Health care reform

Health reform updates

• Aetna Announces Plan To Extend Coverage For Young Adults 
• Aetna Foundation Announces Grant to Drive Better Value in Health Care 
• Statement of the Aetna Chairman on the Signing of Health Reform Legislation 
• Aetna Chairman Delivers Industry Remarks on Costs at White House Meeting 
• Aetna, other stakeholders ask Congress to pass patient-centered reform 
• Setting the record straight on pricing and membership 
• Learn more about health care reform myths vs reality 
• Learn how Aetna and Health Affairs are fostering solutions to rising health care costs 
• Read about our plan to transform health care in America
  

Aetna works with state and federal leaders to develop a collaborative approach to achieving comprehensive health care reform.

• We are fully engaged in helping to make the right kind of reform a reality. In 2009, we offered guidance and data to members of Congress and White House staff. Learn more about achieving the right kind of health care reform.
• In 2008, we played a key role in helping to pass mental-health parity legislation.
• In 2007 we introduced our own comprehensive proposal for transforming the health care system.
• In 2005, we became the first national health care company to advocate an individual coverage requirement to help address the problem of the uninsured.

Chairman and CEO Ron Williams' testimony before Congress

• House Ways and Means Committee, June 24, 2009  (PDF)
• Senate Committee on Finance, April 2, 2009  (PDF)
• Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee, March 24, 2009  (PDF)
• Senate Committee on Finance, June10, 2008  (PDF)

News releases: Health care reform

• Aetna commends the U.S. Senate on the adoption of a health reform bill, but cautions that more needs to be done.
• Aetna Chairman and CEO Ron Williams Testifies On Delivery System Reform during Senate Finance Committee Roundtable Discussion
• Aetna Chairman and CEO Ron Williams Testifies On Need for Fundamental Health Care Reform before Senate HELP Committee
• Aetna Chairman and CEO Ron Williams Presents Health Care Reform Options before U.S. Senate Finance Committee
• Aetna Calls on Vendors and Suppliers to Reduce the Number of Uninsured 
• Congress, Stakeholders Make History Achieving Mental Health Parity 
• Aetna Statement in Support of Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 
• Aetna Announces Support for Individual Health Insurance Requirement 

Articles: Health care reform

• A system of healthcare for all Americans 
• Health is a shared responsibility 
• The realities of health care reform 
• Finding the right individual plans at the right time: Helping the uninsured 
• Q&A with Aetna's CEO Ron Williams 
• Aetna applauds legislation on mental health coverage 
• Speech: Improving Health Care Through Personal Health Records 
• Article: A New Safety Initiative: Health Plans Join Push To End 'Never Events'