> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smdp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Insurance leaders to discuss plan for CA workers
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/insurance-leaders-to-discuss-plan-for-ca-workers/
- Published: 2004-01-03T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:26:30.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Health, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Major insurance company presidents will participate in a panel next weekend to discuss insurance solutions for California workers.

PacifiCare of California president James Frey, Blue Cross of California president and chief executive officer David Helwig and HealthNet of California president Chris Wing will examine critical issues facing health care insurers, employers and workers in California at a panel co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters and the Employee Benefits Planning Association of Los Angeles.

The panelists will discuss topics, including rising health care costs for Californians, the movement away from managed health care plans and efforts to contain prescription drug costs.

“We are honored to have such a prestigious panel of experts talk about the problems and solutions to providing affordable, quality health insurance for California employees,” said LAAHU president Bruce Benton. “We believe that health care, especially access to affordable insurance, will be a key issue in the upcoming presidential primaries. With a new governor in office and the passage of the employer-mandated health insurance bill by the California Legislature, as well as several other proposals to be introduced in 2004, California will find itself in the spotlight on this major national issue.”

LAAHU was founded in 1979 to give LA-area professionals who sell health insurance products a voice in the state and federal legislative process, offer opportunities for continued learning in the field and provide a support network. With a membership of more than 400, LAAHU is one of the largest members of both the National Association of Health Underwriters and the California Association of Health Underwriters.

The panel discussion, part of LAAHU’s monthly series that addresses health care issues, will take place on Jan. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sheraton Universal, 333 Universal Hollywood Drive in Universal City.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 3, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/010304.pdf?ref=smdp.com)