Published: June 16, 2013 - New York Times

Health Care Options

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Health insurance options by state so far

New health

plans on

backgrounds

Created by the Affordable Care Act, these new plans are consumer-operated and -oriented. Only half the states have co-ops; some, like California, have many other options.

• L.A. Care Health Plan

• Contra Costa Health

• Alameda Alliance for Health

Michigan

Insurance of

Health Coop

Cooperative

Insurance

• Sharp Health Plan

• Western Health Advantage

• Ventura County Health Care Plan

• Valley Health Plan

• Kaiser Permanente

• Chinese Community Health Plan**

• Blue Shield of California

• Meridian Health Plan†

• Physicians Health Plan

• Total Health Care

• Rocky Mountain Health Plans

• Kaiser Permanente

• Colorado Health

• Consumers Mutua

• Evergreen

• Maine Community

• Kaiser Permanente

• CareFirst

• Colorado Choice Health Plans

• United Health

• United Health Group

(All Savers Insurance)

• Coventry (Aetna)

• Priority Health

• McLaren Health Plan

• Health Alliance Plan

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

• Humana

• Aetna

• WellPoint

(Anthem Blue Cross)

• WellPoint

(Anthem Blue Cross)

• Humana

• Cigna

• Molina Health Care

• Molina Health Care

• WellPoint

(Anthem Blue Cross)

• Health Net

MICHIGAN

Federally run

MARYLAND

State-run

MAINE

Federally run

COLORADO

State-run

CO-OPS

NONPROFIT / GOVERNMENT

FOR-PROFIT*

CALIFORNIA

State-run

• Denver Health Medical Plan