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a range of innovative, affordable products
designed to enable small employers to offer
coverage to their employees.
We’re rolling out plans across the country
based on our successful Tonik product. These
plans are designed for individuals aged 19 to
29 who have not chosen to purchase traditional
health insurance. The programs are working —
approximately 75 percent of Tonik members
were previously uninsured. Through all of our
individual plans, over the past two years WellPoint
has provided coverage to 750,000 Americans
who were previously uninsured.
A good example of our products for small business
is Pathways, which UniCare offers in Texas and
Illinois. Pathways includes three lower price-point
plans, targeting both previously uninsured groups
that could not afford health coverage and employ-
ees who do not want to pay a high dollar amount
for health coverage. In Connecticut, our new
Blue Options plans allow employers to select five
product options from currently available health
plans and create a portfolio of offerings with a
range of coverage, premium and deductible levels.
Partnerships to reach the most needy
In January 2007, we announced our Action Plan for
the Uninsured, which has three main components:
universal health coverage for children, an expansion
of state-based programs to cover the most needy
adults, and a public-private partnership to help
low-income workers afford coverage.
If adopted broadly, the proposed expansion of
public programs, coupled with a successful outreach
campaign to low-income individuals who are eligible
for federal programs, could provide coverage to more
than 30 million of the 46 million people who are
currently uninsured.
WellPoint’s plan also includes a financial commitment
from our charitable foundations of $30 million over
the next three years to support programs across the
country that are helping to increase access to care.
14-15
Reducing the number
of uninsured
Percentage of U.S. residents not
covered by health insurance
15%
14%
13%
16%
17%
1990 1995 2000 2005
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
WellPoint is committed to reducing the rate of the
uninsured and underserved. We will measure the
success of our strategy by tracking our progress in
reducing the number of uninsured in the 14 states
where we operate Blue plans. Our target is to reduce
the number of uninsured in these states by over
one million by 2010.