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                                                             Exhibit 23.b

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of Conseco, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 333-00000), of our report dated
March 26, 2001 relating to the financial statements and financial statement
schedules, which appears in Conseco, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2000.


                                                  /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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                                                      PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Indianapolis, Indiana
August 22, 2001


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