Blue Shield of California Hands Back Some Profits

Hosted by Warren Olney Jun. 07, 2011

There's stunning news for individual policyholders with Blue Shield. California's largest nonprofit health insurer is making so much money — and paying so much to its CEO — that it's giving some back. Duke Helfand is writing the story for the Los Angeles Times.

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Guest:

Duke Helfand - Los Angeles Times

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Karen Radziner, Sonya Geis

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