the person Bill Clinton chose to be his/our Health and Human Services Secretary - isn't it special that she's aiding, abetting and profitting off our healthcare mess/crisis?
Also, on the Board of Directors is 911 cover up expert Tom Kean
it's a nonpartisan world in corporate america ... they get along just fine in the Board rooms
Board of Directors
James A. Johnson
Douglas W. Leatherdale
William W. McGuire, M.D.
Mary O. Mundinger, Ph.D.
William C. Ballard, Jr.
Richard T. Burke
Stephen J. Hemsley
Donna E. Shalala, Ph.D.
Thomas H. KeanRobert L. Ryan
William G. Spears
Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D.
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731766/000119312506075892/ddef14a.htmside note:
Medicare Rx 'choices' are limited when UnitedHealth IS the AARP plans, has it own UnitedHealth plans, includes the PacifiCare plans (bought out by UnitedHealth in 2005)
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2005/12/19/daily17.html?from_yf=1 ... United Health had merged with Humana (1998) ... of course, Humana has its plans ...
http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/news/rel1998/0713HumanaDate.htm (don't know if they're still part of the same group or not) ... the SecureHorizon ads being shown on TV belongs to Unitedhealth (the backdoor privatization of Medicare
https://www.securehorizons.com/)
happy faces
“After contributing to Medicare over the years, people deserve a quality health plan that is affordable. I love helping people find the right plan for them. It’s not just health care information. It’s people’s lives. And, I care.“ — Kathryn Wilson, SecureHorizons Customer Service Representative
There's that 'affordable' word that's tossed about a lot.
Bart Starr has been a SecureHorizons member for over a year the website says.
Mr. Ballard has been Of Counsel to Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC, a law firm in Louisville, Kentucky, since June 1992. In 1992, Mr. Ballard retired after serving 22 years as the Chief Financial Officer and a director of
Humana, Inc., a company operating managed health care facilities. Mr. Ballard is also a director of
Health Care REIT, Inc.(Health Care REIT, Inc. is a self-administered, equity real estate investment trust that invests across the full spectrum of senior housing and health care real estate including independent living / continuing care retirement communities, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals and medical office buildings.)
Mr. Burke has been a member of our Board of Directors since our inception and was Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealthcare, Inc., our predecessor corporation, until February 1988. From 1995 until February 2001, Mr. Burke was the owner, Chief Executive Officer and Governor of the Phoenix Coyotes, a National Hockey League team. Mr. Burke is also a director of First Cash Financial Services, Inc., and Meritage Homes Corporation.
Mr. Hemsley is our President and Chief Operating Officer and has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 2000. Mr. Hemsley joined the Company in May 1997 as Senior Executive Vice President. He became Chief Operating Officer in September 1998 and was named President in May 1999.
Mr. Johnson has been the Vice Chairman of
Perseus LLC, a private merchant banking and investment firm, since April 2001. From January 2000 until April 2001, Mr. Johnson served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Capital Partners, a private investment company. From January 1999 until December 1999, Mr. Johnson was the Chairman of the Executive Committee of
Fannie Mae, a federally-chartered financial services company providing products and services related to home mortgages. From 1990 until January 1999, Mr. Johnson served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fannie Mae.
Mr. Johnson is also a director of Gannett Co., Inc., The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., KB Home, Target Corporation, and Temple-Inland, Inc.Shalala is a Director of Gannett, too.
Mr. Kean is the retired President of Drew University in New Jersey, where he served in such capacity from February 1990 until July 2005. Mr. Kean currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. From December 2002 until August 2004, Mr. Kean served as Chair of the 9/11 Commission,
an independent, bipartisan commission which prepared a complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and provided recommendations designed to guard against future attacks. Mr. Kean served as the Governor of the State of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990. From 1968 to 1977, Mr. Kean served in the New Jersey State Assembly, including two years in the position of Speaker. Mr. Kean is also a director of
Amerada Hess Corporation, Aramark Corporation, CIT Group Inc., Franklin Resources, Inc., and The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.(He became chairman of the board of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a health-care charity, in 2005. The United Health Foundation gave it $80,000 in 2004. Back-scratching? Director Wilensky is an adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.)
Mr. Leatherdale is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The St. Paul Companies, Inc., where he served in such capacity from 1990 until October 2001. The St. Paul Companies, Inc. is an insurance, financial and general business corporation. Mr. Leatherdale is also a director of Xcel Energy, Inc.
Dr. McGuire is the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer. Dr. McGuire joined the Company as Executive Vice President in November 1988 and became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1991. Dr. McGuire also served as our Chief Operating Officer from May 1989 to June 1995 and as our President from November 1989 until May 1999.
Dr. Mundinger has been the Dean of the School of Nursing at Columbia University in New York since January 1986 and Centennial Professor of Health Policy at the School of Nursing since July 1994. Dr. Mundinger has also been Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine at Columbia University since January 1986. Dr. Mundinger is also a director of
Cell Therapeutics, Inc., and Gentiva Health Services, Inc.(Gentiva Health Services, Inc. is the nation's largest provider of comprehensive home health and related services; Director Wilensky is, also, a Gentiva Board member)
Mr. Ryan is the retired Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Medtronic, Inc., a leading medical technology company specializing in implantable and invasive therapies, where he served in such capacity from 1993 until April 2005. Mr. Ryan is also a director of
Hewlett Packard Company, The Black & Decker Corporation, and General Mills, Inc.Dr. Shalala has been the President of the University of Miami in Florida since June 2001. From January 2001 until June 2001, Dr. Shalala was a Visiting Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Public Service at
Brookings Institution, an
independent non-partisan organization devoted to research, analysis, education and publication of certain public policy issues. Dr. Shalala served as the U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services from January 1993 until January 2001. From 1987 to 1993, Dr. Shalala served as the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and from 1980 until 1986, she was the President of Hunter College in New York. From March 1977 to July 1980, Dr. Shalala served as Assistant Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dr.
Shalala is also a director of Gannett Co., Inc., and Lennar Corporation.Mr. Spears has been the Senior Principal of Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC, an investment counseling and management firm, since June 1999. Mr. Spears was the Chairman of the Board of Spears, Benzak, Salomon & Farrell, Inc., an investment counseling and management firm, from 1972 until 1999. In April 1995, Spears, Benzak, Salomon & Farrell became a wholly owned subsidiary of KeyCorp, a financial services company. Mr. Spears is also a director of Avatar Holdings, Inc.
Dr. Wilensky has been a senior fellow at
Project HOPE, an international health foundation, since 1993.
From May 2001 to May 2003, she was the Co-Chair of the President’s Task Force to Improve Health Care for our Nation’s Veterans. From 1997 to 2001 she was also Chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. From 1992 to 1993,
Dr. Wilensky served as the Deputy Assistant to President George H.W. Bush for policy development, and from 1990 to 1992, she was the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (now known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) directing the Medicaid and Medicare programs for the United States. Dr. Wilensky is also a director of Cephalon, Inc.,
Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Manor Care, Inc., Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, and SRA International Inc.
The Ties That May Have Tied the Directors' Hands
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992076.htm