Someone's getting rich off healthcare

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Third quarter earnings for UnitedHealth Group increased 47% from a year ago, up to $698 milllion.

In 2003, UnitedHealth CEO William McGuire received over $94 million in total compensation, ten times what he netted the year before.

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Gary,

This is very shocking especially since everyone is supposed to be worried about health costs. I hope I'll be able to localize this at the paper that I work at.

Best,
Anna

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