Salary of United Health CEO $124.8 million

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United Health CEO earned $124.8 million in 2005

February 14, 2006 in _Current Events_

(http://healthcare-economist.com/category/current/) , _Health Insurance_

(http://healthcare-economist.com/category/health-insurance/)

_Forbes_ (http://www.forbes.com/static/pvp2005/LIRRI3M.html) magazine

reports that W. McGuire, CEO of UnitedHealth Group) received

compensation

of $124.8 million in 2005. _Managed Care Magazine_

(http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0109/0109.compmon.html) also says that

the average executive

compensation (excluding unexercised stock options) for an executive of a ‘top

10 for profit health plan’ was $11.7 million and that was back in 2000.