| About Aetna
Aetna is one of the nation's leaders
in health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, and disability insurance.
Dedicated to helping people achieve financial
security, Aetna provides information and helpful resources to help
their customers make better-informed decisions about their health care.
Wiki Says
Aetna
is the direct descendant of Aetna Insurance Company, of Hartford,
Connecticut, which issued its first life insurance policy in 1850. In
1998, Aetna bought NYLCare Health Plans for $1.05 billion, adding 2.2
million members. The next year, it bought Prudential HealthCare for $1
billion, making it the largest provider of health benefits in the U.S.,
with more than 21 million members. In 2002, Aetna agreed to streamline
communications, reduce administrative complexity, and improve the
quality of the health care system, ending litigation between Aetna and
700,000 physicians and medical societies. The agreement also resulted
in establishment of an independent foundation (Physicians’ Foundation
for Health Systems Excellence) to focus on critical health care issues
and a physicians’ advisory board. Around this time, Aetna also became a
founding member of CAQH -- an alliance of health plans and trade
associations that work to simplify healthcare administration.
Aetna Health Insurance Says
Aetna is a leading diversified health
care benefits companies, serving approximately 37.2 million people with
information and resources to help them make better informed decisions
about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of
traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and related
services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group
life and disability plans Aetna also provides medical management
capabilities and
health care management services for Medicaid plans. Their customers
include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and
hourly workers, health plans, governmental units, government-sponsored
plans, labor groups and expatriates.
Contact Aetna at:
Aetna Inc.
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06156
Telephone: (860) 273-0123
Sources: "Aetna at a Glance", Aetna Web site; "Aetna",
Wikipedia, June 20, 2009; Aetna press release, June 29, 2009
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