"… ions in the area are the country’s four biggest for-profit insurers: Aetna, CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare and WellPoint. But SustiNet supporters will hav …"

"… r-profit health insurers.Over the past few weeks, UnitedHealth, WellPoint, Aetna, CIGNA and Humana—reported fourth quarter 2010 earnings, and all but Hum …"

"… UnitedHealth’s profit margin last year was 4.92; WellPoint’s was 4.91; Aetna’s was 5.16; and CIGNA’s was 6.35. The profit margin for Humana, the ru …"

"… influence tight congressional races and boost the image of their industry.Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp., Humana Inc., United HealthCare Inc. and WellPoint Inc. …"

"… es want to “focus resources to influence campaigns.”Representatives of Aetna, Cigna, Humana, United HealthCare, and WellPoint could not be immediately …"

"… e three companies that have already spoken — UnitedHealth, WellPoint and Aetna — earned a combined $2.51 billion from April through the end of June, mo …"

"… erformance during the first half of this year, UnitedHealth, WellPoint and Aetna have all have raised their profit forecast for 2011. In other words, they …"

"… uch they value profits over people. Occasionally, though, they slip up, as Aetna’s chief financial officer, Joseph Zubretsky, did last Wednesday during h …"

"… conference call with analysts.Clearly concerned that investors might think Aetna was willing to grow by adding people to its rolls who might have substanti …"

"… possibly for good reason.It was disclosed by POLITICO just this week that Aetna, the third largest health insurer, was granted a private meeting on Novemb …"

"… ders. They are often the most profitable policies sold by an insurer—and Aetna is one of the biggest sellers of mini-meds. CIGNA, the company I used to w …"

"… pany I used to work for, is another major marketer of these policies. Both Aetna and CIGNA spent millions of dollars several years ago acquiring companies …"

"… illions of people are enrolled in mini-meds, the Obama administration gave Aetna and other sellers of these policies a waiver from the law’s 80 percent r …"

"… g about how these companies are evolving and what that means for all of us. …"

"… lan or a local nonprofit company. The big investor-owned corporations like Aetna and the companies I used to work for, Cigna and Humana, know that the days …"

"… f providing access to care.While Bertolini was by no means predicting that Aetna and its competitors were about to close their doors and get the hell out o …"

"… playing the Democrats all along. …"

"… ught it was a good idea, it wasn’t essential. Williams, who retired from Aetna last year, had won on both counts.The problem for the President, of course …"

"… from the big five for-profit insurance companies (UnitedHealth, WellPoint, Aetna, Cigna and Humana), you’ll see that the biggest growth in their membersh …"

"… e caps? I expect the CEO is a nice guy... but his company policies suck.” …"

"… f its own stock instead of paying more claims. But a few days before that, Aetna’s CEO got a real-world understanding of just how inadequate some of the …"

"… nadequate policies they sell, especially to students.A significant part of Aetna’s revenues come from its student health plan business. The company contr …"

"… and to use Twitter and other social media to raise money to pay the claims Aetna was denying. Tweeting as Poop Strong, Guha soon drew the attention of …"

"… cessful implementation.”Likewise, Ron Williams, then chairman and CEO of Aetna, the country’s fifth-largest health insurance company, also spoke favora …"

"… ing the quality and value of care people receive.”But Williams, who left Aetna in April 2011, has since changed his mind. This past June, Williams penned …"

"… rst of 33 repeal efforts that have reached the House floor.That same year, Aetna, Humana, UnitedHealth Group and WellPoint — which together control 28 pe …"

"… ’s telephone or email inquiries requesting comment. Representatives from Aetna, Amerigroup, Cigna and Humana declined to comment for this story.Ethan Rom …"