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Unitedhealth Group Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Tuesday, 2/12/19, at 5:16pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  731766-19-5   ·   File #:  1-10864

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 2/12/19  Unitedhealth Group Inc            10-K       12/31/18  104:17M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                (Parentheticals)                                                 
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                Significant Accounting Policies (Notes)                          
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27: R12         Fair Value (Notes)                                  HTML    150K 
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                Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)                       
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                Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)                         
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                Significant Accounting Policies (Details)                        
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                Significant Accounting Policies Useful lives for                 
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58: R43         Basis of Presentation, Uses of Estimates and        HTML     55K 
                Significant Accounting Policies Redeemable                       
                Noncontrolling Interests (Details)                               
59: R44         Investments (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     42K 
60: R45         Investments (Short-Term and Long-Term Investments)  HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R46         Investments (Amortized Cost and Fair Value of       HTML    103K 
                Available-for-Sale Debt Securities by Contractual                
                Maturity) (Details)                                              
62: R47         Investments (Fair Value of Available-For-Sale       HTML     66K 
                Investments with Gross Unrealized Losses by                      
                Investment Type and Length of Time That Individual               
                Securities Have Been in a Continuous Unrealized                  
                Loss Position) (Details)                                         
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                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis)                     
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                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis)                     
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                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
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                Carrying Amount of Goodwill by Reporting Segment                 
                (Details)                                                        
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                value, accumulated amortization and net carrying                 
                value of intangible assets (Details)                             
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                useful lives assigned to finite-lived intangible                 
                assets acquired in business combinations (Details)               
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                Expense relating to Intangible Assets (Details)                  
73: R58         Medical Costs Payable (Narrative) (Details)         HTML     30K 
74: R59         Medical Costs Payable Rollforward (Details)         HTML     54K 
75: R60         Medical Costs Payable, Incurred and Paid Medical    HTML     45K 
                Cost Development (Details)                                       
76: R61         Commercial Paper and Long-Term Debt (Narrative)     HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
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                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
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                Liabilities (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Activity) (Details)                                              
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                Compensation Data (Details)                                      
90: R75         Share-Based Compensation (Share-Based Compensation  HTML     49K 
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Payments (Details)                                               
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                (Details)                                                        
94: R79         Segment Financial Information (Details)             HTML    124K 
95: R80         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML     69K 
96: R81         Schedule I (Details)                                HTML     42K 
97: R82         Schedule I Condensed Balance Sheets (Details)       HTML    112K 
98: R83         Schedule I Balance Sheet Document (Details)         HTML     51K 
99: R84         Schedule I Condensed Statement of Comprehensive     HTML     72K 
                Income (Details)                                                 
100: R85         Schedule I Statement of Cash Flows (Details)        HTML    107K  
101: R86         Schedule I Maturities of Commercial Paper and       HTML     51K  
                Long-Term Debt (Details)                                         
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