McGuire of UnitedHealth Group - highest paid CEO in Minnesota

http://www.startribune.com/stories/1700/4760750.html

There is something terribly wrong when so many people lack access to health care while a CEO of a company that provides health insurance makes 94 million. One has to wonder how well UnitedHealth compensate the real health care providers: doctors, nurses, technicians, pharmacists, and others.

...are making billions in profits. The whole health-care insurance business is corrupt and rotten and needs a major overhaul.

Nice and slow and for a profit. He deserves to be sitting in Oak Park Heights.

Bill and Nadine. Who'd a thunk it?

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=mcguire&txtState=MN&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N

MCGUIRE WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP/CEO
12/3/2001
$1,000
Northup, Anne M

MCGUIRE, BILL
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTHCARE
9/26/2003
$2,000
Ryan, Jack

MCGUIRE, BILL
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
6/29/2001
($1,000)
Coleman, Norm

MCGUIRE, BILL
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
6/12/2001
$2,000
Coleman, Norm

MCGUIRE, BILL
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
6/29/2001
$1,000
Coleman, Norm


MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOUSEWIFE
9/26/2003
$2,000
Ryan, Jack

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
3/1/2002
$1,000
Ramstad, Jim

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
9/9/2002
$1,000
Kennedy, Mark

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER/HOMEMAKER
11/4/2002
$1,000
Kline, John

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOUSEWIFE
9/30/2002
$1,000
Talent, James M

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
VOLUNTEER
6/29/2001
($1,000)
Coleman, Norm

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
9/15/2000
($500)
Ciresi, Michael V

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
12/22/1999
$500
Ciresi, Michael V

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
9/5/2000
$1,000
Ramstad, Jim

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
10/18/2000
$1,000
Kline, John P Jr

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
3/1/2002
$1,000
Ramstad, Jim

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
9/9/2002
$1,000
Kennedy, Mark

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
10/6/2002
$2,000
Hutchinson & Arkansas Victory Cmte

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOUSEWIFE
5/13/2002
$1,000
Talent, James M

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
VOLUNTEER
6/12/2001
$2,000
Coleman, Norm

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
VOLUNTEER
6/29/2001
$1,000
Coleman, Norm

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
8/19/2000
$1,000
Lazio, Rick A

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
11/6/2000
$1,000
Lazio, Rick A

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
3/29/2000
$500
Ciresi, Michael V

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
9/5/2000
$1,000
Ramstad, Jim

MCGUIRE, NADINE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
10/18/2000
$1,000
Kline, John P Jr

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
SPOUSE
3/8/2004
$5,000
UnitedHealth Group

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
9/27/2002
$1,000
Cornyn, John

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
9/30/2002
$1,000
Alexander, Lamar

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
12/26/2001
$1,000
Thune, John

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
4/28/2002
$1,000
Thune, John

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
NA/HOUSEWIFE
9/29/2002
$1,000
Fletcher, Ernie

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOUSEWIFE
10/23/2000
$1,000
Fletcher, Ernest

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
9/27/2002
$1,000
Cornyn, John

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
9/30/2002
$1,000
Alexander, Lamar

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
11/25/2002
($1,000)
Cornyn, John

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
3/18/2002
$1,000
Dole, Elizabeth

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
10/4/2002
$1,000
Dole, Elizabeth

MCGUIRE, NADINE M
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
6/30/1999
$1,000
Bush, George W

MCGUIRE, NADINE M MRS
WAYZATA,MN 55391
11/1/2001
$1,000
Johnson, Nancy L

MCGUIRE, NADIRE
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HOMEMAKER
3/29/2000
$500
Ciresi, Michael V

MCGUIRE, SALLY
EDINA,MN 55439
5/24/2001
$1,000
Coleman, Norm

MCGUIRE, SALLY
EDINA,MN 55439
5/30/2001
$1,000
Coleman, Norm

MCGUIRE, SALLY W MRS
EDINA,MN 55435
/ HOMEMAKER
7/26/1999
$1,000
Dole, Elizabeth

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
5/14/2002
($500)
Thompson, Fred

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH CARE/CEO
6/30/2001
$1,000
Gutknecht, Gil

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
5/13/2002
$1,000
Thune, John

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP/CEO
12/6/2001
$1,000
Portman, Rob

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION/CHAIR
3/1/2002
$1,000
Ramstad, Jim

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTHCARE/CEO
11/1/2001
$1,000
Kennedy, Mark

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
9/15/2000
($1,000)
Ciresi, Michael V

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
HEALTH CARE UNITED
10/31/2000
$1,000
Grams, Rod

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH CARE
10/18/2000
$1,000
Kline, John P Jr

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
9/22/1999
$1,000
Giuliani, Rudolph W

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
9/5/2000
$1,000
Ramstad, Jim

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
12/31/2001
$1,000
Ferguson, Mike

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH CARE CORPORATION/PRES
11/4/2002
$1,000
Kline, John

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
5/13/2002
$1,000
Talent, James M

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
9/30/2002
$1,000
Talent, James M

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION/CHAIR
3/1/2002
$1,000
Ramstad, Jim

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTHCARE/CEO
6/29/2001
$1,000
Kennedy, Mark

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP/EXEC.
11/20/2001
$1,000
Foley, Mark

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
6/30/2000
($1,000)
Giuliani, Rudolph W

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
9/30/2000
($100)
Ramstad, Jim

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH CARE
8/23/2000
$1,000
Kline, John P Jr

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH CARE
10/18/2000
$1,000
Kline, John P Jr

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
9/28/1999
$1,000
Giuliani, Rudolph W

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
9/5/2000
$1,000
Ramstad, Jim

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
MINNETONKA,MN 55343
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC./PRESIDENT C
3/3/2004
$5,000
UnitedHealth Group

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
9/27/2002
$1,000
Cornyn, John

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH CARE
12/14/2001
$1,000
Dole, Elizabeth

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
11/19/2001
$1,000
Thune, John

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
9/30/2002
($1,000)
Alexander, Lamar

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
11/24/2002
$1,000
Terrell, Suzanne

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP/CEO-CHAIRMAN
9/29/2002
$1,000
Fletcher, Ernie

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP
12/14/2001
$1,000
Hutchinson, Tim

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
11/6/2000
$1,000
Lazio, Rick A

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
9/23/1999
$1,000
Thomas, Bill

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
10/23/2000
$1,000
Fletcher, Ernest

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
MINNETONKA,MN 55343
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC./PRESIDENT C
11/14/2003
$5,000
UnitedHealth Group

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
5/29/2003
$5,000
National Republican Senatorial Cmte

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
9/27/2002
$1,000
Cornyn, John

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
11/25/2002
($1,000)
Cornyn, John

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH CARE
10/4/2002
$1,000
Dole, Elizabeth

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
9/18/2002
$2,000
Alexander, Lamar

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
9/30/2002
$1,000
Alexander, Lamar

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP/CEO-CHAIRMAN
7/12/2001
$1,000
Fletcher, Ernie

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP
12/7/2001
$1,000
Thompson, Fred

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP
9/30/2002
$1,000
Hutchinson, Tim

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
MINNETONKA,MN 55343
UNITED HEALTHGROUP
7/5/1999
$5,000
UnitedHealth Group

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
6/30/1999
$1,000
Bush, George W

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITED HEALTH GROUP
3/29/2000
$1,000
Ciresi, Michael V

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W
WAYZATA,MN 55391
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP
12/22/1999
$1,000
Ciresi, Michael V

MCGUIRE, WILLIAM W MR
WAYZATA,MN 55391
11/1/2001
$1,000
Johnson, Nancy

Ostensibly, he's a "Democrat"-- at least he was in the primary for the Senate back in 2000. Of course, he is a big corporate attorney, so it wouldn't suprise me if his firm represented a few of these health care "providers" on occassion.

Oh well, just glad that Dayton won the primary, even though the endorsed candidate was my personal choice.

Because that is what it is. Letting 20,000 people die a year that don't have health insurance; is torture. He gets to hid behind Corporate/Facism.

In a truly advanced and (supposedly) moral society, why to we allow corporations and people to make obscene profits off the misery of others?

Why do companies by hospitals for use as "profit centers"?

Why do insurance company CEOs clean up, while most of us keep paying skyrocketing premiums for even smaller amounts of coverage?

Single-payer, universal NON-PROFIT health care is the solution. A publicly-funded, privately delivered health care system is infinately cheaper to administer and will provide greater coverage than what we have now.

It will not only reduce healthcare spending, it will also make it easier for companies to create jobs, too. I've talked to a number of small business owners who would like to hire more people, but they simply can't afford the cost of benefits. So, instead of hiring more permanent workers, they work their existing employees harder, or hire temps.

Conversely, I've also talked to a number of people who'd like to start businesses, but can't afford to give up the benefits they get with their current jobs.

Many international businesses are expanding in Europe instead of the US because they don't have to pay for medical insurance for their employees. This keeps job growth down in our country, while indirectly encouraging it overseas.

As an unemployed person with a "pre-existing" condition that makes me uninsurable to most private plans, I've had my share of piecemeal "programs" and band-aids that supposedly "cover the gap" that I can't cover. Needless to say, they all fall desperately short.

If I were not married, and if my wife's employer didn't agree to cover me, I would not be covered at all. My medications alone cost $300 a month, which is about 1/4 of what I make in unemployment benefits and part-time work. Along with a mortgage and other expenses, I could barely afford them.

Get rid of the insurance companies and HMOs. Create one large insurer, with no duplication of resources, administration and procedures. ANYBODY can go to any doctor s/he chooses. And it will be covered, too.

The time has come for the US to have such a plan. Even Germany has had a national health care plan since the 1890s. Isn't it time the US healthcare system entered the 20th century?

I don't have problems with doctors making money, and nurses, and technicians, and hospitals, and labs.

But these blood peddlers? According to the strib, there were several from this company making a lot of money. Wonder whether there will be a letter, or an editorial, about how many can be covered if these blood suckers compensation be reduced by even 10 percent.