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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM UNITED
HEALTHCARE CORPORATION FORM 10-K AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE
TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 1,000,000
       
                             
                   YEAR
                          DEC-31-1997
                             JAN-01-1997
                               DEC-31-1997
                                             750
                                     3,291
                                      813
                                        45
                                          0
                                 2,193
                                             714
                                     350
                                   7,623
                            2,570
                                              0
                              500
                                          0
                                             2
                                       4,532
                     7,623
                                         11,563
                                11,794
                                           10,906
                                   11,052
                                   146
                                     0
                                   0
                                    742
                                       282
                                460
                                       0
                                      0
                                            0
                                       460
                                     2.30
                                     2.26