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REPORT 2018U.S. Political Contributions & Related Activity LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN The 300,000 employees of UnitedHealth Group are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the 141 million people we are privileged to serve, one person and one health system at a time. Health care remains an extremely important and deeply personal priority for Federal and State policy-makers, and the constituents and communities they represent. UnitedHealth Group values the opportunity to participate meaningfully in the ongoing national conversation about health care and to share proven solutions and best practices that aim to address the total cost of care, advance health care quality and outcomes, and improve the health care experience for everyone. The UnitedHealth Group PAC is one element of our comprehensive efforts to engage elected officials and communicate the breadth and scope of our Enterprise’s capabilities and expertise to help solve complex health care challenges. The UnitedHealth Group PAC is a nonpartisan political action committee funded entirely by voluntary contributions from eligible employees to support Federal and State candidates, political parties, and other political action committees who champion policies that increase affordability and access to quality health care. All PAC contributions and corporate contributions are made in accordance with applicable election laws and overseen by the UnitedHealth Group Board of Directors’ Public Policy Strategies and Responsibility Committee. UnitedHealth Group is committed to advancing actionable policy solutions with Federal and State policy-makers on how best to create a modern, high-performing, simpler health care system, and delivering on our mission of helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health system work better for everyone. Stephen M. Heyman UnitedHealth Group PAC Chairman Senior Vice President of External Affairs POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITY UnitedHealth Group’s mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. UnitedHealth Group engages in efforts to help shape and inform public policy decisions that have the potential to improve the quality and delivery of health care and that affect our customers, employees, consumers, and the communities in which we operate. We have a corporate responsibility to our customers, our employees, our shareholders, and the people we serve across the health care community to continue to: › Foster innovative solutions that produce consistent, high-quality health care at a lower cost and improve consumer satisfaction with a sustainable health care system; › Ensure that all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care coverage; and › Support and develop proven best practices and apply information and technology to support a more modern health care system. ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND PRIORITIES UnitedHealth Group engages in activities to advocate for our positions on public policy issues with elected officials and other stakeholders at the International, Federal, State, and Local levels – issues that affect our company, shareholders, employees, and customers. Our goal is to help shape and inform public policy decisions that have the potential to affect our business, customers, employees, consumers, and the communities in which we operate, and accomplish our mission of helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health system work better for everyone. Our legislative and advocacy priorities at the Federal and State levels are set forth in The Path Forward: A Modern, High-Performing, Simpler Health Care System, which outlines actionable policy solutions to most effectively expand access to coverage, lower health care costs, and provide quality outcomes, and is available on our website. Our lobbying disclosure reports filed with the U.S. Congress are available at http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldsearch.aspx. PROCEDURES AND BOARD AND MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT Advocacy efforts are led by External Affairs with participation throughout our businesses, and are subject to oversight by senior UHG management and the Public Policy Strategies and Responsibility Committee of our Board of Directors. In addition to overseeing our advocacy efforts, the Public Policy Strategies and Responsibility Committee assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities relating to our public policy, health care reform and modernization activities, political contributions, government affairs, community and charitable activities, third party activities (including trade associations and industry groups), and corporate social responsibility, and is responsible for overseeing the risks associated with these activities. The Committee receives regular reports from our leadership on these matters, oversees our policies, and reviews the purposes and benefits of these activities at each meeting. The Committee provides reports of its activities to our Board of Directors at each in-person meeting. 2018 U.S. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS & RELATED ACTIVITY REPORT 3 Our activities include the work of educational outreach and promotion, campaign contributions, and, in certain instances, lobbying and other related activities. These activities are reviewed by legal counsel in addition to the Public Policy Strategies and Responsibility Committee and are included in the total annual fiscal budget, which is subject to the approval and oversight of our Board of Directors. UnitedHealth Group made no independent expenditures in 2018. The Public Policy Strategies and Responsibility Committee adopted a political contributions policy which we have made available on our website at www.unitedhealthgroup.com/About/CorporateGovernance.aspx. The political contributions policy summarizes the policies and procedures that we follow with respect to political contributions. NON-DEDUCTIBLE TRADE ASSOCIATION DUES The portion of dues allocated to non-deductible political activities in 2018 by trade associations to which UnitedHealth Group paid dues of $50,000 or more is listed below: 2018 Trade Association Dues of $50,000 or More and Attributed Political Expenses Portion of dues attributed to Entity Amount of Dues Paid non-deductible lobbying American Academy of Actuaries $221,227 $2,140 American Academy of Family Physicians $116,364 $15,179 American Academy of Professional Coders $113,774 $1,019 American Association of Nurse Practitioners $123,027 $6,035 American College of Physicians $97,363 $4,309 Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness $270,720 $44,940 California Association of Health Plans $51,582 $7,737 California Association of Physician Groups / $235,468 $90,586 America's Physician Groups Federation of Iowa Insurers $94,500 $26,895 Florida Association of Health Plans $140,000 $36,000 Greater Houston Partnership $60,000 $9,000 Medicaid Health Plans of America $125,000 $16,813 Metro Hartford Alliance $124,500 $1,494 Michigan Association of Health Plans $144,100 $62,539 Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry $100,000 $18,080 National Association of Dental Plans $57,177 $11,950 National Association of Health Underwriters $52,686 $8,916 National Association of Manufacturers $320,000 $83,200 National Business Group on Health $61,500 $175 New Jersey Association of Health Plans $175,000 $36,750 Pharmaceutical Care Management Association $3,865,487 $946,308 Special Needs Plan Alliance, Inc. $245,717 $184,288 Texas Association of Health Plans $75,000 $22,500 U.S. Chamber of Commerce $400,000 $100,000 World 50, Inc. $111,000 $610 GRAND TOTAL $7,381,193 $1,737,463 2018 U.S. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS & RELATED ACTIVITY REPORT 4 U.S. FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES Lamar Alexander (R-TN) $2,500 Timothy Kaine (D-VA) $5,000 Mike Braun (R-IN) $2,500 Angus King (I-ME) $1,000 Thomas Carper (D-DE) $2,500 Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) $5,000 William Cassidy (R-LA) $2,500 Mike Lee (R-UT) $2,500 John Cornyn (R-TX) $2,500 Joe Manchin (D-WV) $2,500 Mike Crapo (R-ID) $2,500 Mitch McConnell (R-KY) $10,000 Ted Cruz (R-TX) $2,500 Christopher Murphy (D-CT) $2,500 Debra Fischer (R-NE) $2,500 Gary Peters (D-MI) $1,000 Cory Gardner (R-CO) $10,000 Mike Rounds (R-SD) $5,000 Joshua Hawley (R-MO) $5,000 Tim Scott (R-SC) $2,500 Dean Heller (R-NV) $7,500 Tina Smith (D-MN) $2,500 Johnny Isakson (R-GA) $2,500 Daniel Sullivan (R-AK) $2,500 Ron Johnson (R-WI) $2,500 Todd Young (R-IN) $5,000 Doug Jones (D-AL) $7,500 U.S. SENATE PACs 21st Century Majority Fund (R-Isakson) $5,000 Getting Stuff Done PAC (D-Sinema) $5,000 A New Direction PAC (D-Shaheen) $2,500 Granite Values PAC (D-Hassan) $5,000 Alamo PAC (R-Cornyn) $5,000 Hawkeye PAC (R-Grassley) $2,500 All For Our Country Leadership PAC $5,000 Heartland Values PAC (R-Thune) $2,500 (D-Cortez Masto) HOOPS (D-Wyden) $2,500 Badlands PAC (R-Cramer) $2,500 Hoosiers First PAC (D-Donnelly) $5,000 Believe In America PAC (R-Romney) $2,500 Impact (D-Schumer) $5,000 Bluegrass Committee (R-McConnell) $5,000 LOBO PAC (D-Heinrich) $1,000 Common Sense Colorado (D-Bennet) $5,000 M-PAC (D-Murray) $2,500 Common Values PAC (R-Barrasso) $5,000 Making A Responsible Stand For $2,500 Continuing America's Strength and $5,000 Households In America PAC (R-Blackburn) Security PAC (R-Cassidy) Motor City PAC (D-Peters) $2,000 Country Roads PAC (D-Manchin) $5,000 Moving America Forward (D-Nelson) $2,500 Dakota PAC (R-Hoeven) $5,000 Next Century Fund (R-Burr) $5,000 Dakota Prairie PAC (D-Heitkamp) $5,000 Oorah! 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