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page 22 ANTHEM, INC.
quality
A time for leadership
At Anthem, our mission is to improve the health of the people we serve. We’re also dedicated to
enhancing the quality of life for people in the communities where we live and work. We recognize
that as one of America’s leading health benefits companies, we also have a special obligation to
provide leadership to address the challenging issue of the uninsured. In 2003, this leadership was
expressed in a wide variety of ways, some of them traditional and some highly innovative.
Thousands of workers and retirees were able to maintain health benefits for themselves and their
families as a result of quick action and collaboration between Anthem and the Departments of
Insurance in Indiana, Ohio, Maine and Virginia. Anthem created health plans in each state that
would qualify for a new federal subsidy that helps workers displaced by foreign competition and
retirees hurt by failed or under-funded pension plans purchase affordable health benefits.
Through the Anthem Foundation and corporate giving programs, Anthem made contributions
and commitments of $10.6 million. And, as they do each year, Anthem associates provided thousands
of hours of volunteer service to hundreds of charitable and non-profit organizations across the country.
We expanded our work with free clinics to Ohio and Indiana this year. In our corporate
headquarters city, Indianapolis, we formed a unique partnership that is helping a group of free
clinics provide better care to under- and uninsured residents. During the past decade, Anthem’s
support of free clinics has provided more than $25 million in medical services to low-income families
and individuals in Virginia.
Our Colorado associates acted quickly when influenza struck the state. Eleven children had died,
nearly 10,000 Coloradans were suffering from the flu, and there was a severe shortage of flu vaccine.
Anthem quickly provided funding to allow the state’s health department to purchase 6,000 additional
doses of vaccine.