FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2006 file photo, the Main Street entrance of health benefits provider Humana Inc. , is seen iat their headquarters in Louisville, Ky. Health insurer Humana Inc. said Monday, April 27, 2009, its first-quarter profit more than doubled as its government business surged from higher membership in its Medicare Advantage plans and lower claims expenses from its stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plans. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2006 file photo, the Main Street entrance of health benefits provider Humana Inc. , is seen iat their headquarters in Louisville, Ky. Health insurer Humana Inc. said Monday, April 27, 2009, its first-quarter profit more than doubled as its government business surged from higher membership in its Medicare Advantage plans and lower claims expenses from its stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plans.

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  1. Joseph Urbanski, one of Humana's oldest Medicare members in the country, celebrated his 107th birthday recently at MCCI Medical Centers, 306 Arthur Godfrey Road, in Miami Beach, Fla. Mr. Urbanski, a Humana member since 1992, turned 107 on August 15 and celebrated the occasion with a birthday cake, certificate from Humana, Humana associates and medical center staff of MCCI, a wholly owned affiliate provider of Humana. Mr. Urbanski says he's in excellent health; takes no medications except for one to control his temper; and has no special diet and eats "whatever's on sale at Publix." In the photo, from left, Humana's April-Stark Bender, Zully Castro of MCCI, Mr. Urbanski's 90-year-old wife Mieczys, Humana Florida Senior Products CEO Michael Seltzer, Joseph Urbanski, Monsy Martinez of MCCI, Humana's Santiago Freire and MCCI's Erika Costa.
  2. Joseph Urbanski, one of Humana's oldest Medicare members in the country, celebrated his 107th birthday recently at MCCI Medical Centers, 306 Arthur Godfrey Road, in Miami Beach, Fla. Mr. Urbanski, a Humana member since 1992, turned 107 on August 15 and celebrated the occasion with a birthday cake, certificate from Humana, Humana associates and medical center staff of MCCI, a wholly owned affiliate provider of Humana. Mr. Urbanski says he's in excellent health; takes no medications except for one to control his temper; and has no special diet and eats "whatever's on sale at Publix."
  3. Paul Volcker, left, a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, talks with other panel members Paul Varga, President and CEO of Brown-Forman Corp. and Michael McCallister, President and CEO of Humana, Inc., before the Round Table at Shaker Village, in Ky., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.

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