WellPoint Announces Appearances at Upcoming Conferences

INDIANAPOLIS, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) announced
today that senior management is scheduled to present at the following
conferences:

-- Citi 2009 Healthcare Services Day on June 3, 2009, at 10:15 a.m.
Eastern
Daylight Time ("EDT"); and

-- Goldman Sachs 30th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on June 10,
2009,
at 11:40 a.m. EDT.

All interested parties are invited to listen to webcasts of the presentations
by visiting www.wellpoint.com and selecting the "Investor Info" link.
Following the presentations, webcast replays will be available at
www.wellpoint.com for two weeks.

To listen to the live webcasts, please visit WellPoint's website at least 15
minutes early to download and install any necessary audio software.
Individuals who listen to the presentations 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, 2008, and its
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the reporting periods of 2009.

About WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint works to simplify the connection between Health, Care and Value. We
help to improve the health of our communities, deliver better care to members,
and provide greater value to our customers and shareholders. WellPoint is the
nation's largest health benefits company, with approximately 35 million
members in its affiliated health plans. As an independent licensee of the Blue
Cross and Blue Shield Association, WellPoint serves 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, New York (as the
Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in 10 New York City metropolitan and
surrounding counties and as the Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee
in selected upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern
Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through UniCare.
Additional information about WellPoint is available at www.wellpoint.com.

SOURCE WellPoint, Inc.

Investor Relations, Michael Kleinman, +1-317-488-6713, Media, Todd Siesky,
+1-317-488-6548, both of WellPoint, Inc.