By Tracy Seipel in the San Jose Mercury News

January 21, 2016

California’s four largest health plans may be on the hook for $10 billion in state back taxes — and at least $1 billion every year going forward — if a closely watched legal case does not break their way.

Should that happen, insurance industry critics say, it would end one of the biggest tax code abuses in state history — one that for decades has allowed Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California and Health Net to avoid paying a state tax on health insurance premiums. The health plans, however, say they aren’t insurers and thus shouldn’t be subject to the tax.

Read more at the San Jose Mercury News