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Mar 10, 2008
Jack Rowe (former Chairman of Aetna), Robin Downey (head of product development for Aetna) and Joe Newhouse (Aetna board member) have done a study of Aetna's CDHC plans. Published in Health Affairs (which makes no mention of the Aetna connection for Rowe or Newhouse), the study (full text is gated) uses data not available to other researchers. The authors' conclusion: Aetna products work like a charm!
(P.S. Joe Newhouse says affiliations appear at the end of the document, see comment.)
7 Responses to “Aetna Loves Aetna, So Does Health Affairs”
March 10th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
That’s dangerous ground Aetna is treading–employers are not going to be happy when they read this blog!!!
THanks for bringing “transparency” to the true “by line” in such an esteemed??? journal!
Jerry
March 11th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Actually, there is a fourth author of the study. Any Aetna connection for that one?
March 11th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Reply to Christa: What do you think?
March 11th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I thought Health Affairs articles were supposed to be peer reviewed. Do you think Aetna did its own peer review?
Also, I notice that Jamie Robinson is stepping down as the editor of Health Affairs. Any connection between Jamie’s departure and your exposé?
March 11th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Reply to Devon: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
March 11th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Rowe and Newhouse’s Aetna affiliations are mentioned at the end of the article (p. 120).
March 12th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Reply to Joe Newhouse: Fair point. However, these details were not mentioned on page one, where the
authors are introduced. One has to read all the way to the end to learn of possible conflicts of interest.