Lest anyone think I'm a communist, I want to make it clear that I don't think a single-payor system is the sole solution to the health care problems in the US.
I don't, however, think it's the Bogey Man that many in our business think it is. I have as many horror stories from HMOs as I do from Medicaid, perhaps more. Politics later, perhaps.
In the meantime, we awake the sleeping giants! One intrepid reader forwarded me this awesome piece of information [now pay-per-view] from AISHealth. I went one minor step forward and have actually added up the results. Check the original [ppv] for the details. The next time you're writing that HMO a letter, you might want to reference this data! I thought of making the table all pretty, but I've got work to do!
| Name/Title | Company | Total Compensation | |
| William McGuire, M.D., Former Chairman/CEO (retired Nov. 30, 2006) | UnitedHealth Group | $12,033,514 | |
| Stephen Hemsley , President/CEO | $14,291,799 | ||
| Anthony Marlon, M.D., Chairman/CEO/President | Sierra Health Services, Inc. | $6,482,515 | |
| Jonathon Bunker, Senior Vice President, Managed Healthcare Division | $2,976,320 | ||
| Larry Glasscock, Chairman/President/CEO | WellPoint, Inc. | $19,565,276 | |
| David Colby, Vice Chairman/CFO/Executive Vice President | $7,942,133 | ||
| H. Edward Hanway , Chairman/CEO | CIGNA Corp. | $20,387,623 | |
| Michael Bell, Executive Vice President/CFO | $5,788,915 | ||
| Ronald Williams, Chairman/CEO/President | Aetna, Inc. | $18,504,316 | |
| John Rowe, M.D., Former Chairman/CEO (retired Oct. 1, 2006) | $25,092,722 | ||
| Jay Gellert , President/CEO | Health Net, Inc. | $5,232,780 | |
| Anthony Piszel , Former Executive Vice President/CFO (retired Nov. 10, 2006) | $2,525,753 | ||
| Michael Neidorff , Chairman/CEO | Centene Corp. | $8,046,309 | |
| Karey Witty, Senior Vice President, Health Plan Business | $878,610 | ||
| Michael McCallister , President/CEO | Humana Inc. | $5,255,717 | |
| James Murray, COO | $2,463,741 | ||
| Dale Wolf, CEO | Coventry Health Care, Inc. | $12,937,001 | |
| Thomas McDonough, President | $9,432,787 | ||
| Robert Pollock, President/CEO | Assurant, Inc. | $3,875,204 | |
| Philip Bruce Camacho, Executive Vice President/CFO | $2,862,322 | ||
| J. Mario Molina, M.D., President/CEO | Molina Healthcare, Inc. | $1,000,947 | |
| John Molina, CFO | $844,300 | ||
| Jeffrey McWaters , CEO | AMERIGROUP Corp. | $3,198,382 | |
| James Carlson, President/COO | $2,600,812 | ||
| Herbert Fritch, President/CEO | HealthSpring , Inc. | $1,446,440 | |
| Jeffrey Rothenberger , Executive Vice President/COO | $1,059,440 | ||
| Todd Farha , Chairman/President/CEO | WellCare Health Plans, Inc. | $5,270,825 | |
| Paul Behrens, Senior Vice President/CFO | $984,177 | ||