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Aetna, Inc.
Industry: Insurance
Number of terms: 2862
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Company Profile:
Aetna, Inc. is an American diversified health insurance company, providing a range of traditional and consumer directed health care insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, group life, long-term care, and disability plans, and medical ...
Buying this means your loved ones can get money when you die. You may be able to choose the benefit amount. A premium must be paid to keep this policy active every year. You also choose a beneficiary. This is person you would like the money to go to after your death. Employers may offer this as a benefit to their workers. You can also buy it on your own. There are many kinds of life insurance: term life, whole life, group universal life and others.
Industry:Health care
Some employers offer disability plans. These plans help people who cannot work because of illness or injury. The plan pays a part of their income for a time. This is the amount of time employees can receive a benefit amount through their disability plan. It is the longest period of time that they can collect this money.
Industry:Health care
See “Emergency.”
Industry:Health care
This is a program that helps a person improve his or her health so he or she can return to work. Physical, mental and career training is used.
Industry:Health care
This is a type of filling made up of several different metals. It is silver in color and is mainly used on back teeth.
Industry:Health care
This is money you get back from your health plan for covered costs you paid to your doctor.
Industry:Health care
This is a drug a person takes. It can be a prescription drug or an over-the-counter drug.
Industry:Health care
See “Outpatient procedure.” 
Industry:Health care
A member is someone who belongs to a health plan. Sometimes, a member is known as an “enrollee.”
Industry:Health care
This is when an insurance policy continues, but with changed terms, like new rates.
Industry:Health care