We are delighted with UnitedHealth Group ™s decision to purchase our tax-exempt securities. It signals their confidence in the credit-worthiness of our securities and re-affirms their commitment to helping small, rural health care providers like Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District to continue to provide quality health care to its residents, said Alan J. Burgess, CEO of Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District.

UnitedHealth Group is committed to investing in California ™s health care infrastructure to help ensure that all Californians have access to quality care. We are pleased to be able to help Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District meet its community ™s health care needs, and we believe it is essential that Kern County residents continue to have this important health care resource in their community, said Steve Nelson, CEO, Western Region of UnitedHealthcare.

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