About Sponsor:

Blue Shield of California is a health plan provider founded in 1939[3] and based in San Francisco, California. The organization serves over 4 million health plan members and nearly 65,000 physicians across the state.[5] Blue Shield of California was founded by the California Medical Association. Founded as a not-for-profit, Blue Shield of California was stripped of its tax-exempt status by the California Franchise Tax Board in 2014.