UnitedHealth Group Inc. again raised its profit outlook for the year after posting a 12% increase in third-quarter revenue on a growing number of members in its health-insurance network.

The healthcare and insurance giant on Friday said quarterly revenue came in at $80.9 billion, with growth of 11% from its UnitedHealthcare business, which served an additional 850,000 people in the third quarter compared with last year, and 17% at Optum Health, its health-service arm.

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