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Covered California is the health insurance marketplace. Kaiser Permanente and Blue Shield of California had about two-thirds of the market share as of 2018. [11] In 2017 Anthem stopped selling on the exchange. [12]
Blue Shield of California is a mutual benefit corporation and health plan [6] [7] founded in 1939 by the California Medical Association. It is based in Oakland, California, and serves 4.5 million health plan members and more than 65,000 physicians across the state. Blue Shield of California was founded as a not-for-profit organization.
In 1995, The Associated Group acquired Community Mutual Insurance, a provider of Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance plans in Ohio with over 1.9 million policy holders), then set up Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. [16] [17] In 1996, The Associated Group changed its name to Anthem Insurance Company. [17]
Proposition 35 would spell out how the tax on health insurance providers like Anthem Blue Cross and L.A. Care, known as managed care organizations, can be used.
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L.A. Care is governed by a 13-member stakeholder Board of Governors representing consumers, community clinics, physicians, hospitals, federally-qualified health centers, children's health care providers, and the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Two of the seats are held by consumers who are elected by L.A. Care enrollees.
Enrollment started on October 1, 2013; [9] during the first month of operation, 35,364 people enrolled in health plans offered through Covered California, more than were enrolled through the website for the federal exchange (HealthCare.gov) in the same period. [10] As of November 2013, over 360,000 people had completed applications. [11]