UnitedHealth Group Reports Record Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2004 Earnings Of $1.09 And $3.94 Per Share

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) achieved record results in the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2004, reported Chairman and CEO William W. McGuire, M.D. today. Results were driven by balanced contributions across the diversified family of UnitedHealth Group businesses, and included strong growth, as manifest by the extension of services to more than 6 million net new consumers across all of the member-based businesses in 2004.