Aetna Board Member R. David Yost Resigns.Business Editors HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004 Aetna (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AET AET Aetna, Inc. AET After Extra Time AET Actual Evapotranspiration AET Alliance for Environmental Technology AET Alpha-Ethyltryptamine AET Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. ) announced today that R. David Yost David Harold Yost (born January 7, 1969) is an American actor known for his role on the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Biography Early life , chief executive officer of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, has resigned from the Aetna Board of Directors. Yost issued this statement. "I have enjoyed serving on the Aetna Board of Directors during the company's successful turnaround Turnaround A situation where a company that has had poor performance for an extended period of time experiences a positive reversal. Notes: A speculator may profit from a turnaround if he or she accurately anticipates the improvement of a poorly performing company. . However, as AmerisourceBergen is a pharmaceutical services corporation, and Aetna now has its own pharmacy benefit management A Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) is a third party administrator of prescription drug programs. They are primarily responsible for processing and paying prescription drug claims. business, I think that it would be appropriate for me to leave the Aetna Board at this time. I believe in the company's strategy and wish the company well." With Yost's departure, there are 13 Aetna directors. As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. benefits, Aetna puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately 13.3 million medical members, 11.2 million dental members, 8.1 million pharmacy members and 12.4 million group insurance members to help them make better informed decisions about their health care and protect their finances against health-related risks. Aetna provides easy access to cost effective health care through a nationwide network of more than 618,000 health care professionals, including over 370,000 primary care and specialist doctors and 3,783 hospitals. (Figures as of March 31, 2004) For more information, please visit www.aetna.com. |
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