US Political Contributions & Related Activity Report
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U.S. Political Contributions & Related Activity Report 2017 Letter from the Chairman The health care environment is rapidly evolving, and federal and state policy-makers continue to seek ways to improve the health care system on behalf of their constituents and the communities they represent. UnitedHealth Group remains an active participant in the political process to provide innovative and proven solutions to enhance the performance of the health system and improve the overall health and well-being of the people we serve and their communities. The UnitedHealth Group PAC is an important component of our overall strategy to engage with elected officials and policy-makers to communicate our perspectives on priority issues and to share with them our diverse capabilities and expertise. The UnitedHealth Group PAC is a nonpartisan political action committee supported by voluntary contributions from eligible employees. The PAC supports federal and state candidates who champion policies that increase affordability and access to quality health care, in accordance with applicable election laws and as overseen by the UnitedHealth Group Board of Directors’ Public Policy Strategies and Responsibility Committee. UnitedHealth Group is committed to advancing solutions with federal and state policy-makers on how best to create a modern, high-performing, simpler health care system, and together, with our workforce of more than 260,000 people, is dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health system work better for everyone. Steve 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 shape and inform public policy decisions that have the potential to impact the quality and delivery of health care that affect our customers, employees, consumers, and the communities in which we operate. We have a 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 result in consistent, high-quality health care at a lower cost and modernize the health care system; › Ensure that all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care coverage; and, › Enact policies that minimize inefficiency and enhance the consumer experience to make the health care system more affordable. 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 “A Modern, High-Performing, Simpler Health Care System,” which contains detailed information about our positions on health care reform and other public policy issues, and “A Path Forward,” which outlines actionable State-based health care market solutions, and are 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 UnitedHealth Group 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, advocacy efforts, 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 2017 U.S. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS & RELATED ACTIVITY REPORT 3 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. 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 2017. 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 2017 by trade associations to which UnitedHealth Group paid dues of $50,000 or more is listed below. 2017 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 Alliance of Health Insurers, U.A. $90,000 $25,200 American Academy of Actuaries $185,455 $1,873 American Academy of Family Physicians $131,114 $13,797 American Academy of Professional Coders $189,778 $905 American Benefits Council $58,000 $13,920 American Medical Group Association $56,313 $2,593 California Association of Physician Groups $175,730 $75,419 Florida Association of Health Plans $140,575 $30,904 Greater Houston Partnership $60,000 $9,000 Medicaid Health Plans of America $250,350 $33,625 National Association of Health Underwriters $78,476 $17,015 National Association of Manufacturers $150,000 $45,000 National Association of Vision Care Plans $101,500 $36,250 National Business Group on Health $96,500 $21 National Health Policy Group $203,727 $152,795 New Jersey Association of Health Plans $71,000 $13,490 Ohio Association of Health Plans $113,939 $49,634 Pharmaceutical Care Management Association $1,175,000 $340,750 Sirona Strategies $50,000 $25,000 Texas Association of Health Plans $138,750 $41,625 US Chamber of Commerce $212,000 $40,500 World 50, Inc. $300,000 $600 GRAND TOTAL $4,028,206 $969,916 2017 U.S. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS & RELATED ACTIVITY REPORT 4 U.S. FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS U.S. Senate Candidates Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) $3,500 Joe Manchin (D-WV) $2,500 Robert Casey (D-PA) $2,500 Claire McCaskill (D-MO) $2,500 Susan Collins (R-ME) $3,500 Christopher Murphy (D-CT) $3,500 Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) $2,500 Bill Nelson (D-FL) $7,500 Jeff Flake (R-AZ) $5,000 Gary Peters (D-MI) $3,000 Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) $2,500 Benjamin Sasse (R-NE) $5,000 Orrin Hatch (R-UT) $2,500 Brian Schatz (D-HI) $2,500 Martin Heinrich (D-NM) $2,500 Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) $2,500 Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) $3,000 Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) $2,500 Mazie Hirono (D-HI) $2,500 Mark Warner (D-VA) $1,000 James Inhofe (R-OK) $2,000 Roger Wicker (R-MS) $1,000 Timothy Kaine (D-VA) $2,500 U.S. Senate PACs 21st Century Majority Fund (R-Isakson) $2,500 Hoosiers First PAC (D-Donnelly) $5,000 Alamo PAC (R-Cornyn) $5,000 Impact (D-Schumer) $5,000 Bluegrass Committee (R-McConnell) $5,000 LOBO PAC (D-Heinrich) $5,000 Citizens for Prosperity in America Today $3,000 Next Century Fund (R-Burr) $5,000 PAC (R-Toomey) Oorah! PAC (R-Young) $5,000 Common Ground PAC (D-Kaine) $2,500 ORRINPAC (R-Hatch) $2,500 Common Sense Colorado (D-Bennet) $5,000 Promoting Our Republican Team PAC $5,000 Common Values PAC (R-Barrasso) $5,000 (R-Portman) Continuing America's Strength and $2,500 Rely On Your Beliefs Fund (R-Blunt) $5,000 Security PAC (R-Cassidy) Republican Majority Fund (R-Cotton) $5,000 Country Roads PAC (D-Manchin) $5,000 Tenn Political Action Committee $2,500 Dakota Prairie PAC (D-Heitkamp) $5,000 (R-Alexander) Freedom Fund (R-Crapo) $5,000 Together Holding Our Majority PAC (R-Tillis) $5,000 Fund for America's Future (R-Graham) $5,000 Tomorrow is Meaningful PAC (R-Scott) $2,500 Granite Values PAC (D-Hassan) $1,000 Treasure State PAC (D-Tester) $5,000 The Hawkeye PAC (R-Grassley) $5,000 Wild and Wonderful PAC (R-Capito) $5,000 HellerHighWater PAC (R-Heller) $2,500 2017 U.S. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS & RELATED ACTIVITY REPORT 5 U.S. FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS U.S. House Candidates Pete Aguilar (D-CA) $5,000 Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) $5,000 Lou Barletta (R-PA) $5,000 Debbie Dingell (D-MI) $1,000 Andy Barr (R-KY) $2,500 Sean Duffy (R-WI) $7,500 Joyce Beatty (D-OH) $1,000 Thomas Emmer (R-MN) $2,500 Ami Bera (D-CA) $7,500 Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) $1,000 Donald Beyer (D-VA) $2,000 John Faso (R-NY) $2,500 Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) $5,000 Bill Flores (R-TX) $5,000 Michael