Fast facts about Aetna and U.S. Healthcare
July 19, 1996
Aetna entered the health insurance field in 1899, one of
the first stock insurance companies to do so.
In just 20 years, U.S. Healthcare rose from a
single-market player to a company serving members and
employers in 14 states.
The combined company will serve 23 million people-one in
every 12 Americans. It will have 10.3 million managed
care members.
The combined company will have more than 250,000
physicians and dentists, and more than 2,300
participating hospitals.
The combined company will have a presence in all 50
states, and will be the country's leading provider of
managed health care benefits.
U.S. Healthcare led the transformation of the health care
industry by advocating primary care physicians as
managers of patient care, emphasizing preventive medicine
and holding providers accountable for the quality of the
care provided.
Aetna, which has a tradition of industry-leading
innovation, is particularly strong in servicing multisite
national commercial customers, and has a large number of
Fortune 1000 companies among its customers.
For more information about Aetna Inc., please visit the company's website at
www.aetna.com.
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