In the last quarter, UnitedHealth reported a significant dip of 170 basis-point in medical care ratio, as customers were avoiding medical expenses altogether due to bleak economic conditions.

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The ratio of inmates to guards inside Ohio's prisons has crept up again after a dip that followed the 11-day siege at Lucasville's Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in 1993.

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