Lobbying

Unitedhealth Group UNH's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $2.6M. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $9.3M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Health Issues and Medicare/Medicaid.

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Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$9.3M
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Unitedhealth Group lobbying by quarter
Unitedhealth Group lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$2.2M9
Q1 2023$3.9M9
Q2 2023$2.8M9
Q3 2023$2.2M9
Q4 2023$2.2M9
Q1 2024$3.1M10
Q2 2024$1.9M9
Q3 2024$2.1M9
Q4 2024$2.3M10
Q1 2025$4.8M11
Q2 2025$4.5M11
Q3 2025$2.3M11
Q4 2025$3.3M10
Q1 2026$3.5M10
Q2 2026$2.6M9
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Health issues$13.4M · 128 reports
  • Medicare and Medicaid$10.9M · 96 reports
  • Pharmacy$8.7M · 46 reports
  • Veterans$5.7M · 16 reports
  • Banking$3.2M · 7 reports
  • Financial institutions and securities$1.1M · 7 reports
  • Intelligence and surveillance$313.3K · 1 reports
  • Taxation$160K · 6 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$147.5K · 8 reports
  • Defense$72.5K · 6 reports
  • Labor, antitrust and workplace$30K · 1 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES143 reports
  • SENATE141 reports
  • Executive Office of the President (EOP)26 reports
  • Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)22 reports
  • White House Office21 reports
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)17 reports
  • Office of Management & Budget (OMB)9 reports
  • Labor, Dept of (DOL)5 reports
  • Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)4 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseUnitedhealth Group$33.5M15 quarters
Avenue Solutions$1.4M15 quarters
Fierce Government Relations$1.4M15 quarters
Avoq$1.4M15 quarters
Penn Avenue Partners$1.3M14 quarters
Thegroup DC$1.3M15 quarters
Axadvocacy Government Relations$840K10 quarters
Splitoak Strategies$640K9 quarters
Guidepoststrategies$630K7 quarters
Alston & Bird$480K6 quarters
MWR Consulting$475K12 quarters
Cassidy & Associates$290K6 quarters
Sternhell Group$220K6 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
ALEXANDER LARGEDirector of Coalitions and Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Veterans' AffairsQ2 2026
JAMES WILLIAMSSen. Finance Cmte: Sr Tax/Econ Policy Adv & Tax/IRS Subcmte Staff Dir | Sen. Thune: Sr Policy/Tax/Trade Policy Adv | Sen. Roberts: Dep Leg Dir/Sr Econ Policy Adv | Sen. Hatch: Dep Leg Dir/Sr Policy Adv | Rep. Marchant: Leg Dir/Sr Policy AdvQ2 2026
JEFFREY BILLMANChief of Staff, Rep. Ronny Jackson; Dep. Chief of Staff, Rep. Kevin Brady; Dep. Chief of Staff, Rep. Kevin Hern; Dep. Chief of Staff, Rep. Peter Roskam; Legis. Asst., Rep. Peter Roskam; Spec. Asst. to Chief Dep. Whip Peter RoskamQ2 2026
ROBERT BABCOCK jrSenior Legislative Assistant/Legislative Assistant, Congressman Steve King; Legislative Aide/Legislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison; Regional Administrator, GSA Greater Southwest RegionQ2 2026
JAY SULZMANNLegislative Director/Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Johnny Isakson; Sr. Policy Advisor/LA/LC/SA, Rep. Wally HergerQ1 2026
TIMOTHY FARRELL HANNEGANU.S. General Accounting OfficeQ1 2026
JACOBUS VREEBURGHouse Homeland Sec. Cmte.-Staff Asst., Dep. Parl., Parl., Rep. Messer-Leg. Dir., House Rep. Policy Cmte.-Staff Dir., NSC-Staff Officer, Acting Dep. Exec. Sec., Dep. Exec. Sec., House Rep. Conference-Policy Dir., Rep. Stefanik-Policy Dir., USUN-W-Dir.Q3 2025
LINDSEY SEIDMANR Clerk - Sen Approps LHHS Subcmte (Sen. Capito); R Dep Staff Dir - Sen HELP Cmte (Sen. Burr); R Dep Staff Dir/Sr Policy Adv - Sen HELP Cmte (Sen. Alexander); Professional Staff - Sen Rules Cmte (Sen. Alexander); LA/Corr Dir/LC -Sen. AlexanderQ2 2025
MARK W. RODGERSWorkforce Policy Coordinator, House Education & Workforce Comm; Director Government Relations, Smithsonian InstitutionQ2 2025
PATRICK CLIFTONSpecial Asst. to the President for Operations, Executive Office of the President, President Donald J. Trump (17-19).Q2 2025
DAVID CLEARYRepublican Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Chief of Staff, Sen. Lamar Alexander; Professional Staff, House Education and Workforce Committee.Q1 2025
KATE BEAULIEULegislative Aide, Senator David VitterQ1 2025
MATTHEW FUENTESLA - Senate Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer; LA - Senate Democratic Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer; Legislative Aide - Sen. Chuck Schumer; Research Assistant - Senate Finance Committee (Sen. Ron Wyden)Q1 2025
STEVE CHARTANLobbyist no longer actively lobbying as of 1/24/25Q1 2025
MICHAEL BAINProfessional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations; Staff Assistant, U.S. Senate Committee on AppropriationsQ4 2024
SARAH KUEHL EGGELegislative Assistant to Senator Bob Kerrey; Senior Budget Analyst for Democratic staff of the Senate Budget Committee (Sen. Kent Conrad); Deputy Staff Director, Joint Select Committee on Deficit ReductionQ4 2024
AMY JENSENAssistant to the Speaker for Policy; Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Legislative Assistant; Policy AnalystQ3 2024
JERR ROSENBAUMLegislative Director, Senator John Cornyn; Chief of Staff, Rep. Robert Hurt; Chief of Staff, Rep. Jack Kingston; Chief of Staff, Rep. Virgil GoodeQ4 2023
KRISTEN ELIZABETH SHATYNSKIProfessional Staff, House E&C Committee to Cathy McMorris Rodgers (2021-22) & Greg Walden (2017-21); Leg. Asst., Rep. Greg Walden, 4/2015-1/2017; Leg. Asst., Rep. Jackie Walorski, 10/2013-4/2015; Leg. Asst., Rep. Devin Nunes, 10/2012-10/2013Q2 2023
CAITLIN CANTERRep. Nunes, Staff Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Deputy COS, InternQ4 2022
CHRISTINA MCGARRY DAVIDLegislative Assistant / Scheduler, Rep. Mario Diaz-BalartQ4 2022

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/20for Q2Alston & Bird$80K
07/20for Q2Avoq$90K
07/20for Q2In-house$1.9M
07/20for Q2Thegroup DC$90K
07/20for Q2Avenue Solutions$120K
07/20for Q2Axadvocacy Government Relations$90K
07/20for Q2Fierce Government Relations$120K
07/19for Q2Guidepoststrategies$90K
07/09for Q2Cassidy & Associates$50K
04/20for Q1Alston & Bird$80K
04/20for Q1Avoq$90K
04/20for Q1Thegroup DC$90K
04/20for Q1Avenue Solutions$100K
04/20for Q1Guidepoststrategies$90K
04/20for Q1In-house$2.7M
04/20for Q1Fierce Government Relations$100K
04/20for Q1Axadvocacy Government Relations$90K
04/16for Q1Cassidy & Associates$50K
04/02for Q1Penn Avenue Partners$90K
02/24for Q4 2025Penn Avenue Partners$90K