Health Insurance Purchasing Alliances for Small Firms: Lessons from the California Experience
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The California HealthCare Foundation, a private philanthropy based in Oakland, California, was created in 1996 as a result of the conversion of Blue Cross of California, a nonprofit organization, to Wellpoint Health Networks, a for-profit company. The Foundation focuses on critical issues confronting a changing health care marketplace by supporting innovative research, developing model programs, and initiating meaningful policy recommendations in the areas of managed care, California's uninsured, California health policy, health care quality, and public health.
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