Posted on 12/24/2009 11:17:43 AM PST by Nachum
Chairman and CEO Ron Williams calls expanding access essential, but not a complete victory if affordability for the average American is not addressed
Hartford, Conn., December 24, 2009 — Aetna (NYSE: AET) today commended the U.S. Senate for taking action to significantly expand access to health care coverage for millions of Americans. While noting progress toward meaningful reform, Aetna Chairman and CEO Ronald A. Williams said that more needs to be done to deliver on the full promise of health care system reform.
“Today, the Senate took an important step, but reform that doesn’t deal with affordability, tied to health care quality, is not a complete victory for consumers,” said Williams. “Guaranteeing that Americans cannot be denied insurance and enhancing coverage for millions of people are essential actions. When consumers win, we all win, and that can only happen if health care reform addresses both access and affordability. The Senate has not done enough on addressing costs and has actually exacerbated the problem of affordability by choosing to pay for reform through billions of dollars in additional taxes on the health care system which will be transferred to the consumer through higher costs and will therefore hurt health care affordability for the average American.
“It’s imperative that the House – Senate conference committee get the final outcome right. As a company with a track record of leadership in health care policy, we stand ready to work with the committee to craft a workable outcome that addresses health care affordability and truly helps get the best out of our health care system.”
To learn more about Aetna’s position on health care reform, visit www.healthreformplan.com on www.aetna.com.
About Aetna Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 36.3 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, and medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, see www.aetna.com.
Follow the money.....
Well, there’s one more effing insurance company (Progressive for one) that I’ll never patronize, EVER.
Enjoy your last year or two, Aetna.
Nobody but nobody can compete with the monopolies the Federal Government puts in place.
And there’s never been a monopoly in this country quite like what we’re going to suffer under Socialized Medicine.
Anti-trust be damned.
Yep. Their bottom line is far, far more important than public virtue and constitutional integrity to defend American’s liberty.
Aetna can rest assured that I will never buy one of their policy’s.
Another company not to do business with. Welcome to the doghouse.
Hey, Lefties!!! Over here!
0bummerCare is praised by Big Insurance!
There’s Change Oligarchs Can Believe In!
Mr. niteowl77
It takes a really long knife to stab a consumer or agent in the back after running it all the way through the physician’s body.
” The Senate has not done enough on addressing costs and has actually exacerbated the problem of affordability by choosing to pay for reform through billions of dollars in additional taxes on the health care system which will be transferred to the consumer through higher costs and will therefore hurt health care affordability for the average American”
Aetna says it all right there.
“Nobody but nobody can compete with the monopolies the Federal Government puts in place.”
You misunderstand. The Federal Government is entrenching private insurers with vastly more power, and from your wallet to pay for other people’s insurance.
The insurance companies wrote this bill, and love it. All of them.
There are no “Harry and Louise” ads because Hillarycare entrenched 3 or 4 private insurers to rule everything. Obamacare opens your wallet up without discrimination to all insurers.
Take that libs who wanted to stick it to those greedy health insurance companies!
Your guys just handed them billions.
Aetna sucks by the way.
“Another company not to do business with.”
Then you can’t buy any health insurance because all of them are in on it.
This bill is one of the greatest false flag operations in legislation history, that I can recall.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
Doesn’t Aetna service much of the Service Employees International Union’s health insurance policies?
Flink said under one provision in the bill, doctors and hospitals in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will get paid more than providers in other states under formulas designed to help the so-called Frontier States.
They'll never know what hit 'em...just like the Jews in Germany in the early 30s.
You are spot on.
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