Aetna doing the right thing (at least temporarily)

Posted by Clark Venable on 2/27/2008

Aetna to Still Pay for Colonoscopy Drug

"Bowing to critics who contended it was putting profits before patients, Aetna said Wednesday that it has suspended — at least temporarily — a plan to stop paying for routine use of a powerful anesthetic in a procedure to screen for colon cancer. "

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