Angela F. Braly became president and chief executive officer of WellPoint Inc., a parent company to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, in June 2007 and is one of only two women to lead a Fortune 35 company. In 2009, she ranked eighth on Forbes’ “World’s Most Powerful Women” list, and in ‘08 she was fifth on Fortune’s list of the “50 Most Powerful Women.” In 2009, she was named one of Modern Healthcare magazine’s “Top 25 Women in Healthcare.”
Angela Braly is on the forefront of the current national health care debate. She recently spoke to the Marquette community about Wellpoint’s role advocating for sustainable health care reform and the importance of good leadership during volatile times. She also discussed Wellpoint’s commitment to providing quality care and value to their customers, such as Anthem’s, through their customer-first business approach.
The Business Leaders Forum is a speaker series sponsored by Marquette University’s College of Business Administration. The forum provides a setting for nationally recognized business leaders to engage in discussions and interact with students, faculty and local business leaders.
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Lecture by Ruth Lorand, former AMUW Chair in Humanistic Studies, March 24th
Elder law conference will address 'The Push to Institutionalize Prevention,' March 26th
Comment by Mike C. on Mar. 9, 2010
Do we need a public health care option? Well, if you had my insurance you'd say yes. I recently received a rate increase of 66%. My monthly rate went from $303 to over $500 per month. An to make it complete my spouses increased over 20% for a total health insurance increase in of 86% for the two of us.
Why so much? I believe it is because the health industry is leveraging their position just in case health care reform is passed.
We need health care reform and we need a public option to help insure the small business and self employed.
Comment by John Diver on Mar. 7, 2010
The problem with health care in U.S. is that most of our current public servants are more interested in serving themselves than serving their constituents. There is no need to pretend to have to re-invent the wheel here. Simply model the U.S. health care system after the ones in Canada, and U.K., and Japan, and Germany! Thank you.
Comment by Jill M. Loch on Feb. 23, 2010
Why do Senators, Representatives and government staff have cushy healthcare insurance coverage? I believe we need to level the playing field for ALL Americans to have good health care insurance coverage. All US Representatives, all US Senators and all government staff should be REMOVED from the cushy health insurance they now take for granted and the rest of Americans need and deserve. If the Senators and Representatives are voting for their OWN rights to good healthcare insurance coverage, as well as for the rest of America, they will be much more interested in passing bipartison legislation in a very timely manner. When Senators, Representatives and their staff are sitting with their own cushy health care insurance coverage while ruminating and haggling and refusing to vote on fair coverage for the rest of America--they are in fact saying, "Let them eat cake".