Aetna

Aetna Inc. is a U.S. health insurance company founded in 1853 in Hartford, Connecticut. Aetna covers over 18 million people with its health plans, 13 million with dental plans, and 8 million with pharmacy plans. It offers traditional health insurance as well as HMOs, PPOs, point-of-service (POS), and health savings accounts. It also has vision, behavioral health, and Medicare related plans. Aetna's top competitors are Blue Cross, CIGNA, and UnitedHealth Group.

In 2011, the company reported $ 33,779,800,000 in revenues.

Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem."

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Board of Directors
As of January 2013
 * Fernando Aguirre, Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
 * Mark T. Bertolini Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Aetna
 * Frank M. Clark, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Office, Commonwealth Edison Company
 * Betsy Z. Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, The Bancorp, Inc.
 * Molly J. Coye, M.D., Chief Innovation Officer, UCLA Health System
 * Roger N. Farah, President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, Ralph Lauren Corporation
 * Barbara Hackman Franklin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Barbara Franklin Enterprises, Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
 * Jeffrey E. Garten, Juan Trippe Professor in the Practice of International Trade, Finance and Business, Yale University
 * Ellen M. Hancock, Former President of Jazz Technologies, Inc., Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exodus Communications, Inc.
 * Richard J. Harrington, Chairman, The Cue Ball Group and Former President and Chief Executive Officer, The Thomson Corporation
 * Edward J. Ludwig, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Becton, Dickinson and Company
 * Joseph P. Newhouse, John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University

Political contributions
Aetna gave $233,500 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its political action committee - 28% to Democrats, 68% to Republicans, and 4% to independent Joseph Lieberman (I-CT).

Lobbying
The company spent $1,219,469 for lobbying in the first half of 2007. $520,000 went to six lobbying firms with the remainder being spent using in-house lobbyists. Some of the lobbying firms were Ernst & Young, Jefferson Government Relations, and Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.

Contact details
Corporate Headquarters 151 Farmington Avenue Hartford, CT 06156 Phone: 860-273-0123 Fax: 860-273-3971 Web: http://www.aetna.com

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