Aetna's Williams sees his pay decline slightly in 2009

Despite a 6 percent pay cut, Aetna CEO Ron Williams' compensation in 2009 was valued at more than $18 million, making his pay package $5 million higher than WellPoint's Angela Braly. Braly, you may recall, was highly criticized for receiving a 51 percent compensation increase from 2008 to 2009 on the heels of controversial rate increases for individual policy holders. FierceHealthPayer