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2. UnitedHealth Group - Wikipedia

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   UnitedHealth Group has origins dating back to late 1974 with the founding of Minnesota-based Charter Med Incorporated by Richard Taylor Burke. It originally processed claims for doctors at the Hennepin County Medical Society. [4] United HealthCare Corporation was founded in 1977 to purchase Charter Med and create a network-based health plan for ...

3. Optum - Wikipedia

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   US$ 226.6 billion (2023) [1] Parent. UnitedHealth Group. Website. www.optum.com /en /. Optum, Inc. is an American healthcare company that provides technology services, pharmacy care services (including a pharmacy benefit manager) and various direct healthcare services. Optum was formed as a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group in 2011 by merging ...

4. Richard T. Burke - Wikipedia

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   Richard T. Burke is a businessman and the founder of UnitedHealth Group, a large managed healthcare and insurance company. [1] He has been characterized as both a "visionary" and "personifying what was wrong with managed care." [2] Burke was also an avid hockey fan and was responsible for the Winnipeg Jets move to become the Arizona Coyotes. [1]

5. William W. McGuire - Wikipedia

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   William McGuire (born 1948) [1] is an American healthcare executive best known for his tenure as chairman and chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group from 1991 until his resignation in 2006, while under investigation for securities fraud, for which he would later settle out of court. He also owns Minnesota United FC, Minnesota's ...

6. Stephen J. Hemsley - Wikipedia

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   Stephen J. Hemsley. Stephen J. Hemsley (born 1952) is chair of the board and former chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group Inc. In August 2017, UnitedHealth announced that Hemsley would be stepping down after more than a decade as CEO and starting a newly created role of executive chairman of the board. [1]

7. Health insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, health insurance helps pay for medical expenses through privately purchased insurance, social insurance, or a social welfare program funded by the government. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Synonyms for this usage include "health coverage", "health care coverage", and "health benefits". In a more technical sense, the term "health insurance ...

8. Andrew Witty - Wikipedia

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   Andrew Witty. Sir Andrew Philip Witty (born 22 August 1964) [1] is a British business executive, who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of UnitedHealth Group. He was the CEO of GlaxoSmithKline between 2008 and 2017. He formerly held the role of chancellor of the University of Nottingham.

9. Medicare (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Medicare is a federal health insurance program in the United States for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities, including those with end stage renal disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). It was begun in 1965 under the Social Security Administration and is now administered by the Centers ...