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UnitedHealth Group originated in late 1974, when Minnesota-based Charter Med Incorporated was founded by Richard Taylor Burke. It originally processed claims for doctors at the Hennepin County Medical Society. [5] UnitedHealthcare Corporation was founded in 1977 to purchase Charter Med and create a network-based health plan for seniors. [6]
Burke founded UnitedHealth Group and played a significant role in the development of the HMO and Physicians Health Plan (PHP) while he worked at InterStudy, a think tank focused on health care with Dr. Paul M. Ellwood Jr. [2] [3] [4] Burke took the view that healthcare should be economized and hospital admissions should be limited, sometimes at the protest of doctors.
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