POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, Michele J. Hooper, hereby authorizes and designates each of
Marianne D. Short, Dannette L. Smith and Faraz A. Choudhry, or any of them,
acting singly with full power of substitution (each, an "attorney-in-fact"),
to sign and file on the undersigned's behalf the Form ID in order to obtain
or manage EDGAR filing codes, and any Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 (including any
amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership
of or transactions in securities of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (the
"Company") at any date following the date hereof.  The authority of each
attorney-in-fact under this Power of Attorney will continue until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with regard
to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of the
Company, unless earlier revoked in writing.  The undersigned hereby revokes
all previous powers of attorney to sign or file on the undersigned's behalf
any Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 with regard to Company securities as of the date
hereof, except that if the undersigned has adopted any Rule 10b5-1 trading
plan to transact in Company securities, any powers of attorney the undersigned
may have granted under the plan to sign or file on the undersigned's behalf
any Form 144 shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with
the terms of the plan.  The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company
nor an attorney-in-fact is assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933.



Date:  12/20/2017



Michele J. Hooper