiums would double in some marketplaces. that goes on and on. president's health care plan, at one point in time, was promise of $2500 reduction in family premiums. will that ever occur? do you see the president's promise of $2500 premium reduction for all american families occur? >> again, don't think it was the president's promise but the congressional budget office estimated people would see the cost decrease as we moved into fully ensured marketplace. i think congressman what we know is that the c.b.o. is a nonpartisan objective body. they're looking at strategies in the market. what you are referring to in terms of current rate increases, first of all is not impacted by the full implementation of affordable care act because it's not in place yet. secondly is really a situation where there are costs going up and down but what we know is that they're rising at much lower rate right now then they did three years ago before this law was passed. insurance departments, many for the first time with aggressive rate review strategies in place. where

aetna, united health, insurers across the country, blue cross, blue shield saying increases, 40, 50%.ou're paying, if you're able to pay those increases and even if you don't adjust, at the very least, you're taking that 22000 that family -- that $2,000 your family would spend, that's out of the economy. >> it's about confidence. the united states chambers of commerce have done a poll and said about 80% of employers don't want to bring on new folks. they're going to more part-time. that's where we saw this number that mark zandy was talking about. >> brian: the main problem with obamacare said now we've plan. they didn't think the american consumer would react to this plan and they are and so is business. >> we create our own monster at this country. my concern is that it does create a recession. i pray against it. >> brian: if it's going to happen, it will happen soon. peter johnson, jr., thanks so much. straight ahead, are you one of the millions of americans still looking for a job? do not change the channel. cheryl casone is on deck with the top five companies hiring right now. fi

18 minutes remaining, creating minutes, on april 1, the volume of humana, united health group, and aetna stock was more than half a billion dollars. more stock in those companies were traded in those 18 minutes and throughout the rest of the day. when information leaks from the administration that has the ability to cause significant market movement, it is wrong, and quite possibly illegal. i sent a letter last thursday formally speaking information from you, and i hope you agree ultimately you're responsible. what are you going to do to hold somebody accountable for this leak? >> senator, grassley, i, too, have appreciated the meetings, and second, i do not consider this a small issue, but i consider this a huge issue. cms takes all this seriously, and we did receive your letter, and we have initiated an internal review, and it will be extensive, and, obviously, we'll give you feedback, but second, i asked the office of inspector general to be brought in as well because we need a third and partial, if you will, review of this. cms, i take a lot of pride in the staff of cms, and this is