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Healthcare Affordability

Health care is too expensive.
We all have an obligation to fix it.

At Blue Shield of California, we are working on a better way forward.

Blue Shield is a nonprofit health plan. We answer to our members, not shareholders. That means we’re focused on fixing the broken healthcare system for everyone:

Standing for an accessible, affordable health provider network

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Learn how Blue Shield of California negotiates with network providers to protect access to care while keeping coverage affordable

Lowering prescription drug costs

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"Ripping Up the Playbook on Drug Pricing": Blue Shield of California Launches First-of-its-Kind Pharmacy Care Reimagined Initiative

Paying for better health outcomes

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Is Value-Based Care Finally Reaching a Tipping Point? Blue Shield of California’s Early Results Say, Yes

Helping everyone lead a healthier life

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Visit Wellvolution: Blue Shield's digital platform with personalized programs focused on lifestyle changes

“Unaffordable care is inaccessible care.”

Mike Stuart, President and Chief Executive Officer

Do you know where your insurance premium goes?

*Source: 2024 Blue Shield Mission Report, all lines of business

The vast majority of premium dollars go directly to paying for care.

There's a solution to high healthcare costs. The healthcare system must work for people, not profits.

California’s Office of Health Care Affordability has put the industry on notice. Health plans, hospitals and providers all must meet a budget, just like families do.

Blue Shield of California supports the Office of Health Care Affordability’s goals.

We invite the rest of the industry to side with consumers and support the state’s goals.

We owe it to our fellow Californians.