Managing Health Care: Articles & Tips | Aetna

Living Healthy | Aetna

About Us & Company Information | Aetna

Legal notices | Aetna

Find a Doctor, Dentist or Hospital | Aetna

Resources & Support for Health Care Providers | Aetna

Prescription Drug Insurance Plans & Coverage from Aetna | Pharmacy Benefit Plans for Individuals & Families

Women’s Health Insurance Coverage & Resources | Aetna

Health Resources & Articles | Aetna

Individual & Family Health Insurance Plans & Coverage | Aetna

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

September 2025

August 2025

Aetna

	Title / URL	Issues
	Managing Health Care: Articles & Tips \| Aetnawww.aetna.com/health-guide/managing-health.html	33
	Living Healthy \| Aetnawww.aetna.com/health-guide/living-healthy.html	31
	About Us & Company Information \| Aetnawww.aetna.com/about-us.html	17
	Legal notices \| Aetnawww.aetna.com/legal-notices.html	12
	Find a Doctor, Dentist or Hospital \| Aetnawww.aetna.com/individuals-families/find-a-doctor.html	11
	Resources & Support for Health Care Providers \| Aetnawww.aetna.com/health-care-professionals.html	11
	Prescription Drug Insurance Plans & Coverage from Aetna \| Pharmacy Benefit Plans for Individuals & Familieswww.aetna.com/individuals-families/pharmacy.html	10
	Women’s Health Insurance Coverage & Resources \| Aetnawww.aetna.com/individuals-families/womens-health.html	10
	Health Resources & Articles \| Aetnawww.aetna.com/health-guide.html	9
	Individual & Family Health Insurance Plans & Coverage \| Aetnawww.aetna.com/individuals-families.html	9

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Aetna

Where this issue has occurred