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Health Care Debate Prompts Aetna CEO To Get Home Security System

Connecticut Public Radio | By Jeff Cohen
Published April 11, 2012 at 3:50 PM EDT

As the Supreme Court decides the future of the nation's health care overhaul law, the debate itself is causing some safety concerns. As WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports, one insurance company just paid for its boss to have a new security system installed at his house.

Mark Bertolini is the CEO of Aetna, the health insurer based in Hartford. And according to a public filing, in 2011, Aetna paid about $4,800 for Bertolini to have an in-home security system. In that filing, Aetna said it did so "in light of concerns regarding the safety of Mr. Bertolini and his family as a result of the national health care debate."

Bertolini lives in West Hartford.

A spokeswoman for Aetna says the move is a reasonable precaution.

For WNPR, I'm Jeff Cohen.

This story is part of a reporting partnership that includes WNPR, NPR, and Kaiser Health News.
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