UnitedHealth Group

Celebs Among First White House Guests

AP| Politics

… Democratic strategist, lobbyist and former House staffer. Elmendorf, whose lobbying clients include Ford Motor Co., UnitedHealth Group and Verizon, attended a June 29 Obama reception and had at least four meetings with others at the White House complex …

Story|10/31/2009

FACT CHECK: Health Insurers' Profits Not So Fat

AP| Politics

… insurance companies did, however, nose out Jack in the Box restaurants, which only achieved a 4 percent margin. UnitedHealth Group , reporting third quarter results last week, saw fortunes improve. It managed a 5 percent profit margin on an …

Story|10/26/2009

Too Much of a Good Thing? Public Health Plan Could Have Huge Advantage in Market

FOXNews.com| Politics

… pay providers using Medicare rates. Though it claims to be editorially independent, The Lewin Group is owned by UnitedHealth Group , leading some critics to question the reliability of its studies. The new insurance exchange would be a standardized …

Story|10/23/2009

Health Insurers Fear Probe By House Dems Is Reprisal for Opposing Part of Obama's Plan

FOXNews.com| Politics

… individual companies to decide whether to turn the records over. Spokesmen for three large insurance companies, Aetna, UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc., confirmed the firms had received the letters but declined comment. FOX News' Carl …

Story|08/19/2009

How much? « Gretawire

GretaWire

… by Revenues in 2008, from the Fortune 1000: 1 UnitedHealth Group 2 WellPoint 3 Aetna 4 Humana 5 Cigna (source ..... value of stock options the CEO exercises, etc. a/ UnitedHealth Group - CEO Stephen J. Hemsley 2008 Salary: $1.3 …

Blogs|08/03/2009

White House Releases List of Health Care Officials Paying Visits

AP| Politics

… pharmaceutical company; May 12. --Jeffrey Kindler, CEO of drugmaker Pfizer Inc.; March 5, May 6 and June 2. -- UnitedHealth Group Inc. chief executive Stephen Hemsley; May 15 and 22. --George Halvorson, head of Kaiser Foundation Health …

Story|07/22/2009

Key Senators Seeking to Overhaul Health Care Have Industry Ties

AP| Politics

… chairman of the Alliance for Health Reform, a Washington nonprofit whose board includes representatives from the UnitedHealth Group health insurance company; AFL-CIO labor union; the AARP, which sells health insurance; St. John Health …

Story|06/13/2009

Dodd Leads Health Care Reform Efforts While Wife Serves on Health Care Boards

AP| Politics

… chairman of the Alliance for Health Reform, a Washington nonprofit whose board includes representatives from the UnitedHealth Group health insurance company; AFL-CIO labor union; the AARP, which sells health insurance; St. John Health …

Story|06/12/2009

Lobbyists Spend Millions Fighting Over Obama's Universal Health Care Plan

FOXNews.com| Politics

… The current system is not acceptable." Among other lobbying groups in the fight: Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group Inc. has spent $1.5 million in the first quarter, up 34 percent from $1.1 million in the same quarter last …

Story|06/11/2009

Stocks could pose conflicts for court prospects

By SHARON THEIMER| AP| Special Sections

… in her financial disclosure report last year included PepsiCo Inc., Johnson & Johnson, American Express Co., UnitedHealth Group Inc., mining conglomerate Rio Tinto, Google Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and General Electric Co. Wood reported …

Story|05/06/2009