INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. announced today that senior management is scheduled to appear at the Merrill Lynch Health Services Investor Conference on Wednesday, November 30, 2005.
The presentation is expected to begin at 10:45 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. All interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast of the presentation by visiting http://www.wellpoint.com and selecting the “Investor Info” link.
To listen to the live webcast, please visit WellPoint’s website at least 15 minutes early to download and install any necessary audio software. Individuals who listen to the webcast will be presumed to have read WellPoint’s most recent filings with the SEC, including but not limited to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the reporting periods of 2005.
About WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint, Inc. is the largest publicly traded commercial health benefits company in terms of membership in the United States. WellPoint, Inc. is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and serves its members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through HealthLink and UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint is available at http://www.wellpoint.com .
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Statements in this press release regarding WellPoint, Inc.'s business which are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.
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CONTACT: Investor Relations: Tami Durle, +1-317-488-6390, Media: JamesKappel, +1-317-488-6400, both of WellPoint, Inc.