Aetna's Leadership in Healthcare Reform

Aetna has been working with state and federal leaders to help develop a collaborative approach to achieving comprehensive health care reform. In recent months, Aetna Chairman and CEO Ron Williams was called on to offer U.S. Senators his recommendations on the critical components of health care reform and specifically to suggest priorities for reforming the health care delivery system.

Williams emphasized in his testimony that the scope of reform needs to address more than access to help ensure that the system delivers high-quality health care and identified the key components to achieving meaningful systemic change as:

Provide coverage for all Americans regardless of their health conditions through an enforceable individual coverage requirement with subsidies for some and insurance market reforms for all;
Use health information technology as an important tool to address cost and quality issues;
Achieve payment reform that rewards physicians and hospitals for value or quality of care rather than just quantity;
Engage consumers in their own health care by focusing on prevention and wellness; and
Encourage small businesses to offer employee coverage through tax credits.

Williams testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on health care reform and has met with President Barack Obama several times to discuss the economy and health care reform. He also pledged Aetna’s readiness to help make reform a reality. To learn more visit www.healthreformplan.com.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Aetna Tops Fortune's Most Admired HealthCare Insurers for the Second Consecutive Year

Aetna was named the top company among the nation’s largest health care insurers in FORTUNE's 2009 Most Admired Companies list.
In this year's rankings, Aetna came through with an unprecedented number 1 rating in seven areas for the Health Care Insurance and Managed Care industry:
– Quality of products & services
– Innovation
– Financial soundness
– Quality of management
– People management
– Use of corporate assets
– Long-term investment
Click here to view Fortune's complete list.

LGBT PRIDE MONTH

June is LGBT Pride Month

President Barack Obama proclaimed June 2009 to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, in a continuing effort to "promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."*

Aetna is strongly committed to supporting LGBT customers, members and community, and has made significant strides promoting employment opportunity and quality care:

For the seventh consecutive year, Aetna has earned a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for service to LGBT employees & consumers.
Aetna’s President received the 1st Annual Award for Leadership by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and the Human Rights Campaign.
Aetna is the first health benefit company to link its online provider directory - DocFind - to the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association's (GLMA) growing online database of over 1,200 health care providers, which allows members to access LGBT knowledgeable and friendly providers.

In addition, Aetna has established dialogue groups to engage and support the LGBT community:

Aetna LGBT Advisory Council: An external advisory council, where about 13 corporate leaders and 5 non-for-profit LGBT organization leaders are current members.
Aetna’s Network of Gay and Lesbian Employees (Angle): an employee-based group with active chapters throughout the U.S. including CT, PA, TX, CA, and IL.

Aetna also sponsors and supports community projects and events focused on the LGBT community. To learn more, contact Rose Carbonell.

COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS

You are Invited: LGBT Health Needs in the Work Environment Panel

July 20th, 2009
6PM Reception/Open Bar
6:30PM Panel Discussion

Aetna and other experts in health, HIV and advocacy will explore the complexity of LGBT health needs and the workplace in a panel discussion hosted by the LGBT Community Center. The event program includes representatives from GMHC, the Center, Aetna, the Employee Assistance Program Association – NYC Chapter and a Medical provider, and it will address healthcare access, HIV, and changes in insurance coverage and laws affecting LGBT.

If you would like to attend, please contact Shameek Bose, from the LGBT Community Center at (212) 620-7310 to RSVP.

WELLNESS CORNER

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* Retrieved on June, 2009 from The White House Website (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/).

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