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It Wasn’t Supposed to End This Way: Lessons we’ve learned and one we can’t afford to miss
April 16, 2020Raymond Baxter reflects on a year with Blue Shield of California Foundation during the COVID-19...Read more »
Our Precious Vote
March 2, 2020(This post was originally published on March 3, 2020, to commemorate the 55th Anniversary of the “Bloody...Read more »
Update on "Public Charge" from Foundation leadership
February 5, 2020Earlier this year, a divided United States Supreme Court...Read more »
The Year of Taking a Stand
January 28, 2020If I were to pick a theme for 2020, it would be the year of taking a stand. We can say with confidence that our world,...Read more »
How the Public Charge Rule Affects All Californians
October 21, 2019This article originally appeared in Blue Shield of California...Read more »
What "Public Charge" Means for the Health of our Communities
October 15, 2019On Friday, a federal court in New York blocked the Trump Administration’s proposed...Read more »
Two Years into Our Journey: Lessons in listening and humility
October 10, 2019What started out two years ago as a simple “strategic plan refresh” quickly became a completely new direction for Blue...Read more »
How a Census Undercount Could Affect the Health of Californians
October 3, 2019This article originally appereared in Blue Shield of California's ...Read more »
Continuing and Expanding the Fight to End Violence against Women
September 12, 2019This September 13, our nation marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)....Read more »
Staff Summer Reading Picks
July 23, 2019Our staff summer reading recommendations highlight stories that help us see the world in different ways and from new...Read more »