UnitedHealth Group Schedules First Quarter Results Earnings Release and Conference Call for April 18, 2006

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) will release its firstquarter 2006 financial results on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 before themarket opens. Following the earnings press release, Chairman and CEOWilliam W. McGuire, M.D. will discuss the company's first quarterresults, as well as the company's strategy and future outlook, in ateleconference with analysts and investors. UnitedHealth Group willhost a live webcast of this conference call at 8:45 a.m. EDT from theInvestor Relations page of the company's web site(www.unitedhealthgroup.com). The webcast replay will be available onthe same site for one week following the live call. The conferencecall replay can also be accessed by dialing 1-800-642-1687, conferenceID # 6667723.

UnitedHealth Group (www.unitedhealthgroup.com) is a diversifiedhealth and well-being company dedicated to making health care workbetter. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., UnitedHealth Group offersa broad spectrum of products and services through six operatingbusinesses: UnitedHealthcare, Ovations, AmeriChoice, Uniprise,Specialized Care Services and Ingenix. Through its family ofbusinesses, UnitedHealth Group serves approximately 65 millionindividuals nationwide.