David Cordani leads one of the country’s largest health plans, Bloomfield-based Cigna Corp., and he’s an outspoken proponent of private insurance being the best way to make affordable healthcare coverage more widely available in the U.S.
He’s also not been shy about weighing in on a range of healthcare topics.
During a JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in January he spoke about how Cigna was targeting primary care as a key growth area, including virtual care.
In another interview with Yahoo Finance last month, Cordani defended the role of pharmacy benefit managers, a space Cigna plays in.
He’s also been a strong opponent of public health insurance plans that have been proposed and/or discussed at the national and state levels, including in Connecticut.
Cordani oversees over 4,000 employees in Connecticut and his company has reaffirmed its commitment to Bloomfield by recently completing a multimillion-dollar headquarters renovation, even though a majority of its workforce is still working remotely amid the pandemic.
Cigna lately has also become a more active corporate citizen in the city of Hartford.
It recently offered a $50,000 donation to the city’s “Open Streets” program, an initiative that will clear select roads of vehicle traffic for up to six hours one Sunday per month, allowing residents and visitors to gather, walk, exercise or bike in the area, with the ultimate aim of promoting community health and stimulating business sales.
Cigna also agreed to contribute to a $1.7 million supplemental loan pool designed to help fund private real estate developments in Hartford.