California Health Carriers

Anthem Blue Cross has long history of offering health insurance to Individuals and Families in California.  Now within the Elevance family of companies, it remains very  competitive in the health insurance marketplace.  Anthem Blue Cross is an independent member of the Blue Cross Association and is a for profit company.

Blue Shield of California, a not for profit company, is California based to offer health insurance exclusively to California residences.  Blue Shield of CA is an Independent member of the Blue Shield Association.

Kaiser Perrmanente, a not for profit company, is a leading Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)  headquartered in Oakland, California.  Now operating in 8 states and DC, they offer integrated health care across their many facilities and hospitals.

Health Net, now within the Centene family of companies, was founded in California. They offer a board range of Individual & Family health plans, both HMO and PPO.

Sutter Health is a hospital system in California that created their own Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) several year ago.  Offering health plans using the Sutter Health network of facilaties and hospitals exclusively, they have become a competitive alternative to other HMO organizations.

Western Health Advantage, a not for profit company, is based in Sacramento CA and offers Individuals and Families a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) to several northern California counties, spreading form Sacramento to Marin.