POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, D. Ellen Wilson, 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: 12/11/2017
D. Ellen Wilson
