MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS INC
10-K, 1994-03-29
HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS
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                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D. C. 20549
        
                                Form 10-K
        
        
       [X] Annual report pursuant to Section  13 or 15(d) of the Securities
           Exchange Act of  1934  for  the  fiscal  year ended December 31,
           1993; or
        
       [ ] Transition  report  pursuant  to  Section  13  or  15(d)  of the
           Securities Exchange Act of 1934
        
        
       Commission file number: 0-12024
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                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.                 
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
        
        
                Delaware                                95-3615709    
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       (State or other jurisdiction of               (I.R.S. Employer 
       incorporation or organization)              Identification No.)
        
        
       1149 South Broadway Street, Los Angeles, California     90015  
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       (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)
        
        
       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (213) 765-2000
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             Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
        
        
                                                Name of each exchange
                 Title of each class             on which registered
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                       None                             None
        
        
             Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
        
        
                             Common Stock, $.01 par value      
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                              (Title of Class)
                 
                Warrants to purchase 555,555 shares of Common Stock 
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                              (Title of Class)
        
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           Indicate by check mark whether  the Registrant (1) has filed all
       reports  required  to  be  filed  by  Section  13  or  15(d)  of the
       Securities Exchange Act of 1934  during  the preceding 12 months (or
       for such shorter period  that  the  registrant  was required to file
       such reports), and (2) has  been subject to such filing requirements
       for the past 90 days.
        
        
                               YES   X    NO
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           Indicate  by  check  mark  if  disclosure  of  delinquent filers
       pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation  S-K is not contained herein, and
       will not be contained,  to  the  best  of Registrant's knowledge, in
       definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference
       in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
        
        
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           Indicate by check  mark  whether  the  registrant  has filed all
       documents and reports required  to  be  filed  by  Section 12, 13 or
       15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  subsequent to the
       distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.
        
        
                               YES   X    NO 
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           The aggregate market  value  of  the  voting  stock held by non-
       affiliates of the registrant as of March 18, 1994:
        
        
                    Common Stock, $.01 par value - $147,322,656
                    Preferred Stock, $.01 par value - $96,693,480
        
           The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes
       of capital stock, as of March 18, 1994:
        
        
                    Common Stock, $.01 par value - 10,073,344 shares
                    Preferred Stock, $.01 par value 2,400,000 shares
        
           As of March 18, 1994,  Registrant had 1,075,085 shares of Common
       Stock being held  by  the  Registrant,  as  disbursing agent for the
       benefit  of  holders  of  allowed  claims  and  interests  under the
       Registrant's Joint Plan of Reorganization.
        
        
                         DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
        
                                     None. 
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                                     PART I
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       Item 1. Business
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       General
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       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.,  a Delaware corporation (the "Company")
       is a managed  health  care  company,  with  a combined enrollment of
       approximately 293,000 at  January  1,  1994.    The Company owns and
       operates a system of 7  health maintenance organizations ("HMOs") in
       7 states including  California,  Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, North
       Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin and three preferred provider
       organizations  ("PPOs")  called   Maxiselect.      Through  its  HMO
       operations,  the  Company  arranges  for  comprehensive  health care
       services to  its  members  for  a  predetermined  prepaid  fee.  The
       Company provides  these  services  by  contracting  on a prospective
       basis with physician groups  for  a  fixed  fee per member per month
       regardless of the extent and  nature of services, and with hospitals
       and other  providers  under  a  variety  of  fee  arrangements.  The
       Company  believes  that  an   HMO  offers  certain  advantages  over
       traditional health insurance:
        
           -   To the member, an  HMO  offers comprehensive and coordinated
               health  care   programs,   including   preventive  services,
               generally without requiring claims forms.
        
           -   To the employer, an HMO offers an opportunity to improve the
               breadth and quality of  health benefit programs available to
               employees and their families  without a significant increase
               in cost or administrative burdens.
        
           -   To the health care  provider,  such  as physician groups and
               hospitals,  an  HMO  provides  a  more  predictable  revenue
               source. 
        
       The Company's executive offices  are  located at 1149 South Broadway
       Street, Los Angeles, California  90015,  and its telephone number is
       (213)765-2000.
        
       History
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       On December  5,  1990,  Maxicare  Health  Plans,  Inc., a California
       corporation whose shares were publicly  traded and the former parent
       company of the Company's  businesses  ("MHP"),  merged with and into
       HealthCare USA Inc., a  Delaware  corporation ("HealthCare"), one of
       its wholly-owned subsidiaries,  for  the  purpose of reincorporating
       from the state of California into the state of Delaware.
        
       Except as expressly provided  herein  or where the context requires,
       references to "MHP" and  the  "Company"  herein pertain to both pre-
       merger Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a California corporation, and to
       post-merger Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
        
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       The HMO business of  the  Company  originated in California in 1973.
       The business was operated  as  a nonprofit corporation through 1980.
       The Company was incorporated in  California on December 23, 1980, to
       serve as  a  holding  company  for  the  California  HMO and related
       entities.  At the end of 1980, the California HMO was converted to a
       for-profit corporation.  The Company began multi-state operations in
       June 1982 by purchasing 100% of CNA Health Plans, Inc.
        
       As part of its expansion  strategy,  the Company acquired all of the
       stock of HealthCare  and HealthAmerica Corporation ("HealthAmerica")
       in the fourth quarter of  1986.    At that time, HealthCare owned or
       managed HMOs in three states and HealthAmerica owned or managed HMOs
       in 17 states, including  11  states  not  previously serviced by the
       Company.  
        
       The business  of  the  Company's  corporate predecessor, HealthCare,
       commenced in December 1968  when, through a predecessor corporation,
       it opened its first hospital.  HealthCare was initially incorporated
       in  January  1981  under  the   name  of  Greatwest  Hospitals  Inc.
       HealthCare's first HMO was acquired  on  December 30, 1981 through a
       merger with General Medical Centers, Inc.  
        
       The  acquisitions  of  HealthCare   and  HealthAmerica  were  highly
       leveraged and resulted in  a  substantial  increase in the Company's
       long-term debt.  These  acquisitions, combined with adverse industry
       conditions and  inadequate  pricing  policies,  produced  a dramatic
       deterioration in the  Company's  operating performance and financial
       condition.
        
       These  financial  difficulties  ultimately  caused  certain  of  the
       Company's HMOs to fall out  of compliance with state regulations and
       its loan agreement  with  various  banks  (the  "Bank Group") and to
       default under the terms of its public indebtedness.
        
       As a result of  deteriorating  financial, operational and regulatory
       situations,  MHP  and  forty-seven  affiliated  entities  filed  for
       protection under Chapter  11  of  the  United States Bankruptcy Code
       (the "Bankruptcy Code") in  March  and  April of 1989 (the "Petition
       Dates").    Hereinafter,  all  48  entities  which  filed bankruptcy
       petitions may from time to time be referred to as the "Debtors". 
        
       Under   the   Bankruptcy   Code,   substantially   all  pre-petition
       liabilities, contingencies and other  contractual obligations of the
       Debtors, except those  expressly  assumed  by  them, were discharged
       upon emergence from Chapter 11  on  December 5, 1990, the "Effective
       Date" of the plan of reorganization (the "Reorganization Plan").  On
       or  shortly  after  the  Effective  Date,  the  Company  transferred
       approximately $85.4 million  of  cash  to  be  distributed under the
       Reorganization Plan to  segregated  bank  accounts and issued global
       certificates evidencing  $67.0  million  principal  amount  of 13.5%
       Senior Notes due December  5,  2000 (the "Senior Notes"), 10,000,000
       shares of  Common  Stock  and  warrants  to  purchase  an additional
       555,555 shares of Common Stock (the "Warrants") to be distributed to
       holders of allowed  claims  and  interests  under the Reorganization
       Plan.  
        
       As of January 31, 1994,  approximately  $85.5 million in cash, $39.7
       million principal amount of Senior  Notes,  $18.2 million of cash in
       lieu of  the  now  redeemed  Senior  Notes  (see  "Item 8. Financial
       Statements  and  Supplementary  Data  -  Note  3  to  the  Company's
       Consolidated Financial Statements"), 8.9 million shares of Common 
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       Stock  and  8,858  Warrants  to   purchase  Common  Stock  had  been
       distributed to holders of allowed  claims.  The remaining amounts of
       cash and securities will be distributed to holders of allowed claims
       upon adjudication of  the  remaining  disputed  claims pursuant to a
       formula set forth in the Reorganization Plan.
        
       In addition to the  foregoing,  certain  assets of the Debtors which
       were not retained by the  reorganized  Company were transferred to a
       distribution trust for liquidation  on  behalf of the creditors (the
       "Distribution  Trust")  after  reimbursement   of  expenses  of  the
       Distribution Trust.  As of  January  31, 1994, $8.9 million has been
       disbursed by the Distribution  Trust  to  the disbursing agent.  The
       Company anticipates that future distributions  will be made from the
       Distribution Trust.
        
       Pursuant to the Reorganization Plan, the Company is required to make
       distributions based on its consolidated  net worth in excess of $2.0
       million at December 31, 1991  and  1992 (the "Consolidated Net Worth
       Distribution").  In March 1992,  the Company consummated the sale of
       $60 million of Series A  Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the
       "Series  A  Stock")   (see   "Item   8.   Financial  Statements  and
       Supplementary Data - Note 6  to the Company's Consolidated Financial
       Statements").    The  proceeds   from  this  sale,  plus  internally
       generated cash, were utilized  to  redeem  in  April 1992 the entire
       outstanding Senior Notes.  The  sale  of  the Series A Stock had the
       effect of significantly  increasing  the  net  worth of the Company.
       The Company does  not  believe  the Reorganization Plan contemplated
       either the issuance of the Series  A  Stock or the redemption of the
       Senior Notes, and accordingly, the Company believes the Consolidated
       Net Worth Distribution required by the Reorganization Plan should be
       calculated on a basis as if the  sale  of the Series A Stock had not
       been consummated and the Senior Notes  had  not been redeemed.  As a
       result of the  foregoing,  the  Company  calculated the December 31,
       1992 Consolidated Net Worth  Distribution amount to be approximately
       $971,000, which was deposited  for distribution to certain creditors
       under the Reorganization  Plan  in  March  1993.    In addition, the
       Company believes that any  Consolidated Net Worth Distribution which
       under the Reorganization Plan is to be utilized to redeem the Senior
       Notes is no longer due as the Senior Notes have been fully redeemed.
       The committee representing the  creditors  (the "New Committee") has
       stated it does not  agree  with  the Company's interpretation of the
       the Reorganization Plan and believes  that additional amounts may be
       due under the Consolidated  Net  Worth Distribution provision of the
       Reorganization Plan.  The Company has responded to various inquiries
       of the New Committee  and  may  engage  in  future discussions in an
       attempt  to  resolve  any   disputed  items.    Notwithstanding  the
       foregoing,  the  Company  elected  to  accrue  in  its  consolidated
       financial statements  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  1992 the
       maximum potential liability  of  $7.2  million  on  this matter (see
       "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data"). 
        
       The Bankruptcy Court  retains  jurisdiction  over implementation and
       interpretation  of  the  Reorganization  Plan  and,  pursuant  to  a
       stipulation with the South  Carolina regulators, over the operations
       of the South Carolina HMO,  until all regulatory approvals regarding
       this HMO have  been  obtained  (see  "Item  1. Business - Government
       Regulation").
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       The Managed Health Care Industry
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       The Company owns and operates a  multi-state system of HMOs.  An HMO
       is an organization that  arranges  for  health  care services to its
       members.  For these services, the members' employers pay all or most
       of the predetermined  fee  that  does  not  vary  with the nature or
       extent of health  care  services  provided  to  the  member, and the
       member pays a relatively  small  copayment or deductible for certain
       services.  The  fixed  payment  distinguishes HMOs from conventional
       health  insurance  plans   that   contain  customary  copayment  and
       deductible features and also require the submission of claims forms.
       An HMO receives a fixed  amount  from  its members regardless of the
       nature and extent of health care services provided, and as a result,
       an HMO has an incentive  to  keep  its members healthy and to manage
       its costs through strategies  such as monitoring hospital admissions
       and reviewing specialist referrals by  primary care physicians.  The
       goal is to combine the delivery of and access to quality health care
       services with effective management  controls  to make the most cost-
       effective use of health care resources.
        
       Although HMOs have been operating  in  the  United States for half a
       century, their popularity began increasing in the 1970's in response
       to rapidly escalating health care costs and enactment of the Federal
       Health Maintenance  Organization  Act  of  1973,  a  federal statute
       designed to promote the establishment  and growth of HMOs (see "Item
       1. Business - Government Regulation").
        
       There are four basic  organizational  models  of  HMOs which are the
       staff, group, independent  practice  association and network models.
       The distinguishing feature between  models is the HMO's relationship
       with its physicians.    In  the  staff  model,  the  HMO employs the
       physicians  directly  at  an   HMO   facility  and  compensates  the
       physicians by salary and other incentive plans.  In the group model,
       the HMO  contracts  with  a  multi-specialty  physician  group which
       provides services primarily  for  HMO  members  and receives a fixed
       monthly fee, known as capitation, for each HMO member, regardless of
       the number of  physician  visits.    Under  the independent practice
       association model,  the  HMO  either  contracts  with  a physicians'
       association,  which  in  turn  contracts  directly  with  individual
       physicians, or contracts  directly  with  individual physicians.  In
       either case, these  physicians  provide  care  in their own offices.
       Under the network  model  of  organization,  the  HMO contracts with
       numerous community multi-specialty  physician  groups, hospitals and
       other health care providers.    The  physician  groups are paid on a
       capitation basis, as in the group model, but medical care is usually
       provided in the  physician's  own  facilities.    The Company's HMOs
       include only  network,  group  and  independent practice association
       models.  For the year ended  December 31, 1993, 58% of the Company's
       health care expenses represented capitation payments to providers.
        
       PPOs are generally a  network  of  health care providers which offer
       their services to health  care  purchasers,  such as employers.  PPO
       members choose from among  the  various contracting physician groups
       and independent practice  associations  (the "Physician Groups") the
       particular group from  which  they  desire  to receive their medical
       care, or choose a noncontracting  physician  and are reimbursed on a
       traditional  indemnity   plan   basis   after   reaching  an  annual
       deductible.  Payment is based on some variation of fee-for-service 
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       reimbursement and health care  services  are determined by the terms
       of the contract.    The  Company's  PPO  business  began in Indiana,
       California and Louisiana in  the  fourth  quarters of 1989, 1990 and
       1992,  respectively.  In  the  third  quarter  of  1993  the Company
       introduced a primary care  physician  network  product ("PCPN") to a
       Louisiana employer group  with  a  health  care  plan which is self-
       insured.  Under the PCPN, eligible members of the employer group may
       choose the Company's contracted  physician network for their primary
       care services for a period of one  year.  The Company's PPO and PCPN
       lines of business represent  approximately  five percent (5%) of the
       Company's combined enrollment  at  December  31,  1993.  The Company
       believes that the PPO and PCPN products offered by Maxicare Life and
       Health Insurance Company, a  wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company,
       expand the options  for  members,  while  maintaining the concept of
       managed health care and is exploring the possibility of offering the
       PPO business and additional products and indemnity services in other
       markets.
        
       Health Care Services
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       In exchange for a  predetermined  monthly  payment, an HMO member is
       entitled to receive a broad range  of health care services.  Various
       state and federal regulations  require  an  HMO to offer its members
       physician and hospital services, and  permit an HMO to offer certain
       supplemental services  such  as  dental  care  and prescription drug
       services at an additional cost  (see  "Item 1. Business - Government
       Regulation").  As  of  December  31,  1993,  the  Company's HMOs had
       contracts with  approximately  300  hospitals  in  7  states and the
       Company owns and operates 3 pharmacies in California.
        
       The Company's  members  generally  receive  the  following  range of
       health care services:
        
           Primary Care  Physician  Services  -  medical  care provided by
           primary  care   physicians   (typically  family  practitioners,
           general internists  and  pediatricians).    Such care generally
           includes periodic  physical  examinations,  well-baby  care and
           other preventive health services,  as  well as the treatment of
           illnesses not requiring referral to a specialist.
        
           Specialist  Physician  Services  -  medical  care  provided  by
           specialist physicians on referral  from the responsible primary
           care physicians.  The  most commonly used specialist physicians
           include obstetrician-gynecologists, cardiologists, surgeons and
           radiologists.
        
           Hospital  Care  -   inpatient   and  outpatient  hospital  care
           including room and  board,  diagnostic  tests,  and medical and
           surgical procedures.
        
           Diagnostic  Laboratory  Services  -  inpatient  and  outpatient
           laboratory tests.
        
           Diagnostic  and  Therapeutic  Radiology  Services  -  X-ray and
           nuclear medicine services,  including  CT scans and therapeutic
           radiological procedures.
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           Home  Health  Services   -   medical  and  surgical  procedures
           performed on  an  outpatient  basis,  including  emergency room
           services  where   such   services   are   medically  necessary,
           outpatient   surgical   procedures,   evaluation   and   crisis
           intervention,  mental  health  services,  physical  therapy and
           other  similar  services   in   which  hospitalization  is  not
           medically necessary or appropriate.
        
           Other Services -  other  related  health  care services such as
           ambulance, family planning and  infertility services and health
           education (including  prenatal  nutritional counseling, weight-
           loss and stop-smoking programs).
        
       Additional optional services  include  in-patient psychiatric care,
       hearing aids, durable medical  supplies and equipment, dental care,
       vision care, chiropractic care and prescription drug services.
        
       Delivery of Health Care Services
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       The Company's  HMOs  provide  for  a  portion  of  the  health care
       services to its  members  by  contracting  on  a prepaid basis with
       physician  groups.    The  Company's  HMOs  typically  pay  to  the
       physician groups a monthly capitation  fee for each member assigned
       to the group.  The amount of  the capitation fee does not vary with
       the nature or extent  of  services  utilized.   In exchange for the
       capitation fee, the physician  groups provide professional services
       to members,  including  laboratory  services  and  X-rays.  Members
       choose from  among  the  various  contracting  physician groups the
       particular group from which  they  desire  to receive their medical
       care.
        
       Members select a primary care  physician to serve as their personal
       physician from the physician  group.    This physician will oversee
       their medical care and  refer  them  to a specialist when medically
       necessary.  In order  to  attract  new  members and retain existing
       members, the  Company's  HMOs  must  retain  a  network  of quality
       physician groups and develop agreements with new physician groups.
        
       The Company's  HMOs  contract  for  hospital  services with various
       hospitals  under  a  variety  of  arrangements,  including fee-for-
       service,  discounted  fee-for-service,  per  diem  and  capitation.
       Hospitalization costs are not  generally included in the capitation
       fee paid by the  Company's  HMOs  to  physician  groups.  Except in
       emergency situations, a  member's  hospitalization must be approved
       in advance by  the  utilization  review  committee  of the member's
       physician group and must  take  place  in hospitals affiliated with
       the Company's  HMOs.    When  emergency  situations arise, however,
       which  require  medical  care   by   physicians  or  hospitals  not
       affiliated with  the  Company's  HMOs,  the  Company's  HMOs assume
       financial responsibility for the cost of such care.
        
       In mid 1992 the Company began restructuring its provider network in
       the Indianapolis marketplace  as  a  result  of  the termination of
       contract negotiations with  MH  Healthcare, Inc. ("MetroHealth"), a
       health care provider  in  that  market.    Pursuant to the contract
       which expired on December  31,  1992, the enrollees in Indianapolis
       who use the MetroHealth  facilities, comprising approximately 8% of
       the Company's total enrollment at  December 31, 1993, will continue
       to have access to MetroHealth providers through March 31, 1994.  
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       MetroHealth currently offers its own  HMO in the Indianapolis area.
       The restructuring of the  Company's relationships among health care
       providers in the Indiana marketplace  contributed to an increase in
       health care  expenses  (see  "Item  7.  Management's Discussion and
       Analysis of Financial Condition  and  Results of Operations").  The
       provider network restructuring  which  began  in  mid 1992 has been
       substantially completed as of  the  first  quarter  of 1994.  Total
       enrollment in the  Indiana  HMO  decreased approximately 22% during
       the first quarter of 1994  from  December  31, 1993 but the Company
       believes that it will ultimately  be  able to replace a substantial
       number of the  members  who  remain  with  MetroHealth and that the
       restructuring of the  provider  network  will  not have a long-term
       adverse impact on the Company's operations.
        
       Premium Structure and Cost Control
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       The  Company  generally  sets  its  membership  fees,  or premiums,
       pursuant to a community rating  system  which means that it charges
       the  same  nominal  premium  per   class  of  subscriber  within  a
       geographic area  for  like  services;  however,  groups  which meet
       certain enrollment requirements are charged premiums based on prior
       cost experience (see "Item 1. Business - Government Regulation"). 
        
       The  Company  has  attempted  to  develop  uniform  procedures  and
       guidelines to manage  medical  care  costs.    These procedures and
       guidelines include the  annual  negotiation  of  the capitation fee
       paid to physician groups,  hospitals,  dentists and pharmacies, the
       negotiation of discount contracts  with other health care providers
       and the placement of  financial  responsibility on the primary care
       physician for the initiation  of  specialist referrals and hospital
       utilization.  In situations where the Company assumes the financial
       responsibility for specialist  referrals  and hospital utilization,
       health care providers are  rewarded monetarily for specified levels
       of utilization through incentive programs.
        
       In addition to directing the Company's health care providers toward
       capitation arrangements, the Company has  a variety of programs and
       procedures in place to effect cost containment.  These programs are
       intended to address  utilization  of inpatient services, outpatient
       services  and  referral  services  which:  (i)  verify  the medical
       necessity of  inpatient  nonemergency  treatment  or  surgery, (ii)
       establish  whether  services  must  be  performed  in  an inpatient
       setting  or  could  be  done  on  an  outpatient  basis;  and (iii)
       determine the appropriate  length  of  stay for inpatient services,
       which may  involve  concurrent  and/or  retrospective  review.   In
       addition, the  Company  revised  the  terms  and  procedures of its
       pharmacy plan which incorporates  such cost containment features as
       drug formularies (a  Company-developed  listing of preferred, cost-
       effective drugs).
        
       The Company establishes an  annual  budget for each geographic area
       and determines the  expected  costs  of  providing services in such
       areas.  The budget is  calculated  on  a per member per month basis
       for specific components.   These  include  professional care by the
       contracting Physician Groups; hospitals; prescription drug and 
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       dental care services; emergency  care;  other health care services;
       and administration.   The  Company  budgets  hospital  costs on the
       basis of utilization experience, actual  cost per member per month,
       expected inflation and anticipated changes in health care delivery.
        
       For further information, see  "Item  7. Management's Discussion and
       Analysis of  Financial  Condition  and  Results  of Operations" and
       "Item 8. Financial  Statements  and Supplementary Data-Consolidated
       Statements of Operations" included herein.
        
       Management Information Systems
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       All of the Company's HMOs are currently linked through a network of
       data lines to the  corporate  data  center, allowing the Company to
       prepare  and  make  available  management  and  accounting  reports
       including eligibility, capitation,  billing  and claims information
       on an ongoing basis.  System generated reports contain budgeted and
       actual  monthly  cost   and   utilization  statistics  relating  to
       physician  initiated  services   and   hospitalization.    Hospital
       reports, which are available on a daily basis, are further analyzed
       by the type of service,  days  paid,  and actual and average length
       and cost of stay by type  of  admission.  The corporate data center
       is located in Los Angeles. 
        
       Quality Assurance
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       As required by federal  and  state  law,  the Company evaluates the
       quality and appropriateness of  the  medical  care delivered to its
       members by its independently  contracted  providers  in a number of
       ways including performing periodic medical care evaluation studies,
       analyzing  monthly  utilization  of  certain  services,  conducting
       periodic member satisfaction  studies  and reviewing and responding
       to member and physician grievances.
        
       The  Company  compiles   a   variety   of  statistical  information
       concerning the utilization of various services, including emergency
       room care, outpatient care, out-of-area services, hospital services
       and  physician  visits.     Under-utilization   as  well  as  over-
       utilization is  closely  evaluated  in  an  effort  to  monitor the
       quality of care  provided  to  the  Company's  members by physician
       groups.
        
       The Company has a  member  services department which deals directly
       with members  concerning  their  health  care  questions, comments,
       concerns  or  grievances.    The  Company  conducts  annual surveys
       questioning members  about  their  level  of  satisfaction with the
       services they receive.   Management  reviews  any problems that are
       presented by members concerning  the  delivery  of medical care and
       receives periodic reports summarizing member grievances.
        
       Marketing
       ---------
        
       Primary responsibility for  the  Company's  marketing efforts rests
       with a marketing director  and  sales  representatives for each HMO
       operated by the Company.  Members typically join the Company's HMOs
       through an employer, who pays  all  or most of the monthly premium.
       In most instances, employers offer employees a choice of 
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       traditional health insurance or membership  with HMOs such as those
       operated by  the  Company.    The  Company's  HMOs' agreements with
       employers are generally for a term  of 12 months subject to renewal
       annually.  Once  the  Company's  relationship  with the employer is
       established,  marketing  efforts  are  then  focused  on employees.
       During an annual  "open  enrollment  period",  employees may select
       their desired  health  care  coverage.    The  primary  annual open
       enrollment period occurs in the  month  of  January.  By the end of
       January, approximately 62%  of  the  Company's members select their
       desired health care coverage  for  the  ensuing annual period.  New
       employees make  their  choices  at  the  time  of  employment.  The
       Company's HMO membership is widely  diverse, with no employer group
       comprising 10% or more of  the  Company's  total enrollment.  As of
       December 31, 1993, the Company's HMOs were offered by more than
       1,400 employer groups. 
        
       The Company has also developed  a multi-state account program which
       offers employers having multiple  locations  in areas served by the
       Company's HMOs the  opportunity  to  deal  with one primary account
       manager.  Billing and enrollment  procedures  are handled at a plan
       level giving the  multi-state  employer  the opportunity to monitor
       individual areas within  his  employer  group.   For certain multi-
       state employers,  the  Company  develops  individual  marketing and
       benefit  programs  for  separate  divisions,  locations  or benefit
       classes within the same employer.
        
       The Company believes that  attracting  employers  is only the first
       step toward increasing enrollment at  each of its HMOs; ultimately,
       the Company's ability to retain and increase membership will depend
       upon how  users  of  the  health  care  system  assess  its benefit
       package,  rates,  quality  of   service,  financial  condition  and
       responsiveness to user demands.
        
       Competition
       -----------
        
       The health care  industry  is  highly  competitive  and the managed
       health care industry  is  becoming  increasingly competitive in all
       markets.    The  HMO  industry  continues  to  gain  market  share,
       particularly at the expense of the indemnity carriers.  The Company
       competes in its  regional  markets  for  employers and members with
       other HMOs,  conventional  health  insurers  and  PPOs  as  well as
       employers who  elect  to  self-insure,  and  for  quality physician
       groups with other HMOs  and  PPOs.    Many of these competitors are
       larger or have greater financial  resources  than the Company.  The
       level of competition varies  from  state  to state depending on the
       variety and  size  of  other  conventional  insurance,  HMO and PPO
       health care services offered  in  each  state.   Competitors of the
       Company include such well known  entities as Kaiser, Health Net and
       Pacificare  (in  California),  MetroHealth  (in  Indiana),  and HMO
       Illinois, Partners National Health Plan, Humana and Chicago HMO (in
       Illinois).
        
       The Company believes the principal competitive factors it faces are
       premium rates, the quality of  contracted providers, the variety of
       health care coverage options offered  and the quality of service to
       members and  providers.    Competition  may  result  in pressure to
       reduce  rates  or  limit  the  growth  potential  of  HMOs  in  any
       particular market.  Employers,  for  example, are increasingly cost
       sensitive in selecting health  care  providers for their employees,
       which provides an  incentive  for  the  Company  to  keep its rates
       competitive.  In addition to the above, the Company has recently 
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       faced increased competition from  health care providers which offer
       not only HMO services but PPO and indemnity health care services to
       employer groups.  In an  effort  to remain competitive, the Company
       has begun to offer  a  variety  of  health care services, including
       PPOs,  and  is  actively  exploring  offering  additional  PPO  and
       indemnity services through joint ventures or other arrangements.  
        
       Competition may also be affected by mergers and acquisitions in the
       managed  care  and  general  health  care  industries  as companies
       respond to proposed health  care  reform  and  seek to expand their
       operating territories to gain economies of scale and market share.
        
       Government Regulation
       ---------------------
        
       The  federal  government  and  each  of  the  states  in  which the
       Company's  HMOs  operate  have   enacted  statutes  regulating  the
       activities of HMOs.  The  most important laws affecting the Company
       are the Federal  Health  Maintenance  Organization  Act of 1973, as
       amended (the "HMO Act"), and the regulations thereunder promulgated
       by the Secretary  of  Health  and  Human  Services, and the various
       state regulations mandating compliance  with  certain net worth and
       other financial tests.  
        
       Federal Regulations.    All  of  the  Company's  HMOs are federally
       qualified under the HMO Act.    The HMO Act and regulations provide
       that,  with  certain  exceptions,  each  employer  of  at  least 25
       employees must  permit  two  "qualified"  HMOs  to  market a health
       benefits plan to its employees,  with the employer contributing the
       same amount toward the  employee's  HMO  enrollment fee as it would
       otherwise have paid for conventional  health care insurance.  Under
       federal  regulations,  services   to   members   must  be  provided
       substantially on a fixed  prepaid  monthly basis, without regard to
       the actual level of utilization  of services.  Premiums established
       by HMOs may vary from  employer  to employer through composite rate
       factors and special treatment of  certain broad classes of members,
       including geographical location  ("community  rating").  Experience
       rating of accounts  (i.e.,  setting  premiums  for  a group account
       based on that group's  past  use  of  health care services) is also
       permitted under federal regulations in certain circumstances.  From
       time to time, modifications to the  HMO Act have been considered by
       Congress.  The  Company  is   unable   to  predict  what,  if  any,
       modifications to the  HMO  Act  will  be  passed  into  law or what
       effect, if any, such  legislation  would  have upon the operations,
       profitability or business prospects of the Company.
        
       Among other areas regulated by  federal and state law, although not
       necessarily by each state, are  the  scope of benefits available to
       members, the manner  in  which  premiums are structured, procedures
       for  review  of  quality  assurance,  enrollment  requirements, the
       relationship  between  the  HMO  and  its  health  care  providers,
       procedures  for  resolving   grievances,  licensure,  expansion  of
       service area, and financial  condition.    The  HMOs are subject to
       periodic review  by  the  federal  and  state licensing authorities
       which regulate the HMOs.  
        
       State  Regulations.  With  the  exception  of  the  Company's South
       Carolina HMO, all of the Company's operational HMOs are licensed by
       pertinent state authorities.  The  operations of the South Carolina
       HMO are currently under Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction pending a 
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       reorganization of that entity as a division of one of the Company's
       other  HMOs.    The  Company  believes  that  it  will  be  able to
       ultimately resolve the South  Carolina HMO's licensing situation by
       changing its legal structure to  that  of a division of another one
       of its operating HMOs, or as a separately licensed HMO in the state
       of South Carolina.  Presently,  the  Company is discussing with the
       North Carolina Department of Insurance the possibility of operating
       the South Carolina HMO as a division of the North Carolina HMO.  In
       any event, the Company does not believe that the resolution of this
       situation will have  a  materially  adverse  effect  on the Company
       taken as a whole.
        
       All  of  the  Company's   HMOs   are  subject  to  extensive  state
       regulations which require the HMO  to comply with certain net worth
       and other  financial  tests.    A  number  of  states have recently
       enacted legislation which increases these  financial tests.  To the
       extent an HMO fails  to  satisfy these regulatory requirements, MHP
       may need to infuse  the  HMO  with  additional  capital in order to
       maintain the good standing  of  the  HMO  in  the state.  Under the
       HMO's business plans and  in  order  to ensure financial compliance
       with state regulators, the  Company  is currently operating under a
       decentralized and segregated cash  management  system.  The Company
       has implemented  administrative  services  agreements which provide
       for MHP to furnish  various  management, financial, legal, computer
       and telecommunication services to the HMOs pursuant to the terms of
       the agreement with each HMO.
        
       The Company believes that  it  is currently operating in compliance
       with the state regulations and  has obtained regulatory approval of
       the operational  and  financial  plans  and  related administrative
       services agreements for its HMOs.  
        
       The issue  of  health  care  reform  continues  to  undergo intense
       discussion and examination by  the  public  and private sectors.  A
       number of proposals for health  care reform have been introduced by
       both state and federal  governments  which include such concepts as
       universal coverage, comprehensive benefits, quality in the delivery
       of health care at an  affordable  price and portability of coverage
       for the insured.  Many proposals are still being developed.  Though
       the role of managed care  appears  to  be  an integral part in most
       proposals, the Company cannot  determine  the effect, if any, these
       proposals may have on the business or operations of the Company, if
       adopted.
        
       Employees
       ---------
        
       As of December  31,  1993,  the  Company employed approximately 465
       full-time  employees.    None   of   the  Company's  employees  are
       represented by a labor union  or covered by a collective bargaining
       arrangement and the  Company  believes  its  employee relations are
       good.
        
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       Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
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       The directors and executive officers  of the Company at December 31,
       1993 were as follows:
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
            Name                     Age               Position
       <S>                           <C>        <C>
       Peter J. Ratican               50         Chairman of the Board of
                                                 Directors, Chief Executive
                                                 Officer and President
        
       Eugene L. Froelich             52         Chief Financial Officer,
                                                 Executive Vice President -
                                                 Finance and Administration
                                                 and Director
        
       Alan D. Bloom                  48         Senior Vice President,
                                                 Secretary and General
                                                 Counsel
        
       Aivars L. Jerumanis            55         Senior Vice President -
                                                 Management Information
                                                 Systems and Chief
                                                 Information Officer
        
       Richard A. Link                39         Chief Accounting Officer
                                                 and Senior Vice President -
                                                 Accounting
        
       Samuel W. Warburton, M.D.      50         Senior Vice President -
                                                 Medical Affairs
        
       William B. Caswell             38         Vice President, General
                                                 Manager - Maxicare California
        
       David J. Hammons               43         Vice President -
                                                 Administrative      Services,
                                                 Chief Actuary
        
       Robert J. Landis               34         Treasurer
        
       Vicki F. Perry                 41         Vice President, General
                                                 Manager - Maxicare Indiana
        
       Claude S. Brinegar             67         Director
        
       Leon M. Clements               52         Director
        
       Florence F. Courtright         61         Director
        
       Thomas W. Field, Jr.           60         Director
        
       Charles E. Lewis               65         Director
       </TABLE>
       <PAGE>
       Peter J. Ratican was appointed  Chairman of the Board of Directors,
       Chief Executive Officer  and  President  of  the  Company in August
       1988.  Prior  to  joining  the  Company,  Mr.  Ratican was a senior
       executive of DeLaurentiis  Entertainment  Group  Inc.  and MCA INC.
       Prior to joining MCA INC.,  Mr.  Ratican was a Senior Audit Manager
       for the Los Angeles Office of Price Waterhouse, specializing in the
       entertainment and health care industries.    He  is a member of the
       California  Knox-Keene  Health  Care  Services  Advisory Committee,
       which  assists  the   California   Department  of  Corporations  in
       regulating prepaid health plans  (HMOs).    Mr.  Ratican has been a
       director of the Company since August  1983.  He received a Bachelor
       of Science degree in  Accounting  from the University of California
       at Los Angeles and is a certified public accountant.
        
       Eugene L. Froelich was appointed Chief Financial Officer, Executive
       Vice President - Finance  and  Administration and director in March
       1989.  From 1984 to March  1989, Mr. Froelich was President of GFE,
       Inc., where he engaged in  financial  and business consulting for a
       variety of industries.  Previously, Mr. Froelich was Vice President
       of MCA INC.  Mr. Froelich  graduated from Adelphi University and is
       a certified public accountant.
        
       Alan D.  Bloom  has  been  Senior  Vice  President  - Secretary and
       General Counsel to the Company  since  July 1987.  Mr. Bloom joined
       the Company as General Counsel  in  1981  and from 1983 to 1987, he
       was Secretary and General Counsel.  Mr. Bloom received a Bachelor's
       degree in Biology  from  the  University  of  Chicago,  a Master of
       Public Health from the  University  of  Michigan, and a J.D. degree
       from American University.
        
       Aivars  L.  Jerumanis  was   appointed   Senior  Vice  President  -
       Management Information Systems and Chief Information Officer of the
       Company in January  1990.    From  May  1989  to  January 1990, Mr.
       Jerumanis  was  a  private  consultant  in  advising  companies  on
       management information services matters  and  from June 1973 to May
       1989 he was with MCA INC., where he served as Director of Corporate
       Data Processing  and  Vice  President  of  Universal  Studios.   He
       received  a  Masters  in   Business  Administration  from  Columbia
       University,  a  Masters   in   Civil  Engineering  from  Rensselaer
       Polytechnic Institute and a  Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
       from Lafayette College.
        
       Richard A. Link was  appointed  Chief Accounting Officer and Senior
       Vice President  -  Accounting  of  the  Company  in September 1988.
       Previously, Mr.  Link  was  in  the  Los  Angeles  offices of Price
       Waterhouse where he had been  Senior Audit Manager with an emphasis
       in  health  care.    He   has   a  Bachelor's  degree  in  Business
       Administration from the University of  Southern California and is a
       certified public accountant.
        
       Samuel W. Warburton, M.D. has  been Senior Vice President - Medical
       Affairs of the Company since December  1988.  As of April 1993, Dr.
       Warburton serves in this  position  as  well as medical director of
       the North Carolina ACCESS  program,  a primary care case management
       program for  medicaid  enrollees.    He  has  also  served  as Vice
       President of Medical Affairs of Maxicare North Carolina, Inc. since
       May 1985.  From January 1980 to April 1985, Dr. Warburton was Chief
       of the  Division  of  Family  Medicine  at  Duke  University  and a
       Director of the Duke-Watts Family  Medicine Program.  Dr. Warburton
       has had a number of teaching and clinical appointments and 
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       published numerous articles on  family  medicine.   He received his
       Bachelor of  Arts  from  John  Hopkins  University  and his Medical
       degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
        
       William B. Caswell was appointed Vice President, General Manager of
       the California HMO in February  1992.    From March 1988 to January
       1992 Mr. Caswell served  as  President of VertiHealth, a subsidiary
       of UniHealth America.  Prior  to  joining VertiHealth he was Senior
       Vice President of California  Medical  Center  -  Los Angeles.  Mr.
       Caswell serves on  the  board  of  directors  of  the University of
       Southern California  School  of  Nursing  as  well  as the Southern
       California Chapter of  the  Arthritis  Foundation.    He received a
       Master's degree in Business  Administration  and a Master of Public
       Health from the University of California at Los Angeles.
        
       David J.  Hammons  was  appointed  Vice  President - Administrative
       Services and Chief Actuary  of  the  Company  in August 1993.  From
       January 1988 to July 1993 Mr.  Hammons was Vice President and Chief
       Actuary of the Company.  He  has a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics
       from the State  University  of  New  York  and  is  a Fellow of the
       Society of  Actuaries  and  a  member  of  the  American Academy of
       Actuaries.
        
       Robert J.  Landis  has  served  as  Treasurer  since November 1988.
       Prior to this date, he served as Assistant Treasurer since December
       1983.    Mr.  Landis  received  a  Bachelor's  degree  in  Business
       Administration  from  the  University  of  Southern  California,  a
       Master's degree in  Business  Administration  from California State
       University at Northridge and is a certified public accountant.
        
       Vicki F. Perry  was  appointed  Vice  President, General Manager of
       Maxicare Indiana, Inc.  in  January  1992.    From  January 1990 to
       December  1991  she  served  as  Executive  Vice  President  - Plan
       Operations Support of the Company.    Ms.  Perry, who has been with
       the Company since 1982, previously  served as Executive Director of
       the Indiana HMO.  Ms. Perry is a graduate of Indiana University.
        
       Claude S. Brinegar  is  currently  Vice  Chairman  of  the board of
       directors  of  Unocal  Corporation  and  served  as  Executive Vice
       President of Administration and Planning  until May 1992.  In 1985,
       Mr. Brinegar was elected Executive  Vice President of Unocal and he
       became Chief Financial Officer in 1986.   In 1989, Mr. Brinegar was
       elected as Vice Chairman of Unocal  and  has been a director of the
       Company since December 20, 1991.  He  is also a member of the board
       of  directors  of  Consolidated  Rail  Corporation  and  a visiting
       scholar at Stanford University.
        
       Leon  M.  Clements  served  as  Chief  Administrative  Officer  and
       Associate Director of the  UCLA  Medical  Group Practice from April
       1993 to October 1993.  Mr. Clements is currently self-employed as a
       consultant.  From July 1990 to  October 1992 Mr. Clements served as
       Chief Administrative Officer of Cleveland Clinic in Fort Lauderdale
       Florida.  From November 1986  to  June  1990 Mr. Clements was Chief
       Executive Officer with Browne-McHardy  Clinic,  a major health care
       provider for the  Company's  HMO  in  New  Orleans, Louisiana.  Mr.
       Clements has a Bachelor of  Science degree in Economics and Finance
       and a Masters  of  Business  Administration  from the University of
       Southwestern Louisiana and served as a director of the Company from
       August 31, 1990 to January 28, 1994.  Mr. Clements was the chairman 
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       of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the "OCC") during
       the Company's bankruptcy reorganization proceedings.
        
       Florence F. Courtright has  been  a  private  investor for the last
       five years and was elected a director of the Company on November 5,
       1993.  She is  a  founding  Limited Partner of Bainco International
       Investors,  1.p  and  a  Trustee  of  Loyola  Marymount University.
       Further,  Ms.  Courtright  is  a  former  co-owner  of  the Beverly
       Wilshire Hotel and the Beverly Hills Hotel.
        
       Thomas W. Field, Jr.  was  appointed  the  Chairman of the Board of
       ABCO Markets in December  1991.    ABCO  Markets  is in the grocery
       business.    He  has  been  President  of  Field  &  Associates,  a
       management consulting  firm,  since  October  1989.    From 1984 to
       September 1989 Mr. Field was with McKesson Corporation  in a number
       of executive capacities, most  recently  as  Chairman of the Board,
       President and  Chief  Executive  Officer.    Mr.  Field  has been a
       director of the Company since April  1, 1992.  Mr. Field also holds
       directorships  at  Campbell  Soup  Company,  Bromar  Inc.  and Hume
       Medical.
        
       Charles E. Lewis has  been  a  Professor of Medicine, Public Health
       and Nursing at the University  of  California at Los Angeles, since
       1970.  As of July 1993, he  was appointed Director of the Center of
       Health Promotion and Disease  Prevention.    He  is a member of the
       Institute of  Medicine,  National  Academy  of  Sciences  and  is a
       graduate of the Harvard  Medical  School  and  of the University of
       Cincinnati School of Public Health where he received a Doctorate of
       Science degree.  Dr. Lewis is  a  Regent of the American College of
       Physicians and a member of the  Board of Commissioners of the Joint
       Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. Dr. Lewis
       has been a director of the Company since August 1983.
        
       The Board of Directors  (the  "Board")  is classified into Class I,
       Class II and Class III  directors.    Class I directors include Dr.
       Lewis and Mr. Brinegar and  they  will  serve until the 1994 annual
       meeting  of  stockholders  and  until  their  successors  are  duly
       qualified and elected.  Class II directors include Mr. Froelich and
       Ms. Courtright and they will serve until the 1995 annual meeting of
       stockholders and  until  their  successors  are  duly qualified and
       elected.  Class III  directors  include  Mr. Ratican, Mr. Field and
       Mr. Clements and they will  serve  until the 1993 annual meeting of
       stockholders and  until  their  successors  are  duly qualified and
       elected.  Officers are elected  annually  and serve at the pleasure
       of  the  Board,  subject  to  all  rights,  if  any,  under certain
       contracts of employment (see "Item 11. Executive Compensation"). 
        
       Pursuant to the Reorganization Plan,  Mr. Clements was added to the
       Board as a designee of  the  pre-petition creditors.  Dr. Lewis was
       added to the Board as  an  independent director and Messrs. Ratican
       and Froelich continued to serve as directors.  Messrs. Brinegar and
       Field and Ms. Courtright were appointed to the Board.
        
       On January 28, 1994 the  Company's  shareholders at the 1993 Annual
       Meeting  of  Stockholders  elected  Alan  S.  Manne  as  a  Class I
       director, replacing Leon Clements, and re-elected Peter Ratican and
       Thomas Field each for three  year  terms  ending at the 1996 Annual
       Meeting of Stockholders or  until  his  successor is duly qualified
       and elected.  Mr. Manne is currently a professor emeritus and from 
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       1961 to 1992 was  a  professor  of  operations research at Stanford
       University.  He is  an  author,  or  co-author,  of seven books and
       received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.  He is co-
       organizer of the International Energy Workshop.
       <PAGE>
       Item 2.  Properties
                ----------
        
       The Company's operating facilities are held through leaseholds.  At
       December 31, 1993,  the  Company  or  its HMOs leased approximately
       222,000 square  feet  at  21  locations  with  an aggregate current
       monthly  rental  of  approximately  $250,000.    These  leases have
       remaining terms of up to eight years.  
        
       In August 1990, the Company entered  into a lease for new corporate
       office space in Los Angeles.   The lease commenced in February 1991
       and is for a term  of  sixty-four  (64)  months.   The lease is for
       approximately 83,000 square feet with a monthly base rental expense
       of approximately $98,500  excluding  the Company's percentage share
       of all increases in the landlord's operating cost of the building.  
        
       At December 31, 1993 the  Company leased other properties including
       administrative locations,  3  pharmacies,  and  other miscellaneous
       facilities.  The Company  has subleased approximately 11,000 square
       feet to contracting  medical  groups,  with current monthly rentals
       totaling $16,000 and monthly subrental revenue of $17,000.
        
       <PAGE>
       Item 3.  Legal Proceedings
                -----------------
        
       a.  JURISDICTIONAL CHALLENGES AND APPEALS TO THE CHAPTER 11
             REORGANIZATION PROCEEDINGS
        
       Immediately after the  filing  of  the  petitions, the Debtors were
       faced with  several  motions  challenging  the  jurisdiction of the
       Bankruptcy Court over the Debtors'  Chapter  11 cases.  As of March
       11, 1994, the only remaining jurisdictional appeals are the appeals
       filed by the State  of  Wisconsin  (the "Wisconsin Appeals"), which
       affect the Maxicare Health  Insurance  Company, ("MHIC") one of the
       Company's HMO subsidiaries.  The Wisconsin Appeals challenge MHIC's
       eligibility  to  be  a  debtor  under  the  Bankruptcy  Code.   The
       Bankruptcy Court, the District Court and the United States Court of
       Appeals for  the  Ninth  Circuit  denied  the  State of Wisconsin's
       motions for  a  stay  of  consummation  of  the Reorganization Plan
       pending determination of the Wisconsin Appeals.
        
       On July 9, 1992, the  United  States District Court for the Central
       District of California entered  a  Ruling  on Appeal (the "Ruling")
       concerning this matter.   In  its  Ruling,  the District Court held
       that MHIC is a domestic insurance company under Wisconsin state law
       and MHIC was therefore not eligible for relief under the Bankruptcy
       Code which  excludes  domestic  insurance  companies  from entities
       eligible for relief thereunder.    The  District Court remanded the
       matter back to  the  Bankruptcy  Court  and  ordered the Bankruptcy
       Court to take action consistent with the Ruling.
        
       The Company, MHIC and other affiliates filed a motion for rehearing
       of the Ruling and on August 27, 1992, the District Court denied the
       motion for rehearing.  The Company  has appealed the Ruling and the
       District Court's denial of the  motion  for rehearing to the United
       States Court of Appeals for  the  Ninth  Circuit.  In addition, the
       Company, MHIC and  other  affiliates  have  filed  a  motion in the
       District Court  to  stay  implementation  of  the  Ruling while the
       Ruling is on appeal.  A  hearing  on  the motion to stay the Ruling
       has been set for June 23, 1994.
        
       The Company has reached  a  settlement  agreement in principle with
       the State of  Wisconsin  memorialized  in  a  written memorandum of
       understanding.  Pursuant  to  the  agreement, a reorganization plan
       for MHIC, in accordance with Wisconsin state law, will be submitted
       without prejudice for approval by the Wisconsin State Court.  Under
       the terms of the agreement in principle, the reorganization of MHIC
       must be on  terms  consistent  with  the  Reorganization Plan.  The
       implementation of the agreement in  principle will have no material
       adverse impact on the  Company's  business  or its operations.  The
       agreement is subject to  approval  by  the Bankruptcy Court and the
       non-occurrence of certain contingencies.
        
       The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued
       an order extending the time for  the filing of briefs in connection
       with the Company's  appeal  of  the  Ruling  in  order to allow the
       parties an opportunity to  implement and consummate the settlement.
       In the  event  the  settlement  cannot  be  fully  implemented, the
       Company may  pursue  the  appeal.    If  prosecution  of the appeal
       resumes and the Ruling is upheld after MHIC's appellate rights have
       been  exhausted,  creditors  of  MHIC  will  likely  only  have the
       protections and recoveries afforded under applicable state law.
       <PAGE>
       In addition  to  the  Wisconsin  Appeals,  twenty-four appeals were
       filed challenging  various  aspects  of  the  Reorganization Plan's
       confirmation order.   As  of  March  1,  1993,  twenty-one of these
       appeals have been  withdrawn  or  dismissed,  two  have been stayed
       subject to Bankruptcy  Court  and  U.S.  District Court approval of
       settlement agreements with  the  class  action appellants discussed
       below and one  has  been  stayed  subject  to  Bankruptcy Court and
       United  States  District  Court   approval   of  the  class  action
       settlement  agreements  and  the  non-occurrence  of  certain other
       conditions.  
        
       The Company believes it has a meritorious position and will prevail
       on its appeal of the Ruling or on the stayed appeals if prosecution
       of these appeals resumes. 
        
       b.  CLASS ACTION LITIGATIONS
        
       On  July  15,  1988,  a  class  action  complaint  alleging various
       violations of federal  and  state  securities  law arising from the
       purchase of the Company's old  common  stock was filed by Gerald D.
       Mirkin in the Superior Court for  the County of Los Angeles against
       the  Company,  its  former  and  current  officers  and  directors,
       including Peter Ratican, and  others including the Company's former
       accountants and investment bankers  (Mirkin  and  Miller, et al. v.
       Fred W. Wasserman, et al.  (Superior Court, Los Angeles County, CA)
       (Case No. CA 01122)).   This  action has been consolidated with two
       other actions.   These  other  actions  include  (i) a class action
       lawsuit filed by Charles Miller  against the Company and its former
       and  current  officers  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State of
       California for the  County  of  Los  Angeles  for  violation of the
       California  Corporations  Code  and  California  State  common  law
       arising from the  purchase  and  sale  of  the Company's old common
       stock or the Company's 11 3/4% Notes, and (ii) a class action filed
       by  William  Steiner,  on  behalf  of  himself  and  other  Company
       shareholders, against former  and  current  officers and directors,
       and  others  including   the   Company's   former  accountants  and
       investment bankers in the Superior Court of the State of California
       for the County of  Los  Angeles  alleging  violation of federal and
       state securities laws arising  from  the  purchase  and sale of the
       Company's old  common  stock.    No  class  was  certified  in this
       consolidated action.  In  January,  1990, the trial court dismissed
       the action without leave    to  file  an amended complaint, and the
       plaintiffs appealed the dismissal.    In  March, 1991, the Court of
       Appeals  upheld  the  trial   court   dismissal.    The  plaintiffs
       subsequently  appealed  the  Court   of   Appeals'  ruling  to  the
       California Supreme Court.    On  September  19, 1993 the California
       Supreme Court affirmed the  Court  of Appeals' order precluding the
       Plaintiffs from pursuing the  consolidated actions.  The Plaintiffs
       did not seek review of  the  California Supreme Court's decision by
       the  United  States  Supreme   Court  within  the  requisite  time,
       rendering   the   California   Supreme   Court's   decision  final.
       Accordingly, the  Company  will  no  longer  be  reporting  on this
       matter.
        
       On May 4, 1988,  a  class  action  complaint alleging violations of
       federal and state securities  laws  was  filed  by Murray Zucker on
       behalf of himself  and  other  Company  shareholders  in the United
       States District  Court  for  the  Central  District  of California.
       Murray Zucker, et al. v. Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., et al. 
       <PAGE>
       (United States District Court, Central District of CA) (Case No. 88
       02499 LEW (TX)) (the "Zucker Action").   A class has been certified
       in the Zucker Action.
        
       The Company and certain  of  its  current  and former directors and
       officers who are named  defendants  have  entered into a settlement
       agreement with respect to all  of  the claims in the aforementioned
       actions.  Amounts to  be  paid  under the settlement agreement have
       been  funded  entirely  by  the  Company's  directors  and officers
       insurance  policy  with  First   State   Insurance  Company.    The
       settlement  agreement  has  been  approved  by  the  United  States
       District Court, the class  members  and  the Bankruptcy Court.  The
       non-settling defendants appealed  certain  aspects  of the District
       Court's approval of the  settlement agreement (the "Zucker Appeal")
       which would  preclude  such  non-settling  defendants  from seeking
       indemnification or contribution  from  the settling defendants, and
       the investment bankers appealed their  exclusion from the class, to
       the United States  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Ninth Circuit.  On
       January 26, 1994, the Ninth  Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the
       Zucker Appeal for lack of jurisdiction  over the appeal.  Under the
       Reorganization Plan, former  officers  and  directors  who may have
       pre-petition claims  against  the  Company  for indemnification for
       damages in  excess  of  insurance  coverage  are  general unsecured
       creditors.
        
       An agreement has been  executed between the non-settling defendants
       and the settling  defendants,  pursuant  to  which the non-settling
       defendants have agreed to waive  their  right to appeal the portion
       of the District  Court's  order  approving the settlement agreement
       that   precludes   the   non-settling   defendants   from   seeking
       contribution  or  indemnification  from  the  settling  defendants.
       Under the agreement, the  non-settling  defendants retain the right
       to appeal their exclusion by  the District Court from membership in
       the settling class.  The Company does not believe that the ultimate
       resolution of any subsequent  appeal by the non-settling defendants
       of their exclusion from  membership  in  the  settling class by the
       District Court, will impact the settlement of the Zucker Action. 
        
       c.  PENN HEALTH
        
       During the period from March  1,  1986  through June 30, 1989, Penn
       Health Corporation ("Penn  Health"),  a  subsidiary of the Company,
       contracted  with  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  through  the
       Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare  (the "DPW") to provide a
       full range of health care  services to Medicaid enrollees under the
       Pennsylvania Medical  Assistance  Program  known  as the HealthPass
       Program.  The DPW  was  the  sole  subscriber group of Penn Health.
       These services were  rendered  by  providers  pursuant to contracts
       with Penn Health ("Penn  Health  Providers").  In consideration for
       these  services,  subject  to  certain  adjustments,  the  DPW  was
       obligated to pay to Penn  Health  a  fixed monthly fee per enrollee
       based upon Penn  Health's  fee-for-service  costs  and a charge for
       administration.   In  addition,  for  the  first  two  years of the
       contract, the DPW agreed to reimburse Penn Health for any financial
       losses in excess of $2 million.  Under the applicable provisions of
       the contract, at the Petition  Dates, the Company believes that the
       DPW  owed  Penn  Health  in  excess  of  $24  million  plus accrued
       interest, for reimbursement  and  adjustment  of  the  cost of pre-
       petition services, an amount which the DPW disputes.
       <PAGE>
       After the Petition Dates,  the  DPW  advanced funds directly to the
       Penn Health Providers for pre-petition services performed under the
       contracts with Penn Health.    In  certain  cases the amount of the
       advanced funds may have been  in  excess  of the amounts due to the
       Provider  for  such  services.    The  payments  made  by  the  DPW
       approximated $16 million.   The  Penn Health Providers filed proofs
       of claim against Penn Health and other subsidiaries of the Company,
       without  making  deductions  for  the  payments  made  by  the DPW,
       although they noted receipt of such funds on their proofs of claim.
       In February, 1990, the Company filed a proceeding in the Bankruptcy
       Court against  the  DPW  and  the  major  Penn  Health Providers to
       recover preferential transfers, to  compel the turnover of property
       and to raise all  objections  to  the  proofs  of claim of the Penn
       Health Providers, including that  the  claims asserted therein were
       overstated (the "Bankruptcy Action").    The  disputes with the DPW
       and the  major  Penn  Health  Providers,  in  the Bankruptcy Action
       constitute the majority of  the  claims  filed against Penn Health.
       On  December  13,  1990,  the  Bankruptcy  Court  entered  an order
       dismissing  the   Bankruptcy   Action   as   against   the  DPW  on
       jurisdictional grounds (the "Dismissal  Order").  The Company filed
       an appeal of  the  Dismissal  Order  to  the United States District
       Court  for  the   Central   District   of   California,  which  was
       subsequently resolved by  a  stipulation  approved  by the District
       Court. Pursuant to  the  stipulation,  the jurisdictional issue was
       remanded to the Bankruptcy  Court  for  redetermination in light of
       developments in the case law.
        
       On February 27, 1991 the  Company  filed a petition against the DPW
       in the Pennsylvania Board of  Claims,  seeking damages in excess of
       $24 million (the "Board Action").    In July 1992, the Pennsylvania
       Board of Claims (the  "Board")  denied DPW's preliminary objections
       to the Company's petition.   In  August  1992, the DPW answered the
       Company's petition and  asserted  counterclaims  to recover (i) $16
       million of payments  that  the  DPW  made  to HealthPass healthcare
       providers purportedly to satisfy  Penn  Health's obligations to the
       providers; (ii)  the  costs  the  DPW  incurred  in  processing and
       mailing the payments  to  the  healthcare  providers;  and (iii) $6
       million which the DPW alleges was distributed by Penn Health to the
       Company, but should have  been  retained  by Penn Health to satisfy
       healthcare providers' claims.   In  the  Company's October 14, 1992
       answer to the counterclaim, the  Company denied the allegations set
       forth in  the  counterclaim.    The  Company  also  asserted  as an
       affirmative defense  that  Penn  Health's  discharge  in bankruptcy
       under the  Reorganization  Plan  is  a  complete  bar  to the DPW's
       counterclaim.    In  the  event   the  DPW  is  successful  in  its
       counterclaims, all of which arose out of pre-petition activities of
       the Company and Penn Health, any  recovery would be paid out of the
       Reorganization Plan  funds  and  there  will  be  no  impact on the
       Company's cash resources.    The  Company  believes  that  it has a
       meritorious defense to  the  counterclaim  and  will prevail on the
       counterclaim.
        
       On October 4,  1993  Penn  Health  filed  a  remand motion with the
       Bankruptcy Court  for  a  determination  that  the  DPW  waived its
       sovereign immunity by asserting an offset against Penn Health.  DPW
       opposed the remand motion and subsequently filed a motion with the 
       <PAGE>
       Bankruptcy  Court   requesting   that   the   Court   abstain  from
       adjudicating the Bankruptcy Action  and  require that Penn Health's
       claims against DPW be adjudicated by the Board in the Board Action.
       Pursuant to an order  of  the  Bankruptcy Court entered on February
       24, 1994, Penn Health's remand  motion  was granted in all respects
       and the Dismissal Order was vacated.  Under an order entered by the
       Bankruptcy Court on  January  24,  1994,  the  Court abstained on a
       preliminary  basis  from  adjudicating  the  Bankruptcy  Action and
       stayed all proceedings in  the  action  until  September 1, 1994 to
       allow the Board an opportunity to adjudicate the Board Action.  The
       Bankruptcy Court retains jurisdiction over the Bankruptcy Action to
       try or hear the action on  the  merits  in the event that the Board
       Action  is  not  tried  or  heard  by  September  1,  1994,  or  no
       significant progress is made in trying or hearing the Board Action.
        
       In an order  dated  December  21,  1993  the Board consolidated the
       Board  Action  and  two  separate  actions  filed  by  Penn  Health
       Providers against DPW  to  recover  payment  from  DPW for services
       rendered to HealthPass  members  (the  "Provider  Actions") and set
       trial  dates  in  the  consolidated  actions.    Contractual issues
       pertaining to the  DPW's  liability  to  Penn  Health  in the Board
       Action and to Penn Health providers in the Provider Actions will be
       tried by the Board  in  a  trial  scheduled  to commence on July 6,
       1994.  A trial to determine  damages  will  be held by the Board on
       December 12, 1994.
        
       The Company has,  in  the  past,  engaged in settlement discussions
       with the DPW and representatives of the major Penn Health Providers
       but an agreement was not reached.   The pre-petition amounts due to
       Penn Health Providers will be  treated as unsecured class 11 claims
       under the Reorganization Plan.    The  Company is currently holding
       approximately $225,000  in  an  escrow  account,  which the Company
       believes will be sufficient  to satisfy any remaining post-petition
       claims of Penn Health Providers. 
        
       d.  OTHER LITIGATION
        
       On March 12, 1993,  MH  Healthcare, Affiliate of Methodist Hospital
       of Indiana, Inc. ("MH")  submitted  a  demand (the "Demand") to the
       American Arbitration Association (the  "AAA")  for arbitration of a
       contractual  dispute  between   MH   and   Maxicare  Indiana,  Inc.
       ("Indiana") concerning interpretation of the provisions of a Master
       Agreement dated February  8,  1988,  as  subsequently amended, (the
       "Agreement") by and  among  MHP,  Indiana  and  MH.  MH Healthcare,
       Affiliate  of  Methodist  Hospital  of  Indiana,  Inc.  v. Maxicare
       Indiana, Inc.   Under  the  terms  of  the  Agreement  MH agreed to
       provide designated healthcare  services  to  members  of the health
       care plan operated by Indiana  in  exchange  for the rates and fees
       designated in the Agreement. In the Demand MH: (i) contends that it
       was not paid the  appropriate  amounts  due under the Agreement for
       1992; (ii) disputes certain of the premium rates upon which Indiana
       based its calculation of payments  made  to MH under the Agreement;
       and (iii) contends that  in  accordance  with the Agreement changes
       made by Indiana to  the  covered  services provided to plan members
       have materially impacted the  actuarial  value  of the payments due
       under the Agreement, entitling  MH  to  an upward adjustment in the
       rates specified in the Agreement.
       <PAGE>
       Based on  the  Pre-Hearing  Statement  which  MH  submitted  to the
       Arbitrator, the Company  has  been  advised  that  MH  is seeking a
       damage award of approximately $7.9  million  plus interest.  In the
       event MH  prevails  in  the  arbitration,  there  may be additional
       amounts due to MH for the  1993 contract year. Indiana disputes the
       allegations of the  Demand  and  MH's  damages  computation and has
       asserted a  counterclaim  to  the  Demand  to  recover overpayments
       erroneously made  to  MH  under  the  Agreement.    The parties are
       currently engaged in arbitration  of  the allegations of the Demand
       by the AAA which commenced on March 21, 1994.  The Company believes
       that Indiana  has  meritorious  defenses  to  the  Demand  and that
       Indiana will prevail in the arbitration.
        
       The Company is a defendant in a number of other lawsuits arising in
       the ordinary course  from  the  operations  of  its HMOs, including
       cases in which the plaintiffs  assert claims against the Company or
       third parties that  might  assert  indemnity or contribution claims
       against the Company for  malpractice,  negligence, bad faith in the
       failure to pay claims on a timely basis or denial of coverage.  The
       Company does not believe that  adverse  determination in any one or
       more of these cases would  have  a  material, adverse effect on the
       Company's business and operations.
       <PAGE>
       Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
               ---------------------------------------------------
        
       No matter was submitted to  a  vote  of security holders during the
       three months ended December 31, 1993.
       <PAGE>
                                     PART II
                                     -------
        
        
       Item 5.  Market for the Registrant's Common Stock and Related
                ----------------------------------------------------
                Stockholder Matters
                -------------------
        
        
       The Company emerged from Chapter 11  on December 5, 1990.  Pursuant
       to  the  Reorganization  Plan,   its  pre-petition  creditors  were
       entitled to receive 98% of  the  10  million shares of Common Stock
       authorized for  distribution  under  the  Reorganization  Plan; the
       remaining 2% of the Common Stock is to be distributed to equity and
       interest holders.
        
       (a) Market Information
        
       The Company's Common Stock  appears  on the National Association of
       Securities  Dealers  Automated  Quotation  National  Market Systems
       ("NASDAQ-NMS") under the trading symbol MAXI.
        
       The following table sets forth  the  range  of high and low bid and
       asked quotations of the  Common  Stock  as reported by the National
       Quotation Bureau, Incorporated  from  January  1,  1992 to April 6,
       1992.  Thereafter,  the  table  sets  forth  the  high and low sale
       prices per share on the NASDAQ-NMS.  The quotations are interdealer
       prices without retail mark-ups,  markdowns, or commissions, and may
       not represent actual transactions.
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
       Common Stock
                                         Bid      Bid      Ask      Ask
                                         high     low      high     low
       <S>    <C>                      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>
       1992    First Quarter            $11.50   $8.00    $12.00   $ 8.50
        
               Second Quarter           
               (April 1, 1992
               through April 6, 1992)   $10.50   $9.75    $10.75   $10.25
        
                                          Sale Price  
                                        --------------
               Second Quarter            high     low
               (April 7, 1992
               through June 30, 1992)   $10.50   $8.25
        
               Third Quarter            $12.00   $9.00
        
               Fourth Quarter           $14.50   $9.50
        
       1993    First Quarter            $14.25   $7.50
        
               Second Quarter           $11.75   $8.25
        
               Third Quarter            $11.00   $7.50
        
               Fourth Quarter           $11.88   $9.13
       </TABLE>
       <PAGE>
       (b) Holders
        
       The number of  holders  of  record  of  the  Company's  Common Stock on
       December 31, 1993  was  17,892.    As  of  such  date, the Company held
       1,164,778  shares  of  Common   Stock  (the  "Unallocated  Shares")  as
       disbursing agent for the benefit  of creditors and holders of interests
       and equity claims under  the  Reorganization  Plan.  Of the Unallocated
       Shares held as of December 31,  1993, 752,236 were held for the benefit
       of creditors of  the  Company's  operating subsidiaries (Reorganization
       Plan classes 5A through 5H),  118,400  shares  were held for bank group
       creditors (Reorganization Plan class  7),  97,272  shares were held for
       bondholder creditors (Reorganization Plan  classes  8A through 8D), and
       196,870 were held  for  former  stockholders (Reorganization Plan class
       12).  As of  December  31,  1993,  no  shares  were  being held for the
       benefit of Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc. creditors (Reorganization Plan
       class 9), however,  certain  of  the  shares  held  for  the benefit of
       Reorganization Plan classes 7 and 8A  through 8D will be reallocated to
       Reorganization Plan class 9  pursuant  to  a  formula  set forth in the
       Reorganization Plan.  The Reorganization  Plan provides that until such
       time as any share of Common  Stock  reserved for a holder of an allowed
       claim or allowed interest  under  the Reorganization Plan is allocated,
       the disbursing agent shall  deliver  an  irrevocable  proxy to vote the
       Unallocated Shares to the independent  directors  of the Board (as such
       term  is  defined  by   the   Reorganization  Plan).    Currently,  the
       independent directors are Messrs.  Brinegar and Lewis (the "Independent
       Directors").  The  Reorganization  Plan  provides  that the Unallocated
       Shares shall be voted in the following manner:
        
          (i) 949,106 shares which were held  in the claims reserves as of
          December 31, 1993 for the holders of Reorganization Plan classes
          5A through 5H and Reorganization Plan class 9 allowed claims and
          Reorganization Plan class 12 allowed interests and equity holder
          claims, shall (a) as to proposals  made by the Company, be voted
          in the same manner and the  same  degree as all of the allocated
          shares of Common Stock;  and  (b)  as  to  proposals made by any
          person or entity other than  the Company, be voted in accordance
          with the vote of a majority of the Independent Directors; and
        
          (ii) 215,672 shares which were held in the claims reserves as of
          December 31, 1993 for holders of Reorganization Plan class 7 and
          Reorganization Plan classes 8A  through 8D allowed claims, shall
          be voted in the same manner  and  the  same degree as all of the
          allocated shares of Common Stock.
        
       (c) Dividends
        
       The Company has not paid any cash dividends on its Common Stock.
        
       <PAGE>
       Item 6. Selected Financial Data
               -----------------------
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                                       At And For The Years Ended December 31,
                                                                       ---------------------------------------
       (Amounts in thousands except per share and 
        membership data)
       <S>                                                     <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>
                                                                  1993       1992       1991      1990        1989  
                                                                --------   --------   --------  --------   ---------
        
       OPERATING REVENUES                                       $440,186   $414,454   $388,694  $386,897   $ 516,346
                                                                --------   --------   --------  --------   ---------
        
       TOTAL HEALTH CARE EXPENSES                                394,721    362,627    330,529   328,436     445,776
        
          Marketing, general and administrative expenses          40,998     37,930     41,008    48,066      79,252
          Depreciation and amortization                            4,054      5,238      6,535     7,925      10,041
          Reorganization expenses (1)                                           895      3,661     8,142      11,947
                                                                --------   --------   --------  --------   ---------
       TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES                                  439,773    406,690    381,733   392,569     547,016
                                                                --------   --------   --------  --------   ---------
       INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS                                 413      7,764      6,961    (5,672)    (30,670)
        
          Investment income                                        2,636      3,121      4,039     3,054       4,329
          Interest expense                                           (32)    (2,773)    (9,570)   (1,111)     (9,708)
          Minority interest                                                                                    1,544
                                                                --------   --------   --------  --------   ---------
       INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND 
          EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS                                      3,017      8,112     1,430     (3,729)    (34,505)
        
       BENEFIT FOR INCOME TAXES                                    2,571      3,058                               18
                                                                --------   --------  --------   ---------  ---------
       INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS                    5,588     11,170     1,430     (3,729)    (34,487)
        
       EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS (net of income taxes of $0) (2)                  (14,241)     (905)   680,444            
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   ---------
       NET INCOME (LOSS)                                           5,588     (3,071)      525    676,715     (34,487)
        
       PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS                                  (5,400)    (4,350)                       
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   ---------
       NET INCOME (LOSS) AVAILABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS       $    188   $ (7,421) $    525   $676,715   $ (34,487)
                                                                ========   ========  ========   ========   =========
        
       NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON AND COMMON EQUIVALENT 
          SHARE:
       Income (Loss) Before Extraordinary Items Available to
         Common Shareholders                                    $    .02   $    .66   $   .14   $   (.37)
       Extraordinary Items (2)                                                (1.37)     (.09)     67.30
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------
       Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Shareholders       $    .02   $   (.71)  $   .05   $  66.93
                                                                ========   ========   =======   ========
        
       Weighted average number of
          common and common equivalent
          shares outstanding (3)                                  10,416     10,414    10,253     10,111
        
       BALANCE SHEET DATA:
          Total assets                                          $106,807   $ 97,278  $105,922   $114,577   $ 233,148
          Total indebtedness (4)                                $ 54,422   $ 45,217  $102,874   $112,054   $ 907,260
          Shareholders' equity (deficit)                        $ 52,385   $ 52,061  $  3,048   $  2,523   $(674,112)
        
       MEMBERSHIP DATA:
          Number of members                                      308,000    283,000   277,000    287,000     379,000
        
       </TABLE>
       <PAGE>
                       Notes to Selected Financial Data
        
        
       (1)   Expenses were  offset  by  $5,218  and  $3,055 of investment
             income for  the  years  ended  December  31,  1990 and 1989,
             respectively, that was estimated  would not have been earned
             but  for   the   Chapter   11   reorganization  proceedings.
             Subsequent to the  Effective  Date,  investment income is no
             longer offset against reorganization expenses.
        
       (2)   Includes a  1992  write-off  of  unamortized  original issue
             discount and unamortized issuance  costs on the Senior Notes
             that were redeemed  and  a  1992  accrual  of a distribution
             payable pursuant to  the  Reorganization  Plan  based on the
             Company's consolidated net  worth  as  of December 31, 1992.
             Includes a 1991 accrual  of  a distribution payable pursuant
             to  the   Reorganization   Plan   based   on  the  Company's
             consolidated net worth as of  December 31, 1991 and a write-
             off of original issue discount  on Senior Notes that were to
             be redeemed.   Includes  a  1990  gain  with  respect to the
             Independence  Health  Plan  of  Southeastern  Michigan, Inc.
             settlement and  the  discharge  of  pre-petition liabilities
             pursuant to the Reorganization  Plan (see "Item 8. Financial
             Statements and Supplementary Data -  Note 3 to the Company's
             Consolidated Financial Statements").
        
       (3)   As  provided   in   the   Reorganization   Plan,  previously
             outstanding common stock was cancelled, and 10,000 shares of
             Common  Stock   were   issued.      Accordingly,  per  share
             information for  1990  was  calculated  by  using the 10,000
             shares plus common  equivalent  shares  of stock options and
             Warrants when dilutive.    Net  loss  per  common and common
             equivalent share previously reported for 1989 was calculated
             based on 34,640 shares of  old common stock.  Therefore, the
             net loss per common  and  common equivalent share amount for
             1989 is not comparable  to  1993,  1992,  1991 and 1990 and,
             accordingly, has been omitted.
        
       (4)   Includes long-term  liabilities  of  $504,  $1,015, $63,177,
             $63,388 and $12,323  in  1993,  1992,  1991,  1990 and 1989,
             respectively,  and  in   1989  pre-petition  liabilities  of
             $843,713.
        
       <PAGE>
       Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
               -----------------------------------------------------------
               and Results of Operations
               -------------------------
        
       The year ended December 31, 1993 compared to the year ended December
       --------------------------------------------------------------------
       31, 1992.
       ---------
        
       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  (the  "Company") reported net income of
       $5.6 million for the year ended December 31, 1993, compared to a net
       loss of  $3.1  million,  including  extraordinary  charges  of $14.2
       million, for the same period of  1992.   Net income per common share
       available to common  shareholders  increased  to  $.02  for the year
       ended December 31, 1993  compared  to  a  net  loss per common share
       available to common  shareholders  of  $.71  for  the same period in
       1992.
        
       For the year ended December 31, 1993, the Company reported operating
       revenues of $440.2 million,  a  6%  increase over the $414.5 million
       reported for the year  ended  December  31,  1992.   The increase in
       revenues primarily results from the Company experiencing an increase
       in membership and modest  premium  rate  increases.  The increase in
       year-to-date operating revenues for 1993  was more than offset by an
       increase in health  care  expenses,  contributing  to  a decrease in
       income from operations to $413,000 from $7.8 million for fiscal year
       1992.  Health care  expenses  increased  for the year ended December
       31,  1993  primarily  because  of  a  $7.0  million  one-time charge
       reported in the third  quarter  of 1993 for previously unanticipated
       actual and  projected  health  care  costs.    These costs primarily
       resulted from changes in  the Indiana marketplace, the restructuring
       of relationships among the Company  and its health care providers as
       well as unanticipated increases in high cost health care procedures.
       The provider network restructuring which  began in mid 1992 has been
       substantially completed as of the first quarter of 1994.
        
       Marketing,  general  and   administrative  expenses  increased  $2.2
       million to $41.0 million  for  the  year  ended December 31, 1993 as
       compared to  1992;  however,  these  expenses  have  decreased  as a
       percentage of operating revenues.  
        
       The Company's consummation of the  sale  of  $60 million of Series A
       preferred stock on March 11,  1992  and  the redemption on April 13,
       1992 of the entire outstanding  principal, plus accrued interest on,
       the Senior Notes resulted in  the  Company reporting a $14.2 million
       extraordinary loss in the first quarter of 1992, the payment of $5.4
       million in preferred stock dividends in 1993 and a decrease in year-
       to-date interest expense  of  $2.7  million  for  1993 (see "Item 8.
       Financial Statements and Supplementary Data  -  Notes 3 and 6 to the
       Company's Consolidated Financial Statements").
        
       The Company accounts for  income  taxes in accordance with Statement
       of Financial Accounting Standards  No.  109  - Accounting for Income
       Taxes ("FAS 109").    This  standard  requires,  among other things,
       recognition of future tax  benefits,  measured by enacted tax rates,
       attributable to deductible  temporary  differences between financial
       statement and income tax bases of assets and liabilities and to tax 
       <PAGE>
       NOLs, to the extent that realization of such benefits is more likely
       than not.  Management has  estimated,  based on the Company's recent
       history of operating results  and  its  expectations for the future,
       that future taxable income of the  Company will more likely than not
       be sufficient to utilize a  minimum  of approximately $15 million of
       NOLs; accordingly, the Company  increased  its deferred tax asset by
       $2.8 million to $6.0 million  in  the  fourth  quarter of 1993.  The
       Company has remaining a  maximum  of  $87  million of unutilized net
       operating loss carryforwards ("NOLs") as  of December 31, 1993 which
       are subject to annual limitations  under Section 382 of the Internal
       Revenue Code (see  "Item  8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary
       Data - Note 7 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements").
        
       The year ended December 31, 1992 compared to the year ended December
       --------------------------------------------------------------------
       31, 1991.
       ---------
        
       The Company reported an $803,000  increase in income from operations
       for the year ended December 31,  1992 compared to the same period of
       1991.  Income per common  share before extraordinary items available
       to common  shareholders  increased  to  $.66  for  fiscal  year 1992
       compared to $.14 for fiscal  year  1991.    The increase in the 1992
       annual income from operations is due to decreases of $3.1 million in
       marketing, general  and  administrative  expenses,  $2.8  million in
       reorganization  expenses,  and  $1.3  million  in  depreciation  and
       amortization expenses  which  were  substantially  offset  by a $6.3
       million decrease in  the  gross  margin  due  to  higher health care
       costs.  For the  year  ended  December  31, 1992, operating revenues
       increased $25.8 million to $414.5  million due to an 80,000 increase
       in member months and an increase  in revenue per member per month of
       $5.00. (Member months is the sum  of the total members in each month
       during the reporting  period).  This  increase in operating revenues
       was offset by an increase in health care expenses as a percentage of
       operating revenues  (the  "medical  loss  ratio")  to  87.5% for the
       twelve months ended  December  31,  1992  from  85.0% for the twelve
       months ended December 31, 1991.  The Company experienced an increase
       in the medical loss ratio to  90.9%  for the fourth quarter of 1992.
       This fourth quarter  increase  is  primarily  due to higher pharmacy
       costs  and  adverse  claims  development  primarily  resulting  from
       unusually high catastrophic claims. 
        
       The Company's consummation of the  sale  of  $60 million of Series A
       Stock on March 11, 1992 and the  redemption on April 13, 1992 of the
       entire outstanding principal, plus  accrued  interest on, the Senior
       Notes resulted in the  payment  of  $4.4  million in preferred stock
       dividends while  decreasing  interest  expense  by  $6.8 million for
       fiscal year 1992.  In addition, investment income decreased $918,000
       for the year ended December 31,  1992  as compared to the year ended
       December  31,  1991  because  of   the  lower  cash  and  marketable
       securities balance resulting from the redemption of the Senior Notes
       and the decline in  market  interest  rates  (see "Item 8. Financial
       Statements  and  Supplementary  Data  -  Note  6  to  the  Company's
       Consolidated Financial Statements").
        
       In anticipation of the redemption  of  the Senior Notes, the Company
       reported in the first quarter  of 1992 a $14.2 million extraordinary
       loss for the write-off  of  unamortized  original issue discount and
       unamortized issuance costs, an accrual for Senior Notes redemption 
       <PAGE>
       costs and an accrual  for  the  maximum potential payments, based on
       the Company's net worth at December  31, 1992, which may be required
       to  be  made  by   the   Company   to   creditors  pursuant  to  the
       Reorganization  Plan  (see   "Item   8.   Financial  Statements  and
       Supplementary Data - Note 3  to the Company's Consolidated Financial
       Statements").
        
       Management estimated, based on its expectations for the future, that
       future taxable income of the  Company  will  more likely than not be
       sufficient to utilize a minimum of approximately $8 million of NOLs;
       accordingly, the Company recorded a  $3.2 million deferred tax asset
       as of December 31, 1992 for the recognition of future utilization of
       NOLs in accordance with FAS 109.
        
       The aforementioned  income  from  operations  and  tax  benefit were
       offset by the extraordinary  charges  of $14.2 million, resulting in
       the Company reporting a  $3.1  million  net  loss for the year ended
       December 31, 1992.
       <PAGE>
       Liquidity and Capital Resources
        
       Certain  of  MHP's  operating  subsidiaries  are  subject  to  state
       regulations which require compliance with certain statutory deposit,
       reserve and net worth  requirements.    To  the extent the operating
       subsidiaries must comply with  these  regulations, they may not have
       the  financial  flexibility  to  transfer   funds  to  MHP.    MHP's
       proportionate share of net assets (after inter-company eliminations)
       which, at December  31,  1993,  may  not  be  transferred  to MHP by
       subsidiaries in  the  form  of  loans,  advances  or  cash dividends
       without the consent of a  third  party is referred to as "Restricted
       Net  Assets".    Total  Restricted  Net  Assets  of  these operating
       subsidiaries was $23.7 million  at  December  31, 1993, with deposit
       and  reserve  requirements   representing   $13.5   million  of  the
       Restricted Net  Assets  and  net  worth  requirements,  in excess of
       deposit and reserve  requirements,  representing the remaining $10.2
       million.  The total Restricted  Net Assets of $23.9 million includes
       the restricted  cash  and  marketable  securities  for  MHP  and all
       subsidiaries.  Because  of  the  aforementioned deposit, reserve and
       net worth  requirements,  approximately  $7.9  million  of the $49.0
       million in cash, cash equivalents  and marketable securities held by
       subsidiaries of MHP  could  be  considered  available to transfer to
       MHP.
        
       All of MHP's  operational  subsidiaries  are  direct subsidiaries of
       MHP.  With the exception of the Company's South Carolina HMO, all of
       the Company's  operational  HMOs  are  licensed  by  pertinent state
       authorities; all of the Company's HMOs are federally qualified.  The
       operations of the South Carolina  HMO are currently under Bankruptcy
       Court  jurisdiction  pending  a  reorganization  of  that  entity to
       operate as a licensed  HMO  in  the  state  of  South Carolina.  The
       Company believes that  it  will  be  able  to ultimately resolve the
       South Carolina HMO's  licensing  situation  with  the state of South
       Carolina  as  a   separately   licensed   HMO   in  such  state  or,
       alternatively, as a division of  one  of its other operating HMOs to
       be  licensed  to  do  business  in  the  state  of  South  Carolina.
       Presently,  the  Company  is  discussing  with  the  North  Carolina
       Department of  Insurance  the  possibility  of  operating  the South
       Carolina HMO as a division of  the  North Carolina HMO.  The Company
       can not predict at this time  the required capital infusion, if any,
       which may result from the  separate  licensing of the South Carolina
       HMO in the state of South Carolina  or operating it as a division of
       one of the Company's operating HMOs.  If infusion of additional cash
       resources is required  to  ensure  compliance with statutory deposit
       and net worth requirements,  the  Company  does  not believe such an
       infusion will have a material adverse effect on its operations taken
       as a whole.
        
       The operating HMOs currently  pay  monthly  fees  to MHP pursuant to
       administrative   services   agreements   for   various   management,
       financial, legal,  computer  and  telecommunications  services.  The
       Company believes  that  for  the  foreseeable  future,  it will have
       sufficient resources  to  fund  ongoing  operations,  meet preferred
       stock dividend requirements of  $2.25  per share annually and remain
       in compliance with statutory financial requirements.
        
       Pursuant to the Reorganization Plan, the Company is required to make
       distributions based on its consolidated  net worth in excess of $2.0
       million at December 31, 1991  and  1992 (the "Consolidated Net Worth
       Distribution"). In March 1992, the Company consummated the sale of 
       <PAGE>
       $60 million of Series A  Stock.    The proceeds from this sale, plus
       internally generated cash, were utilized to redeem in April 1992 the
       entire outstanding Senior Notes.  The sale of the Series A Stock had
       the effect of significantly increasing the net worth of the Company.
       The Company does  not  believe  the Reorganization Plan contemplated
       either the issuance of the Series  A  Stock or the redemption of the
       Senior Notes, and accordingly, the Company believes the Consolidated
       Net Worth Distribution required by the Reorganization Plan should be
       calculated on a basis as if the  sale  of the Series A Stock had not
       been consummated and the Senior  Notes  had  not been redeemed. As a
       result of the  foregoing,  the  Company  calculated the December 31,
       1992 Consolidated Net Worth  Distribution amount to be approximately
       $971,000, which was deposited  for distribution to certain creditors
       under the Reorganization  Plan  in  March  1993.    In addition, the
       Company believes that any  Consolidated Net Worth Distribution which
       under the Reorganization Plan is to be utilized to redeem the Senior
       Notes is no longer due as the Senior Notes have been fully redeemed.
       Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company  elected to accrue in its
       consolidated financial statements  for  the  year ended December 31,
       1992 the maximum potential liability of $7.2 million on this matter.
       The  amount  that  may  be   ultimately  payable  pursuant  to  this
       Reorganization Plan provision, if any, could be less than the amount
       accrued.  Any  additional  Consolidated  Net Worth Distribution that
       may be required will be made from the Company's available cash.
        
       In mid 1992 the Company  began restructuring its provider network in
       the Indianapolis  marketplace  as  a  result  of  the termination of
       contract negotiations with  MH  Healthcare,  Inc. ("MetroHealth"), a
       health care provider in that market.  Pursuant to the contract which
       expired on December 31, 1992,  the enrollees in Indianapolis who use
       the  MetroHealth  facilities,  comprising  approximately  8%  of the
       Company's total enrollment at  December  31,  1993, will continue to
       have  access  to  MetroHealth  providers  through  March  31,  1994.
       MetroHealth currently offers  its  own  health  care  product in the
       Indianapolis area.  Total  enrollment  in  the Indiana HMO decreased
       approximately 22% during the first quarter of 1994 from December 31,
       1993 but the Company  believes  that  it  will ultimately be able to
       replace  a  substantial  number  of  the  members  who  remain  with
       MetroHealth and that the restructuring  of the provider network will
       not have a  long-term  adverse  impact  on the Company's operations.
       MetroHealth and the Indiana HMO are currently engaged in arbitration
       of a contractual dispute (see "Item  3. Legal Proceedings - d. Other
       Litigation").    The  Company  believes  that  the  Indiana  HMO has
       meritorious defenses and will  prevail  in  the arbitration.  In the
       event MetroHealth is awarded  damages  in an amount which proximates
       the damages MetroHealth contends it  is  entitled to, and such award
       is upheld on review, the award  could have a material adverse impact
       on the liquidity of the Indiana HMO and the Company.
        
       Although, the Company  does  not  believe  that  it needs additional
       working  capital  at  this  time,  it  has  from  time  to  time had
       discussions  with  lenders  concerning  a  possible  standby working
       capital line.  The Company cannot state with any degree of certainty
       at this time whether  additional  equity  capital or working capital
       would be available to  the  Company,  and  if available, would be at
       terms and conditions acceptable to the Company.
       <PAGE>
       Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
               -------------------------------------------
        
       <PAGE>
                        REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                        ---------------------------------
        
        
        
       To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
       of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
        
        
        
       In our opinion, the consolidated  financial statements listed in the
       index appearing under  Part  IV  Item  14(a)(1)  and  (2) on page 70
       present fairly, in all material  respects, the financial position of
       Maxicare Health Plans,  Inc.  and  its  subsidiaries at December 31,
       1993 and 1992, and the  results  of  their operations and their cash
       flows for each of the three  years  in the period ended December 31,
       1993, in conformity  with  generally accepted accounting principles.
       These financial statements are  the  responsibility of the Company's
       management; our responsibility  is  to  express  an opinion on these
       financial statements based on our  audits.   We conducted our audits
       of these statements in  accordance  with generally accepted auditing
       standards which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
       reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
       of material misstatement.   An  audit  includes examining, on a test
       basis,  evidence  supporting  the  amounts  and  disclosures  in the
       financial statements, assessing  the  accounting principles used and
       significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
       financial  statement  presentation.    We  believe  that  our audits
       provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
        
       As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the
       Company changed its method of accounting for income taxes in 1991.
        
        
        
        
        
       PRICE WATERHOUSE
       Los Angeles, California
       March 4, 1994
       <PAGE>
                MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                   (Amounts in thousands except par value)
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                                          December 31,
                                                                       1993         1992  
       CURRENT ASSETS                                               ---------    ---------
       <S>                                                         <C>          <C>
         Cash and cash equivalents - Note 2........................ $  38,672    $  21,527
         Marketable securities - Note 2............................    19,448       27,318
         Accounts receivable, net - Note 2.........................    19,174       20,787
         Deferred tax asset........................................     6,000        3,200
         Prepaid expenses..........................................     3,717        1,495
         Other current assets......................................       406          772
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS....................................    87,417       75,099
                                                                    ---------    ---------
       PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
         Leasehold improvements....................................     5,466        5,482
         Furniture and equipment...................................    36,878       36,851
                                                                    ---------    ---------
                                                                       42,344       42,333
           Less accumulated depreciation and amortization..........    38,715       35,108
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           NET PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT..............................     3,629        7,225
                                                                    ---------    ---------
       LONG-TERM ASSETS
         Long-term receivables.....................................     2,004        2,036
         Statutory deposits........................................    13,610       12,802
         Intangible assets, net - Note 2...........................       147          116
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL LONG-TERM ASSETS..................................    15,761       14,954
                                                                    ---------    ---------
        
           TOTAL ASSETS............................................ $ 106,807    $  97,278
                                                                    =========    =========
       CURRENT LIABILITIES
         Estimated claims and incentives payable................... $  38,895    $  28,986
         Accounts payable..........................................       401           77
         Deferred income...........................................     2,682        1,933
         Accrued salary expense....................................     2,732        2,759
         Payable to disbursing agent...............................     6,248        7,219
         Other current liabilities.................................     2,960        3,228
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES...............................    53,918       44,202
       LONG-TERM LIABILITIES.......................................       504        1,015
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES.......................................    54,422       45,217
                                                                    ---------    ---------
       COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Note 5
        
       SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 
         Preferred stock, $.01 par value - 5,000 shares
           authorized, 2,400 shares issued and outstanding.........        24           24
         Common stock, $.01 par value - 40,000 shares authorized,
           1993 - 10,033 shares and 1992 - 10,017 shares issued and
           outstanding - Note 6....................................       100          100
         Additional paid-in capital................................   241,151      241,015
         Accumulated deficit.......................................  (188,890)    (189,078)
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY..............................    52,385       52,061
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY.............. $ 106,807    $  97,278
                                                                    =========    =========
       </TABLE>
        
        
                             See notes to consolidated financial statements.
       <PAGE>
                 MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                 (Amounts in thousands except per share data)
        
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
                                                                  Years ended December 31,
                                                                1993        1992       1991  
                                                              --------    --------   --------
       <S>                                                   <C>        <C>        <C>
       OPERATING REVENUES.................................... $440,186    $414,454   $388,694
                                                              --------    --------   --------
       OPERATING EXPENSES
          Physician services.................................  170,377     159,081    146,883
          Hospital services..................................  146,998     139,568    132,003
          Outpatient services................................   62,565      52,541     42,333
          Other health care expense..........................   14,781      11,437      9,310
                                                              --------    --------   --------
            TOTAL HEALTH CARE EXPENSES.......................  394,721     362,627    330,529
        
          Marketing, general and administrative expenses.....   40,998      37,930     41,008
          Depreciation and amortization......................    4,054       5,238      6,535
          Reorganization expenses - Note 2...................                  895      3,661
                                                              --------    --------   --------
            TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES.........................  439,773     406,690    381,733
                                                              --------    --------   --------
       INCOME FROM OPERATIONS................................      413       7,764      6,961
        
          Investment income..................................    2,636       3,121      4,039
          Interest expense...................................      (32)     (2,773)    (9,570)
                                                              --------    --------   --------
       INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS....    3,017       8,112      1,430
        
       INCOME TAX BENEFIT....................................    2,571       3,058           
                                                              --------    --------   --------
       INCOME BEFORE EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS.....................    5,588      11,170      1,430
        
       EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS (net of income taxes of $0) - 
          Note 3.............................................              (14,241)      (905)
                                                              --------    --------   --------
       NET INCOME (LOSS).....................................    5,588      (3,071)       525
        
       PREFERRED DIVIDENDS...................................   (5,400)     (4,350)          
                                                              --------    --------   --------
       NET INCOME (LOSS) AVAILABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS.... $    188    $ (7,421)  $    525
                                                              ========    ========   ========
        
       NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON AND COMMON EQUIVALENT 
          SHARE - Note 2:
       Income Before Extraordinary Items Available
          to Common Shareholders............................. $    .02    $    .66   $    .14
       Extraordinary Items...................................                (1.37)      (.09)
                                                              --------    --------   --------
       Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Shareholders.... $    .02    $   (.71)  $    .05
                                                              ========    ========   ========
        
       Weighted average number of common and common equivalent
          shares outstanding.................................   10,416      10,414     10,253
                                                              ========    ========   ========
       </TABLE>
        
        
        
                             See notes to consolidated financial statements.
       <PAGE>
                 MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                            (Amounts in thousands)
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                                             Years ended December 31,
                                                                           1993        1992        1991
                                                                         --------   ---------    --------
       CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
       <S>                                                              <C>        <C>         <C>
       Net income (loss)................................................ $  5,588   $ (3,071)    $    525
       Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
       provided by (used for) operating activities:
         Depreciation expense...........................................    4,027      5,187        6,458
         Amortization of Senior Notes discount..........................                 139          461
         Amortization expense...........................................       27         51           77
         Extraordinary items............................................              14,241          905
         Provision for bad debt.........................................                              397
         Loss on dispositions of property and equipment.................       19        298        1,452
         Net cash provided by (used for) changes in assets and 
         liabilities:
           Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable...................    1,613     (3,083)      10,890
           Increase (decrease) in estimated claims and incentives
             payable....................................................    9,909      1,871       (1,925)
           Changes in other miscellaneous assets and 
             liabilities................................................   (4,066)    (5,650)        (200)
                                                                         --------   --------     --------
       Net cash provided by operating activities........................   17,117      9,983       19,040
                                                                         --------   --------     --------
       CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
         Dispositions of property and equipment.........................        7         33          254
         Purchases of property and equipment............................     (457)       (88)        (480)
         Increase in statutory deposits.................................     (808)      (928)      (1,980)
         Decrease in long-term receivables..............................       32        373          103
         Proceeds from sales of marketable securities...................   26,245     55,048       19,353
         Purchases of marketable securities.............................  (18,375)   (67,268)     (21,725)
                                                                         --------   --------     --------
       Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities.............    6,644    (12,830)      (4,475)
                                                                         --------   --------     --------
       CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
         Senior Notes redemption........................................             (67,000)
         Issuance of preferred stock....................................              60,000
         Issuance costs paid on preferred stock.........................              (3,700)
         Payment of preferred stock dividends...........................   (5,400)    (4,350)
         Cash transferred to disbursing agent...........................     (971)    (4,281)      (7,548)
         Payments on capital lease obligations..........................     (381)      (477)        (418)
         Stock options exercised........................................      136        134             
                                                                         --------   --------     --------
       Net cash used for financing activities...........................   (6,616)   (19,674)      (7,966)
                                                                         --------   --------     --------
       Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents.............   17,145    (22,521)       6,599
       Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period.................   21,527     44,048       37,449
                                                                         --------   --------     --------
       Cash and cash equivalents at end of period....................... $ 38,672   $ 21,527     $ 44,048
                                                                         ========   ========     ========
        
       Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
           Cash paid during the year for -
             Interest                                                    $     31   $  2,594     $  9,674
             Income taxes                                                $    284   $     43
        
       Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing activities:
           Book value of assets exchanged for assets                     $     40
           Fair value of assets exchanged                                     (25)
                                                                         --------
           Loss on assets exchanged                                      $     15
                                                                         ========
           Capital lease obligations incurred for purchase of  
             property and equipment:
                            Fair value of assets acquired                                        $  1,850
                            Trade-in allowance                                                       (685)
                                                                                                 --------
                            Capital lease assumed                                   $     24     $  1,165
                                                                                                 ========
       </TABLE>
                           See notes to consolidated financial statements.
       <PAGE>
                   MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                              (Amounts in thousands)
        
        
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                         Number of             Number of             Additional  
                                         Preferred  Preferred   Common      Common    Paid-in    Accumulated
                                          Shares      Stock     Shares      Stock     Capital      Deficit      Total
                                         ---------  ---------   ------    --------   --------    -----------   -------
       <S>                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>           <C>
       Balance at December 31, 1990.....                        10,000       $100    $184,605    $(182,182)    $ 2,523
        
           Net income...................                                                               525         525
                                                                ------       ----    --------    ---------     -------
        
       Balance at December 31, 1991.....                        10,000        100     184,605     (181,657)      3,048
        
           Issuance of preferred stock
           (net of issuance costs)......   2,400       $24                             56,276                   56,300
        
           Stock options exercised......                            17                    134                      134
        
           Preferred stock dividends....                                                            (4,350)     (4,350)
        
           Net loss.....................                                                            (3,071)     (3,071)
                                           -----       ---      ------       ----    --------    ---------     -------
        
       Balance at December 31, 1992.....   2,400        24      10,017        100     241,015     (189,078)     52,061
        
           Stock options exercised......                            16                    136                      136
        
           Preferred stock dividends....                                                            (5,400)     (5,400)
        
           Net income...................                                                             5,588       5,588
                                           -----       ---      ------       ----    --------    ---------     -------
       Balance at December 31, 1993.....   2,400       $24      10,033       $100    $241,151    $(188,890)    $52,385
                                           =====       ===      ======       ====    ========    =========     =======
        
       </TABLE>
        
        
        
                                See notes to consolidated financial statements.
       <PAGE>
                  MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
        
        
       NOTE 1 - BUSINESS DESCRIPTION 
        
       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation ("MHP"), is a
       holding company which  owns  various  subsidiaries, primarily health
       maintenance organizations ("HMOs"). MHP operates HMOs in California,
       Indiana, Illinois,  Louisiana,  North  Carolina,  South Carolina and
       Wisconsin.  All of MHP's HMOs  are federally qualified by the United
       States Department of  Health  and  Human  Services and are generally
       regulated by the Department of Insurance  of the state in which they
       are domiciled (except Maxicare, which is regulated by the California
       Department of Corporations).  
        
       Maxicare Life  and  Health  Insurance  Company  ("MLH"),  a licensed
       insurance  company  and  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  MHP, operates
       preferred provider organizations  ("PPOs")  or primary care provider
       network products in Indiana, Louisiana and California and represents
       approximately five percent  (5%)  of  the consolidated enrollment of
       MHP and subsidiaries  (the  "Company")  at  December  31,  1993.  In
       addition, MLH writes policies  for  group  life and accidental death
       and dismemberment insurance; however,  these  lines of business make
       up less than one  percent  (1%)  of the Company's operating revenues
       for the year ended December 31, 1993.
        
       NOTE 2-SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
        
       Basis of Consolidation
        
       The  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  include  the
       accounts of the Company.  All significant inter-company balances and
       transactions have been eliminated.  
        
       Cash and Cash Equivalents
        
       For purposes  of  the  Consolidated  Statements  of  Cash Flows, the
       Company  considers  all  highly  liquid  investments  that  are both
       readily convertible into known amounts  of cash and mature within 90
       days from their date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
        
       Cash and cash equivalents consist of the following at December 31:
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
                                               1993        1992 
          (Amounts in thousands)             -------     -------
         <S>                                 <C>         <C>
         Cash..............................  $ 8,398     $ 9,861
         Certificates of deposit...........    3,463       1,001
         Commercial paper..................    6,091    
         Money market funds................    7,531       5,728
         Repurchase agreements.............    8,194         440
         U.S. Treasury obligations.........    4,995       4,497
                                             -------     -------
        
                                             $38,672     $21,527
                                             =======     =======
       </TABLE>
       <PAGE>
       Marketable Securities
        
       Marketable securities are  stated  at  the  lower of amortized cost,
       which typically approximates market,  or  market value. Market value
       is estimated  using  published  or  broker  quoted  prices. Gains or
       losses on disposal  of  marketable  securities  are  determined on a
       specific identification basis and  are included in investment income
       in  the  Consolidated  Statements   of   Operations.    Included  in
       investment income for the year  ended  December 31, 1993 is $375,000
       of gains recognized on the sale of marketable securities.
        
       Marketable securities consist of the following at December 31:
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                     
                                              1993        1992
         (Amounts in thousands)             -------     -------
        <S>                                <C>         <C>
         Certificates of deposit........... $    70     $    75
         U.S. Treasury obligations.........   8,992      10,121
         Bonds.............................              13,088
         Municipal obligations.............     825       1,033
         Auction rate preferred stocks.....   9,526       3,001
         Other.............................      35     
                                            -------     -------
                                            $19,448     $27,318
                                            =======     =======
       </TABLE>
        
       All bonds in which the Company has invested are rated A or better by
       Moody's or Standard and Poor's rating agencies.
        
       Accounts Receivable
        
       Accounts receivable consist of the following at December 31:
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                              1993         1992 
         (Amounts in thousands)              ------      -------
         <S>                               <C>         <C>
         Premiums.......................... $13,217      $12,253
         Notes.............................   1,432        2,866
         Other.............................   7,231        7,992
                                            -------      -------
                                             21,880       23,111
         Allowance for retroactive
           billing adjustments.........      (2,706)      (2,324)
                                            -------      -------
         Accounts receivable, net......     $19,174      $20,787
                                            =======      =======
       </TABLE>
       <PAGE>
       Property and Equipment
        
       Property and  equipment  are  recorded  at  cost  and include assets
       acquired through capital leases  and improvements that significantly
       add to the productive  capacity  or  extend  the  useful life of the
       asset.  Costs of maintenance  and  repairs are charged to expense as
       incurred. Depreciation for financial  reporting purposes is provided
       on the straight-line method over  the  estimated useful lives of the
       assets.    The  costs  of  major  remodeling  and  improvements  are
       capitalized as leasehold  improvements.   Leasehold improvements are
       amortized using the  straight-line  method  over  the shorter of the
       remaining term of the applicable lease or the life of the asset.
        
       Statutory Deposits
        
       Statutory deposits  include  cash  investments  that  are limited to
       specific purposes as  required  by  federal regulations, regulations
       in states in  which  the  Company  operates  or employer groups with
       which the Company  contracts.    The  Company  had $12.6 million and
       $11.4 million  in  such  investments  limited  by  federal  or state
       regulations  at  December  31,  1993  and  1992,  respectively,  and
       $850,000 and $500,000 in such investments limited by employer groups
       at December 31, 1993  and  1992, respectively. These investments are
       stated at the lower of amortized cost, which approximates market, or
       market value. Market value  is  estimated  using published or broker
       quoted prices.
        
       Intangible Assets
        
       Intangible assets are amortized  using the straight-line method over
       five  years.    Accumulated  amortization  of  intangible  assets at
       December 31,  1993  and  1992  is  $1.7  million  and  $1.6 million,
       respectively. 
        
       Long-term Liabilities
        
       Long-term liabilities include  reserves  for  various legal matters,
       including reserves for medical malpractice claims, and various other
       miscellaneous long-term liabilities.
        
       Reorganization Accounting
        
       Costs incurred relating to  the  reorganization of the Company under
       Chapter 11 of Title  11  of  the  United  States Bankruptcy Code are
       reflected in the  accompanying  consolidated financial statements as
       reorganization expenses.  These  costs consisted primarily of legal,
       accounting, compensatory and financial consulting expenses. 
        
       Revenue Recognition
        
       Premiums  are  recorded  as  revenue  in  the  month  for  which the
       enrollees are entitled to  health  care service.  Premiums collected
       in advance are  deferred.    A  portion  of  premiums  is subject to
       possible  retroactive  adjustment.    Provision  has  been  made for
       estimated retroactive adjustments to the extent the probable outcome
       of such adjustments  can  be  determined.    Any  other revenues are
       recognized as services are rendered.
        
       <PAGE>
       Cost Recognition
        
       The cost of  health  care  services  is  expensed  in the period the
       Company is obligated  to  provide  such  services.  Estimated claims
       payable includes claims reported  as  of  the balance sheet date and
       estimated  (based  upon   utilization   trends  and  projections  of
       historical developments) costs of  health care services rendered but
       not reported.  Reserves  are  continually monitored and reviewed and
       as  settlements  are  made  or  reserves  adjusted,  differences are
       reflected in current operations.
        
       Insurance
        
       Due  to  the  high  costs  of  insurance  coverages,  the  Company's
       operating entities, except in  South  Carolina, are self-insured for
       risks on  certain  medical  and  hospital  claims  incurred by their
       members.  The Indiana  operations  were reinsured through August 31,
       1991 by a wholly-owned subsidiary  of MHP and have been self-insured
       for such risks subsequent  to  this  date.    The North Carolina HMO
       maintained reinsurance coverage with a third party insurance carrier
       through  December  31,  1992  but  subsequently  has  been reinsured
       through  MLH.    The  South   Carolina  HMO  continues  to  maintain
       reinsurance coverage with a third party insurance carrier.
        
       In addition, the Company's  operating  entities are self-insured for
       medical malpractice claims. 
        
       Premium Deficiencies
        
       Estimated future health care costs  and maintenance expenses under a
       group of  contracts  in  excess  of  estimated  future  premiums and
       reinsurance recoveries on  those  contracts  are  recorded as a loss
       when determinable.
        
       Income Taxes
        
       In February 1992,  the  Financial  Accounting Standards Board issued
       Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting for
       Income  Taxes"  ("FAS  109").  The  Company  elected  to  adopt  the
       Statement for the  year  ended  December  31,  1991.  This Statement
       requires, among other  things,  recognition  of  future tax benefits
       measured by enacted tax  rates, attributable to deductible temporary
       differences between  financial  statement  and  income  tax bases of
       assets and  liabilities  and  to  net  operating  loss carryforwards
       ("NOLs") to the extent  that  realization  of  such benefits is more
       likely than not.  
        
       Net Income (Loss) Per Common and Common Equivalent Share
        
       Primary earnings per share is  computed  by adjusting the net income
       (loss) for the preferred stock  dividends  in order to determine net
       income (loss) attributable to  common  shareholders.  This amount is
       then divided by the  weighted  average  number  of common shares and
       common  equivalent  shares  for  stock  options  and  warrants (when
       dilutive)  outstanding  during  the  period.    Earnings  per  share
       assuming full dilution  is  reported  when  the  assumption that the
       preferred stock is converted  to  Common Stock is dilutive. Earnings
       per share  assuming  full  dilution  is  determined  by dividing net
       income (loss) by the  weighted  average  number of common shares and
       common stock equivalents  for  stock  options  and  warrants and for
       preferred stock assumed converted to Common Stock (when dilutive).
        
       <PAGE>
       Stock Options
        
       With respect to stock options granted  at an exercise price which is
       less than the fair market value on the date of grant, the difference
       between the option exercise price and  market value at date of grant
       is charged to operations over  the  period the options vest.  Income
       tax  benefits  attributable  to   stock   options  are  credited  to
       additional paid-in capital when exercised.
        
       Restriction on Fund Transfers
        
       Certain of the Company's operating subsidiaries are subject to state
       regulations which require  compliance  with certain deposit, reserve
       and  net  worth  requirements.      To   the  extent  the  operating
       subsidiaries must comply with  these  regulations, they may not have
       the  financial  flexibility  to  transfer   funds  to  MHP.    MHP's
       proportionate share of net assets (after inter-company eliminations)
       which, at December  31,  1993,  may  not  be  transferred  to MHP by
       subsidiaries in  the  form  of  loans,  advances  or  cash dividends
       without the consent of a  third  party is referred to as "Restricted
       Net  Assets".    Total  Restricted  Net  Assets  of  these operating
       subsidiaries is $23.7 million at December 31, 1993, with deposit and
       reserve requirements representing  $13.5  million  of the Restricted
       Net Assets and  net  worth  requirements,  in  excess of deposit and
       reserve  requirements,  representing  the  remaining  $10.2 million.
       Total Restricted Net Assets  at  December  31, 1993 of $23.9 million
       includes  restricted  cash  of  $225,000  held  by  a  non-operating
       subsidiary of MHP.
        
       Reclassifications
        
       Certain amounts for 1992 and  1991 have been reclassified to conform
       to the 1993 presentation.
        
       NOTE 3 - EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS
        
       On December 5, 1990 (the  "Effective Date") the Company emerged from
       protection under Chapter 11 pursuant  to the Company's joint plan of
       reorganization,  as  modified   (the  "Reorganization  Plan")  which
       provides that on  December  31,  1991  and  1992  or  within 90 days
       thereafter, the Company will  make  additional distributions, not to
       exceed $20.0 million in  the  aggregate,  in  an amount equal to its
       then consolidated net worth (as  determined in the Company's audited
       consolidated   financial   statements)   less   $2.0   million  (the
       "Consolidated Net Worth Distribution").   The Consolidated Net Worth
       Distribution  will  be  distributed  and  applied  in  the following
       manner: 40%  of  the  Consolidated  Net  Worth  Distribution will be
       distributed ratably to  the  holders  of  certain  allowed claims in
       accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  Reorganization  Plan  and the
       remaining 60% will be  applied ratably against mandatory redemptions
       of the 13.5% Senior Notes due  December 5, 2000 (the "Senior Notes")
       as set  forth  in  the  indenture  governing  the  Senior Notes (the
       "Indenture").
        
       On March 12, 1992, MHP  noticed  the  redemption of the Senior Notes
       for April 13, 1992.    In  anticipation  of  this redemption, a $7.0
       million extraordinary loss was recorded in the first quarter of 1992
       for  the  write-off  of  unamortized  original  issue  discount  and
       unamortized issuance costs on  the  Senior  Notes and an accrual for
       Senior Notes redemption costs.  Also, a $7.2 million extraordinary 
       <PAGE>
       loss ($20  million  *  40%  less  $781,000  previously recorded) was
       reported in the first quarter  of  1992 to accrue payments which may
       be made pursuant to the  Reorganization Plan, based on the Company's
       consolidated net worth at December  31,  1992, to certain holders of
       allowed claims. The Company does not believe the Reorganization Plan
       contemplated either the issuance of convertible preferred stock (see
       Note 6) or the redemption of  the Senior Notes, and accordingly, the
       Company believes the Consolidated Net Worth Distribution required by
       the Reorganization Plan should be  calculated  on  a basis as if the
       sale of convertible preferred stock had not been consummated and the
       Senior Notes had not been  redeemed. The Company has thus determined
       the December 31, 1992 Consolidated  Net Worth Distribution amount to
       be approximately $971,000, which has been deposited for distribution
       to certain creditors under the Reorganization Plan. In addition, the
       Company believes that any  Consolidated Net Worth Distribution which
       under the Reorganization Plan is to be utilized to redeem the Senior
       Notes is no longer due as the Senior Notes have been fully redeemed.
       Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company  has elected to accrue in
       its  consolidated   financial   statements   the  maximum  potential
       liability pending clarification of this  matter. The amount that may
       be  ultimately  payable   pursuant   to   this  Reorganization  Plan
       provision, if  any,  could  be  less  than  the  amount accrued. The
       Consolidated Net Worth Distribution will  be made from the Company's
       available cash.
        
       The Company's consolidated net worth of $4.0 million at December 31,
       1991,  before  the  recognition   of   the  Consolidated  Net  Worth
       Distribution, resulted in  an  approximate $2.0 million Consolidated
       Net Worth Distribution payable being  recorded in the fourth quarter
       of 1991 ($1.2 million  representing  the  redemption of Senior Notes
       and $781,000 representing  the  distribution  to  holders of certain
       allowed claims).  Payment of  the December 31, 1991 Consolidated Net
       Worth  Distribution  was  made   in   March   1992.    The  $781,000
       distribution to holders of  certain  allowed  claims, along with the
       write-off of $124,000 in original issue discount on the Senior Notes
       to be redeemed, was  recorded  as  an extraordinary item in December
       1991.  
        
       NOTE 4 - LITIGATION
        
       The Company has reached a settlement agreement in principle with the
       State of Wisconsin regarding  its appeal challenging confirmation of
       the Reorganization Plan on jurisdictional  grounds.  Pursuant to the
       agreement,  a  reorganization  plan  for  Maxicare  Health Insurance
       Company, a Wisconsin HMO  subsidiary  of MHP ("MHIC"), in accordance
       with Wisconsin state law,  will  be  submitted without prejudice for
       approval by the  Wisconsin  State  Court.    Under  the terms of the
       agreement in principle,  MHIC's  reorganization  under Wisconsin law
       must be on  terms  consistent  with  the  Reorganization  Plan.  The
       Company believes the  implementation  of  the agreement in principle
       will have no material  adverse  impact  on the Company's business or
       its operations.  The agreement is  subject to approval by the United
       States  Bankruptcy   Court   and   the   non-occurence   of  certain
       contingencies.
        
       In the event the settlement  cannot  be implemented, the Company may
       pursue the appeal.   If  prosecution  of  the appeal resumes and the
       United  States  District  Court's  ruling  is  upheld  after  MHIC's
       appellate rights have been exhausted, creditors of MHIC will likely 
       <PAGE>
       only have the protections  and  recoveries afforded under applicable
       state law.  The Company believes  that it has a meritorious position
       and will prevail on its appeal of the United States District Court's
       ruling, if prosecution of the appeal resumes.
        
       On March 12, 1993, MH Healthcare, Affiliate of Methodist Hospital of
       Indiana, Inc.  ("MH")  submitted  a  demand  (the  "Demand")  to the
       American Arbitration Association  (the  "AAA")  for arbitration of a
       contractual  dispute   between   MH   and   Maxicare  Indiana,  Inc.
       ("Indiana") concerning interpretation of  the provisions of a Master
       Agreement dated  February  8,  1988,  as  subsequently amended, (the
       "Agreement") by and among MHP,  Indiana  and  MH.  Based on the Pre-
       Hearing  Statement  which  MH   submitted   to  the  Arbitrator  and
       communications with MH,  the  Company  has  been  advised that MH is
       seeking a damage award of  approximately $7.9 million plus interest.
       In the  event  MH  prevails  in  the  arbitration,  there  may be an
       additional amount due to  MH  for  the  1993 contract year.  Indiana
       disputes the allegations of the  Demand and MH's damages computation
       and  has  asserted  a   counterclaim   to   the  Demand  to  recover
       overpayments erroneously  made  to  MH  under  the  Agreement.   The
       Company believes that Indiana has meritorious defenses to the Demand
       and that Indiana will prevail in  the  arbitration.  In the event MH
       is awarded damages  in  an  amount  which  proximates the damages MH
       contends it is entitled to, and  such award is upheld on review, the
       award could have  an  adverse  financial  impact  on Indiana and the
       Company.
        
       The Company is involved in  litigation  arising in the normal course
       of business, which, in the opinion of management, will not adversely
       affect the Company's consolidated financial position.
        
       NOTE 5 - COMMITMENTS AND OTHER CONTINGENCIES
        
       Excluded Cash Claims Reserve
        
       On the  Effective  Date,  the  Company  estimated  that  payments to
       administration creditors and holders of allowed priority tax claims,
       allowed  claims  of  secured  creditors,  enrollee  claims,  allowed
       priority  employee  claims  and   allowed  convenience  claims  (the
       "Excluded Cash claims") would not  exceed $10.3 million; however, if
       required the Reorganization Plan further provides for the payment of
       up to $16.0 million of such  claims.  Pursuant to a stipulation, the
       creditor committees agreed, provided the creditors have received the
       full amount of  minimum  cash  pursuant  to  the Reorganization Plan
       ($77.3 million), to make up to  the $5.7 million differential out of
       cash  proceeds  from  the  sales  of  assets  or  the  settlement of
       litigation which were  transferred  to  a  trust established for the
       benefit of creditors pursuant to the Distribution Trust Agreement in
       order to provide for the payment  of these claims in excess of $10.3
       million.  In the event  that  the Company's exposure to these claims
       significantly exceeds  $16.0  million,  this  could  have a material
       adverse effect on the viability  of  the Reorganization Plan and the
       Company's  business  and  operations.    The  Company  believes that
       reserves for the Excluded  Cash  claims  will be adequate to satisfy
       these claims.
        
       Leases
        
       The Company has operating leases,  some of which provide for initial
       free rent and all  of  which  provide for subsequent rent increases.
       Rental expense is recognized on a straight-line basis with rental 
       <PAGE>
       expense of $2.7 million, $2.8  million and $2.8 million reported for
       the years ended  December  31,  1993,  1992  and 1991, respectively.
       Sublease rental revenue of  $209,000, $198,000, $191,000 is reported
       for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively.
        
       Assets held under capital leases  at  December  31, 1993 and 1992 of
       $153,000 and $761,000, respectively,  (net  of $1.6 million and $1.1
       million, respectively,  of  accumulated  amortization) are comprised
       primarily of equipment  leases.    Amortization  expense for capital
       leases is included in depreciation expense. 
        
       Future  minimum  lease  commitments   for  noncancelable  leases  at
       December 31, 1993 were as follows:
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
                                               Operating  Capitalized
                                                Leases      Leases
                (Amounts in thousands)         ---------  -----------
               <S>                            <C>         <C>
                1994..........................  $2,784      $105
                1995..........................   2,543
                1996..........................   1,381
                1997..........................     273
                1998..........................     257
                Thereafter....................     640
                                                ------      ----
                Total minimum
                  obligations                   $7,878       105
                                                ======
        
                Less current
                  portion                                    105
                Long-term                                   ----
                  obligations                               $  0
                                                            ====
       </TABLE>
       Total future minimum  rentals  to  be  received under noncancelable
       operating subleases at December 31, 1993 were as follows:
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
           (Amounts in thousands)     
          <S>                             <C> 
           1994..........................  $209
           1995..........................   104
                                           ----
           Total                           $313
                                           ====
        
       </TABLE>
       NOTE 6 - CAPITAL STOCK
        
       On March 9,  1992  the  shareholders  voted  to amend MHP's current
       Restated Certificate of  Incorporation  to  increase the authorized
       Capital Stock of the Company  from  18 million shares to 45 million
       shares through: (i) an increase  in the amount of authorized Common
       Stock of the Company, par value  $.01, from 18 million shares to 40
       million shares, and (ii) the  authorization  of 5 million shares of
       Preferred Stock of  which  2.5  million  shares  will be designated
       Series A Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred  Stock, par value $.01,
       ("Series A Stock").  
       <PAGE>
       Preferred Stock
        
       MHP entered into Stock Purchase  Agreements dated December 17, 1991
       and January  31,  1992  (the  "Purchase  Agreements"),  pursuant to
       which, MHP issued  an  aggregate  of  2,400,000  shares of Series A
       Stock to certain institutional investors  in a private placement at
       a purchase price of $25.00 per share.  Each share of Series A Stock
       accrues quarterly cash dividends  at  an  annual  rate of $2.25 per
       share and is currently convertible into approximately 2.7548 shares
       of  Common  Stock.    The  stock  conversion  ratio  is  subject to
       adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events.  The transactions
       contemplated by the Purchase  Agreements  were consummated on March
       11, 1992.
        
       Upon any liquidation,  dissolution  or  winding  up of the Company,
       holders  of  the  Series  A   Stock   are  entitled  to  receive  a
       preferential payment equal to  $25.00  per  share, plus all accrued
       and  unpaid  dividends.    In  the  event  of  a  sale  of  all  or
       substantially all  of  the  Company's  stock  or  assets,  or under
       certain circumstances,  if  the  Company  merges  or  combines with
       another entity, holders of the  Series  A Stock, at the election of
       holders of at least 75% of the Series A Stock then outstanding, may
       request to have their Series  A  Stock  redeemed in which case they
       will receive a redemption price equal to the liquidation preference
       amount described above.  In certain circumstances, the Company will
       have the right to redeem the  Series  A Stock at a redemption price
       of  $25.00  per  share,  plus  all  accrued  and  unpaid dividends.
       Additionally, the Company may  not  create,  issue, or increase the
       authorized number of shares of  any  class or series of stock which
       will rank senior to  the  Series  A  Stock as to liquidation rights
       without the affirmative  vote  or  consent  of  holders of at least
       sixty-six and  two-thirds  percent  (66  2/3%)  of  the outstanding
       shares of Series A Stock.
        
       Common Stock
        
       On the Effective Date,  the  Company  issued 10.0 million shares of
       Common Stock to  itself,  as  disbursing  agent  for the benefit of
       holders of allowed  claims,  interest  and  equity claims under the
       Reorganization Plan.  The  shares  of  Common Stock will be validly
       issued, fully paid and nonassessable  upon issuance pursuant to the
       Reorganization Plan in  accordance  with  the  terms  thereof.  The
       Common Stock has been recorded at  a  value equal to the book value
       of the old common stock,  less  issuance costs.  The Certificate of
       Incorporation of the Company prohibits the issuance of certain non-
       voting  equity  securities  as   required   by  the  United  States
       Bankruptcy Code. 
        
       Stock Option Plans 
        
       Pursuant to the Reorganization  Plan,  Messrs. Ratican and Froelich
       ("Senior Management")  each  received  options  to  purchase  up to
       277,778 shares of  Common  Stock  at  a  price  of $6.54 per option
       share. At December  31,  1991,  100%  of  these  options were fully
       vested. The  difference  of  $905,000  between  the option exercise
       price and market value at  date  of grant was charged to operations
       and accrued as a liability during 1991.  As of January 1, 1992, the
       Company entered into employment  agreements with Senior Management.
       Under the terms of these employment agreements, each member of 
       <PAGE>
       Senior Management received on February 25, 1992 options to purchase
       up to 150,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $8.00 per option
       share.  One third of the  options  vested  on the date of grant and
       one third  of  the  options  vest  on  both  the  first  and second
       anniversaries of the date of grant.
        
       In December of 1990,  the  Company  approved  the 1990 Stock Option
       Plan (the "Stock  Option  Plan").    Under  the  terms of the Stock
       Option Plan, as amended, the  Company  may issue up to an aggregate
       of  1,000,000  stock  options  to  directors,  officers  and  other
       employees.  
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                          December 31,    December 31, 
                                             1993            1992     
       (Amounts in thousands, except      ------------    ------------
          price range)                    
       <S>                               <C>             <C>
       Outstanding, beginning of year....     593             605
       Granted...........................     218              55
       Exercised.........................      16              17
       Forfeited.........................      52              50
       End of year
         Outstanding.....................     743             593
         Exercisable.....................     385             197
         Price Range..................... $8.00-$12.75    $8.00-$10.50
         Available.......................     224             390
        
       </TABLE>
        
       Warrants 
        
       In accordance  with  the  Reorganization  Plan,  the  Company issued
       warrants to itself, as  disbursing  agent  for the allowed interests
       and equity  holder  claims.    Upon  issuance  of  the warrants (the
       "Warrants"),  to  these  holders  pursuant   to  the  terms  of  the
       Reorganization Plan, the registered holders thereof will be entitled
       to purchase, in the aggregate, 555,555 shares of Common Stock.  Such
       Warrants (i) are  exercisable  for  the  period  commencing 180 days
       after the first distribution  date  and  ending on December 5, 1995,
       (ii) bear an exercise  price  of  $9.98  per Warrant, and (iii) have
       such other terms and conditions (including the right of the Company,
       at its option, to redeem the Warrants).  As of December 31, 1993, 12
       Warrants have been exercised for the purchase of Common Stock.
       <PAGE>
       NOTE 7 - INCOME TAXES
        
       The benefit for income  taxes  at  December  31 consisted of the
       following:
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                        1993      1992      1991 
       (Amounts in thousands)          -------   -------   ------
       Current:
        <S>                           <C>       <C>       <C>
         Federal                       $   120   $    75
         State                             109        67
                                       -------   -------   ------
                                           229       142
                                       -------   -------   ------
       Deferred:
         Federal                        (2,380)   (2,720)
         State                            (420)     (480)
                                       -------   -------   ------
                                        (2,800)   (3,200)
                                       -------   -------   ------
        
       Benefit for income taxes        $(2,571)  $(3,058)  $    0
                                       =======   =======   ======
        
        
       </TABLE>
       The federal and state deferred tax liabilities (assets) are comprised
       of the following at December 31:
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                            1993       1992      1991  
       (Amounts in thousands)             --------   --------  --------
       <S>                               <C>        <C>       <C>
       Loss carryforwards                 $(30,202)  $(35,616) $(37,148)
       Depreciation                           (602)     1,193     2,164
       Amortization of intangibles                               (1,996)
       Other                                (2,137)    (1,851)   (1,809)
                                          --------   --------  --------
        
       Gross deferred tax assets           (32,941)   (36,274)  (38,789)
                                          --------   --------  --------
        
       Deferred tax assets valuation
         allowance                          26,941     33,074    38,789
                                          --------   --------  --------
        
       Deferred tax asset                 $ (6,000)  $ (3,200) $      0
                                          ========   ========  ========
       </TABLE>
       <PAGE>
       The differences between the benefit  for  income taxes at the federal
       statutory rate of 34% and  that  shown in the Consolidated Statements
       of Operations are summarized as  follows for the years ended December
       31:
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                             1993        1992      1991
       (Amounts in thousands)               -------    -------   -------
       <S>                                 <C>        <C>       <C>
       Tax provision at statutory rate..... $ 1,026    $ 2,758   $ 486
       State income taxes..................     109         67   
       Benefit of NOL carryforward.........    (906)    (2,683)   (486)
       Anticipation of future benefit of 
         NOLs..............................  (2,800)    (3,200)
                                            -------    -------   -----
        
       Benefit for income taxes............ $(2,571)   $(3,058)  $   0
                                            =======    =======   =====
        
       </TABLE>
       Upon the  Effective  Date  of  the  Reorganization  Plan, the Company
       experienced a "change of ownership" pursuant to applicable provisions
       of the Internal Revenue Code.   As  a result of the ownership change,
       the Company's  utilization  of  pre-change  NOLs  is  limited to $6.3
       million per year.    In  the  event  the  annual  amount is not fully
       utilized,  the  Company  is  allowed  to  carryover  such  amount  to
       subsequent years  during  the  carryover  period.  Should the Company
       experience a second "change of  ownership", the annual limitations on
       NOLs would be recalculated.
        
       FAS 109 requires that the tax benefit  of such NOLs be recorded as an
       asset to the extent that  management assesses the utilization of such
       NOLs to be more likely than  not.  Management has estimated, based on
       the  Company's  recent   history   of   operating   results  and  its
       expectations for  the  future,  that  future  taxable  income  of the
       Company will more likely than not  be sufficient to utilize a minimum
       of approximately  $15  million  of  NOLs.    Accordingly, the Company
       recorded an increase of  $2.8  million  in  1993  to its deferred tax
       asset, from $3.2 million recorded  as of December 31, 1992, resulting
       in an aggregate deferred  tax  asset  of  $6.0 million recorded as of
       December  31,  1993  for   the   recognition  of  anticipated  future
       utilization of NOLs. The maximum amount of remaining NOLs that may be
       utilized in future years before expiring in the years 2002 to 2006 is
       limited to approximately $87 million.
        
       The Company's income  before  taxes  for financial statement purposes
       for the period of  1991  to  1993  was  impacted by the incurrence of
       reorganization expenses and  interest  expense  on  the Senior Notes.
       The Company  incurred  reorganization  expenses  of  $3.7 million and
       $895,000 in  1991  and  1992,  respectively.    The  Company incurred
       interest expense related to  the  Senior  Notes, which were issued in
       December of 1990 and redeemed  in  March  of  1992, in the amounts of
       $9.5  million  and  $2.7  million  in  1991  and  1992, respectively.
       Excluding reorganization expenses and  interest expense on the Senior
       Notes, the Company's cumulative pre-tax income for the period of 1991
       to 1993 would have been  approximately  $29.4  million on a pro forma
       basis after reflecting these adjustments.
       <PAGE>
       Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)
        
       The following is a tabulation  of  the quarterly results of operations
       for the years ended December 31:
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
        
       (Amounts in thousands,                                     Three months ended,                 
       except per share data)                     ----------------------------------------------------
       ---------------------                      March 31         June 30      Sept 30       Dec 31  
                                                  ---------       ---------    ---------     ---------
       1993
       ----
        
       <S>                                       <C>             <C>          <C>           <C>
       Operating revenues                         $109,175        $109,897     $108,986      $112,128
        
       Income (loss) from operations              $  2,321        $  2,012     $ (5,335)     $  1,415
        
       Net income (loss) (1)                      $  3,036        $  2,565     $ (4,689)     $  4,676
        
       Net income (loss) available to common
       shareholders                               $  1,686        $  1,215     $ (6,039)     $  3,326
        
       Net income (loss) per share available
       to common shareholders (2)                 $    .16        $    .12     $   (.60)     $    .27
        
       1992
       ----
        
       Operating revenues                         $104,085        $104,444     $103,799      $102,126
        
       Income (loss) from operations              $  3,349        $  2,778     $  2,736      $ (1,099)
        
       Net income before extraordinary
       items (3)                                  $  1,872        $  3,257     $  3,078      $  2,963
        
       Net income (loss) (4)                      $(12,369)       $  3,257     $  3,078      $  2,963
        
       Net income (loss) available to common
       shareholders                               $(12,669)       $  1,907     $  1,728      $  1,613
        
       Net loss per share from extraordinary      
       items                                      $  (1.38)
        
       Net income (loss) per share available
       to common shareholders                     $  (1.23)       $    .19     $    .17      $    .15
        
       </TABLE>
        
       (1) Includes a  $2.8  million  tax  benefit  from  the  recording of a
           deferred tax asset in  the  fourth  quarter  of 1993 (see "Item 8.
           Financial Statements  and  Supplementary  Data  -  Note  7  to the
           Company's Consolidated Financial Statements").
        
       (2) Earnings per share are computed  on  a primary basis for the three
           months ended March 31, June 30  and  September 30, 1993 due to the
           anti-dilutive effect of  the  assumed  conversion of the Company's
           Preferred Stock to Common Stock.  Earnings per share assuming full
           dilution are reported for the three months ended December 31, 1993
           due to the dilutive effect of assuming conversion of the Company's
           Preferred Stock to Common Stock for that period. 
        
       (3) Includes a  $3.2  million  tax  benefit  from  the  recording of a
           deferred tax asset in  the  fourth  quarter  of 1992 (see "Item 8.
           Financial Statements  and  Supplementary  Data  -  Note  7  to the
           Company's Consolidated Financial Statements").
        
       (4) A $7.0  million  extraordinary  loss  was  recorded  in  the first
           quarter of 1992 for  the  write-off  of unamortized original issue
           discount and unamortized issuance costs on the Senior Notes and an
           accrual for  the  Senior  Notes  redemption  costs.  Also,  a $7.2
           million extraordinary loss was  reported  in  the first quarter of
           1992  to  accrue  payments  which  may  be  made  pursuant  to the
           Reorganization Plan, based on the Company's consolidated net worth
           at December 31, 1992,  to  certain  holders of allowed claims (see
           "Item 8. Financial Statements and  Supplementary  Data - Note 3 to
           the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements").
       <PAGE>
       Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
                ------------------------------------------------
                Accounting and Financial Disclosures
                ------------------------------------
        
                None
       <PAGE>
                                    PART III
                                    --------
        
        
       Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control
                ----------------------------------------------------
                Persons of the Registrant
                -------------------------
        
       The information set forth in  the  table, the notes thereto and the
       paragraphs thereunder, in Part I,  Item  1. of this Form 10-K under
       the caption "Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant" is
       incorporated herein by reference.
        
       During 1993, a report required  by  Section 16(a) of the Securities
       Exchange Act of 1934  covering  the initial statement of beneficial
       ownership of the  Company's  securities  for Florence F. Courtright
       was  not  filed  on  a  timely  basis;  however,  such  report  was
       subsequently filed.   In  making  this  statement,  the Company has
       relied on the  written  representations  of its incumbent directors
       and officers and copies of  the  reports  that they have filed with
       the Commission.
        
       <PAGE>
       Item 11. Executive Compensation
                ----------------------
        
        
       Shown below  is  information  concerning  the  annual and long-term
       compensation for services in all  capacities to the Company for the
       years ended December 31, 1993, 1992  and 1991, of those persons who
       were, at December 31, 1992 (i) the chief executive officer and (ii)
       the other four most  highly  compensated  executive officers of the
       Company (collectively the "Named Officers"):
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                     Summary Compensation Table
        
                                                                    Long-Term
                                              Annual Compensation   Compensation
                                              -------------------   ------------
        
                                                                      Stock
                                                                      Options   
                                                                      Awards        All Other
       Name and Principal Position    Year   Salary(1)   Bonus(2)      (#)      Compensation(3)(4)
       ---------------------------    ----   ---------   --------    --------   ------------------
       <S>                           <C>    <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>
       Peter J. Ratican               1993   $425,000    $ 18,513                   $7,075
       Chairman of the Board          1992   $423,653    $148,122    150,000        $6,866
       of Directors, Chief            1991   $374,999    
       Executive Officer and
       President
        
       Eugene L. Froelich             1993   $325,000    $ 18,513                   $7,075
       Executive Vice President -     1992   $323,654    $148,122    150,000        $6,866
       Finance and Administration,    1991   $274,999    
       Chief Financial Officer
       and Director
        
       Alan D. Bloom                  1993   $200,000                  7,500        $6,000
       Senior Vice President,         1992   $195,000                               $5,850
       Secretary and General          1991   $195,000
       Counsel
        
       Richard A. Link                1993   $195,000                  5,000        $5,850
       Chief Accounting Officer       1992   $190,008                               $5,700
       and Senior Vice President      1991   $175,000                 20,000
       -Accounting
        
       William B. Caswell             1993   $182,000                 10,000        $4,200
       Vice President, General        1992   $154,818                 25,000
       Manager - Maxicare
       California (5)
        
        
       </TABLE>
       (1)  Excludes distributions received  during  the  year ended December
            31,  1992  paid   with   respect   to   claims  for  pre-petition
            compensation paid pursuant to the Reorganization Plan.
        
       (2)  These amounts are bonuses  payable pursuant to the Reorganization
            Plan and were paid from funds  held  by the Disbursing Agent in a
            segregated  account  and  were  not  paid  out  of  the Company's
            available cash.
        
       (3)  These amounts include contributions made by the Company on behalf
            of the Named Officer under the Company's 401(k) Savings Incentive
            Plan.
        
       (4)  In accordance with the  transitional provisions applicable to the
            revised rules  on  executive  officer  and  director compensation
            disclosure adopted by the  Securities and Exchange Commission, as
            informally interpreted  by  the  Commission's  Staff,  amounts of
            Other Annual Compensation and All Other Compensation are excluded
            for the Company's 1991 fiscal year.
        
       (5)  William B. Caswell's employment at  the Company began in February
            1992.
       <PAGE>
       Option Grants
       -------------
        
       Shown below  is  further  information  on  grants  of stock options
       pursuant to the 1990  Incentive  Stock  Option Plan during the year
       ended December 31, 1993, to  the Named Officers which are reflected
       in the Summary Compensation Table.
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                            Number of
                            Securities  Percentage of                          Potential Realizable
                            Underlying  Total Options                          Value at Assumed
                            Options      Granted to   Exercise or              Annual Rates of Stock
                            Granted (1) Employees in  Base Price   Expiration  Price Appreciation for
              Name            (#)       Fiscal 1993   ($/share)(2)    Date         Option Term (3)   
       ------------------   ----------- ------------- ------------ ----------  ----------------------
                                                                                   5%        10%
                                                                               ---------  ---------
       <S>                 <C>             <C>         <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>
       Alan D. Bloom          7,500         3.4%        $9.63       12/20/98    $ 82,575   $104,250
       Richard A. Link        5,000         2.3%        $9.63       12/20/98    $ 55,050   $ 69,500
       William B. Caswell    10,000         4.6%        $9.63       12/20/98    $110,100   $139,000
        
       </TABLE>
       (1)  The options were granted as of December 20, 1993 and vest in one-
            third installments on the  first,  second and third anniversaries
            of the date of grant.   If the grantee's employment is terminated
            under certain circumstances or  there  is  a restructuring of the
            Company (as set  forth  in  the  option  agreement) these options
            would become immediately exercisable.
        
       (2)  The option exercise price is  subject  to adjustment in the event
            of a stock split  or  dividend, recapitalization or certain other
            events.
        
       (3)  The actual value,  if  any,  the  Named  Officer may realize will
            depend on the excess of  the  stock price over the exercise price
            on the  date  the  option  is  exercised,  so  that  there  is no
            assurance the value realized by  the  Named Officer will be at or
            near the value  estimated.    This  amount  is  net of the option
            exercise price.
        
       Option Exercises and Fiscal Year-End Values
       -------------------------------------------
        
       Shown below is information with  respect to the unexercised options
       to purchase the Company's Common  Stock  granted in fiscal 1993 and
       prior years  under  employment  agreements  and  the 1990 Incentive
       Stock Option  Plan  to  the  Named  Officers  and  held  by them at
       December 31, 1993.  None of  the Named Officers exercised any stock
       options during fiscal 1993.
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                Number of Unexercised          Value of Unexercised
                                  Options Held At             In-the-Money Options At
                                December 31, 1993 (#)          December 31, 1993 (1)
                              -------------------------     -------------------------
             Name             Exercisable Unexercisable     Exercisable Unexercisable
       -------------------    ----------- -------------     ----------- -------------
       <S>                   <C>         <C>               <C>         <C>
       Peter J. Ratican       377,778       50,000          $1,066,667    $87,500
       Eugene L. Froelich     377,778       50,000          $1,066,667    $87,500
       Alan D. Bloom            6,667       10,833          $   11,667    $ 6,733
       Richard A. Link         46,667       28,333          $   78,333    $39,767
       William B. Caswell       8,333       26,667          $    4,167      9,533
        
       </TABLE>
        
       (1) Based on the closing price on the NASDAQ-NMS on that date ($9.75),
       net of the option exercise price.
       <PAGE>
       Employment Agreements
       ---------------------
        
       As of January  1,  1992,  the  Company  has  entered into five-year
       employment agreements with Peter J.  Ratican and Eugene L. Froelich
       ("Senior Management").    These  employment  agreements provide for
       annual base compensation of  $425,000  for Mr. Ratican and $325,000
       for Mr. Froelich,  subject  to  increases  and  bonuses,  as may be
       determined by the Board  based  on  annual reviews.  The employment
       agreements provide that upon  the  termination  of either member of
       Senior Management by  the  Company  without  Cause or reasons other
       than death or  incapacity  or  the  voluntary termination by either
       member of Senior Management  for  certain  reasons  as set forth in
       their employment agreements, the terminated member will be entitled
       to receive (i) a  payment  equal  to  the balance of the terminated
       member's annual base salary  which  would  have  been paid over the
       remainder  of  the  term  of  the  employment  agreement;  (ii)  an
       additional one year's  annual  base  salary;  (iii)  payment of any
       performance bonus amounts which  would  have otherwise been payable
       over the remainder of  the  term  of  the agreement; (iv) immediate
       vesting of all stock options; (v)  the continuation of the right to
       participate in any  profit  sharing,  bonus, stock option, pension,
       life, health and  accident  insurance,  or  other employee benefits
       plans including a car allowance  through  December 31, 1996.  Cause
       is defined as:  (i)  the  willful  or  habitual  failure to perform
       requested duties  commensurate  with  his  employment  without good
       cause;  (ii)  the  willful   engaging  in  misconduct  or  inaction
       materially injurious to the Company;  or (iii) the conviction for a
       felony or  of  a  crime  involving  moral  turpitude, dishonesty or
       theft.  In the event of a  Change in Control of the Company, either
       member may elect to terminate the employment contract in which case
       the electing member will be entitled  to receive a payment equal to
       2.99 times that member's  average  annualized compensation from the
       Company over a certain period.    Change  of Control is defined as:
       (i) any  transaction  or  occurence  which  results  in the Company
       ceasing to be publically owned with at least 300 stockholders; (ii)
       any person or group  becoming  beneficial  owner of more than forty
       percent  (40%)  of  the  combined  voting  power  of  the Company's
       outstanding securities; (iii) a  change  in  the composition of the
       Board, as set forth in the employment agreement; (iv) the merger or
       consolidation of the Company with  or into any other non-affiliated
       entity whereby the  Company's  equity security holders, immediately
       prior to such transaction, own less than sixty percent (60%) of the
       equity; or (v) the sale or  transfer of all or substantially all of
       its assets.  In the  event  of  death or incapacity, the member, or
       his estate, shall receive the  equivalent  of ninety (90) days base
       salary and in the  case  of  incapacity, the continuation of health
       and disability benefits.    The  employment agreements also provide
       that in the  event  either  member  of  Senior  Management does not
       receive an offer for a new employment agreement containing terms at
       least as favorable as  those  contained  in the existing employment
       agreements before  the  expiration  of  such employment agreements,
       such member will be  entitled  to  receive  a  payment equal to one
       year's base salary under  the  terminating  agreement.  Under these
       agreements, each member of  Senior  Management  will be entitled to
       receive an annual performance bonus  calculated using a formula, as
       set forth in  the  employment  agreements,  which  is  based on the
       Company's annual pre-tax earnings, before extraordinary items, over
       $10 million.  In addition, upon the sale of the Company, a sale of 
       <PAGE>
       substantially all of  its  assets  or  a  merger  where the Company
       shareholders cease to  own  a  majority  of  the outstanding voting
       capital stock, Senior Management will  be  entitled to a sale bonus
       calculated using a formula which  is  based  on a percentage of the
       excess value of the Company over  an  initial value as set forth in
       the employment agreements. 
        
       In addition, Senior Management  remains entitled to receive certain
       additional compensation out  of  funds  set  aside for distribution
       under the Reorganization Plan  on  the  Effective  Date or from the
       proceeds of assets liquidated  on  behalf of pre-petition creditors
       under the Reorganization Plan.
        
       As of  January  1,  1993  the  Company  entered  into an employment
       agreement, effective through  December  31,  1994,  with Richard A.
       Link.  As of January 1, 1994 the Company entered into an employment
       agreement, effective through December 31,  1994, with Alan D. Bloom
       and an employment agreement,  effective  through December 31, 1995,
       with William B.  Caswell.    The  contracts  provide a minimum base
       salary of $197,500, $203,000  and  $195,000 for Messrs. Link, Bloom
       and Caswell, respectively, subject to increases and bonuses, as may
       be determined from time to  time  by the Chief Executive Officer of
       the Company.  The contract with Mr. Caswell also provides that: (i)
       should he die, his  estate  shall  receive the equivalent of thirty
       (30) days  base  salary;  (ii)  should  the  Company  terminate his
       employment prior to the first  anniversary  of the contract for any
       reason other than death, incapacity, or Cause, he shall receive the
       equivalent of his  annual  base  salary;  (iii)  should the Company
       terminate his employment on or  after  the first anniversary of the
       contract for any reason other  than death, incapacity, or Cause, he
       shall receive the amount of the remainder of his annual base salary
       as would have been paid had  the contract not been terminated which
       amount shall in no event  be  less  than  the equivalent of six (6)
       months base salary; and  (iv)  should  his employment be terminated
       for any reason other  than death, voluntary resignation, incapacity
       or Cause within six (6)  months  of  a  Change of Control, he shall
       receive the equivalent of his annual base salary.  Cause is defined
       as (i) the willful and continued failure to perform duties pursuant
       to the employment agreement  without  good  cause; (ii) the willful
       engaging in  misconduct  or  inaction  materially  injurious to the
       Company; or  (iii)  the  conviction  of  a  felony  or  of  a crime
       involving moral turpitude.  Change of Control is defined as (i) the
       merger or consolidation of the Company  with or into any other non-
       affiliated entity whereby  the  Company's  equity security holders,
       immediately prior to such transaction,  own less than fifty percent
       (50%) of the  equity;  or  (ii)  the  sale  or  transfer  of all or
       substantially all of its assets.    The contracts with Messrs. Link
       and Bloom provide that should  their employment be terminated under
       certain circumstances, they would  receive  up to the equivalent of
       four (4) months base salary.
       <PAGE>
       Compensation of Directors 
       -------------------------
        
       During 1993, certain members of the Board received compensation for
       their  services  as  directors.    These  members  included  Claude
       Brinegar, Leon Clements,  Florence  Courtright,  Thomas Field, Jr.,
       Walter Filkowski and Charles Lewis  and they received cash payments
       of  $33,000,  $29,250,   $6,000,   $31,500,   $6,000  and  $30,750,
       respectively.  During 1994,  current directors, excluding directors
       who are also officers of the Company, will receive compensation for
       their services in the  amount  of  $24,000  per year, plus $750 per
       meeting.    In  addition,  these   directors  are  entitled  to  be
       reimbursed  for  all  of  their  reasonable  out-of-pocket expenses
       incurred in connection  with  their  services  as  directors of the
       Company.
        
       Non-employee directors  of  the  Company  have  received options to
       purchase shares of Common  Stock  which are immediately exercisable
       at an exercise price  equal  to  the  market  price  at the date of
       grant.  Set forth below is a schedule of the outstanding options at
       December 31, 1993 held by each of the current and former directors,
       the date of grant and the exercise price of such options:
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                           Exercise Price
          Director         # of Options  Date of Grant       Per Share
       -----------------   ------------  -------------     -------------
       <S>                   <C>        <C>                  <C>
       Leon Clements          10,000     May 20, 1991         $ 8.00
        
       Walter Filkowski       10,000     May 20, 1991         $ 8.00
        
       Charles Lewis          10,000     May 20, 1991         $ 8.00
                              10,000     December 20, 1993    $ 9.63
        
       Claude Brinegar        10,000     July 18, 1991        $ 9.25
                              10,000     December 20, 1993    $ 9.63
        
       Thomas Field           10,000     April 1, 1992        $10.50
                              10,000     December 20, 1993    $ 9.63
        
       Florence Courtright    10,000     November 5, 1993     $10.88
        
       </TABLE>
       Provided these directors  continue  to  serve  as  directors of the
       Company, the exercise term of these  options is five years.  If the
       directorship is terminated,  the  options  expire  thirty (30) days
       from the date of such termination.  Upon the expiration of his term
       as a director on February 10,  1993,  the Board voted to extend the
       period in which Mr.  Filkowski  could  exercise  his options to one
       year from the termination  date  of  his directorship.  In February
       1994, Mr. Filkowski exercised all options held.
        
       Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
       -----------------------------------------------------------
        
       Peter Ratican, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer,
       served as an ex-officio member of the Compensation Committee of the
       Company for the year ended December 31, 1993.  Although Mr. Ratican
       served as an ex-officio  member  of this Compensation Committee, he
       did not participate in any decisions regarding his own compensation
       as an executive officer.    The  Company's  Board of Directors as a
       whole determines Mr. Ratican's total compensation package.
       <PAGE>
       Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
                 ---------------------------------------------------
                 Management
                 ----------
        
       The following table  sets  forth  the  number  and percentage of the
       outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock  and  Series  A  Stock  owned
       beneficially as of December 31, 1993 by each director or nominee for
       director as of such date,  by  the Company's chief executive officer
       ("CEO"),  by  the  four  other  most  highly  compensated  executive
       officers other than the CEO, by all directors and executive officers
       as a group, and by each person who, to the knowledge of the Company,
       beneficially owned more than 5% of any class of the Company's voting
       stock on such date.
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                               Amount and Nature of
                                            Beneficial Ownership(1)
                                            ------------------------
                                                                           Percentage   Percentage    Percentage
                                                                              of           of          of Total
       Name and Address of                  Common        Series A          Common      Series A       Voting
         Person or Group                    Stock(2)(3)    Stock(2)          Stock        Stock        Power(4)
       -------------------                  -----------   ---------        ----------   ----------    ----------
       <S>                                 <C>           <C>              <C>          <C>           <C>
       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.,         1,164,778                        11.61%                     7.00%
        as disbursing agent (5) 
        1149 South Broadway Street
        Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       Cede & Co. (6)                       6,303,227                        62.82%                    37.87%
         P.O. Box 20
         Bowling Green Station
         New York, New York  10274
        
       Chilmark Capital Corp. (7)(8)        1,228,725                        12.25%                     7.38%
         139 West Saddle River Road
         Saddle River, New Jersey  07458
        
       Peter J. Ratican (8)(9)                427,996                         4.09%                     2.51%
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       Eugene L. Froelich (10)                427,778                         4.09%                     2.51%
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       Alan D. Bloom (9)(11)                    7,026                          *                         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       Richard A. Link (12)                    46,686                          *                         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       William B. Caswell (13)                 21,867                          *                         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       Claude S. Brinegar (14)(15)             21,000                          *                         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       Leon M. Clements (9)(10)                10,000                          *                         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       </TABLE>
       -------------------------
       * - Less than one percent
       <TABLE>
       <CAPION>
                                                        Amount and Nature of
                                                     Beneficial Ownership(1)
                                                     ------------------------
                                                                              Percentage  Percentage  Percentage
                                                                                 of          of        of Total
       Name and Address of                           Common      Series A      Common     Series A     Voting
         Person or Group                             Stock(2)(3)  Stock(2)      Stock       Stock      Power(4)
       -------------------                           ----------- ---------    ----------  ----------  ----------
       <S>                                         <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>
        
       Florence F. Courtright (10)(15)                  10,000                    *                       *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       Thomas W. Field, Jr. (10)                        20,000                    *                       *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       Charles E. Lewis (9)(10)(15)(16)                 20,000                    *                       *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       Alan S. Manne                                       500                    *                       *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015
        
       General Motors Hourly-Rate                      446,535     153,200      4.27%       6.38%       2.68%
         Employes Pension Trust (17)
         767 Fifth Avenue
         New York, New York  10153
        
       General Motors Salaried Employes                417,066     144,100      4.00%       6.00%       2.51%
         Pension Trust (17)
         767 Fifth Avenue
         New York, New York  10153
        
       J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated (18)             535,612     190,000      5.07%       7.92%       3.22%
         23 Wall Street
         New York, New York  10015
        
       Froley, Revy Investment Co.,                    650,133     236,000      6.09%       9.83%       3.91%
         Inc. (19)(20)
         10900 Wilshire Boulevard, #1050
         Los Angeles, California  90024
        
       Mutual Series Fund Inc. (19)(21)                518,178     188,100      4.91%       7.84%       3.11%
         51 John F. Kennedy Parkway
         Short Hills, New Jersey  07078
        
       Ryback Management Corporation (22)            1,040,554     193,500      9.85%       8.06%       6.25%
         7711 Carondelet Avenue
         St. Louis, Missouri  63105
        
       Snyder Capital Management, Inc. (23)            843,480     100,000      8.18%       4.17%       5.07%
         350 California Street
         San Francisco, California  94104
        
       Smith Barney Shearson Holdings Inc. (24)        997,151     328,500      9.12%      13.69%       5.99%
         1345 Avenue of the Americas
         New York, New York  10105
        
       Bear Stearns Securities Corp. (19)(25)          572,998     208,000      5.40%       8.67%       3.44%
         One Metrotech Center North
         Brooklyn, New York  11201-3862
        
       All Directors and Executive Officers          1,102,455                  9.91%                   6.21%
         as a Group (15 persons) (26) 
        
       </TABLE>
       -------------------------
       * - less than one percent
        
       <PAGE>
       (1)  Except  as  otherwise   set   forth  herein,  all  information
            pertaining to the  holdings  of  persons  who beneficially own
            more than 5% of any class of the Company's voting stock (other
            than the Company or  its  executive officers and directors) is
            based on filings with  the  Securities and Exchange Commission
            and information provided by the record holders.
        
       (2)  In setting  forth  "beneficial"  ownership,  the  rules of the
            Securities  and  Exchange   Commission   require  that  shares
            underlying  currently  exercisable  options  or  issuable upon
            conversion of  the  Series  A  Stock,  including options which
            become exercisable within 60 days,  held by a described person
            be treated as  "beneficially"  owned  and further require that
            every person who has or shares the power to vote or to dispose
            of shares of stock be reported  as a "beneficial" owner of all
            shares as to which any such sole or shared power exists.  As a
            consequence, shares  which  are  not  yet  outstanding are, if
            obtainable upon exercise of an  option which is exercisable or
            will  become  exercisable  within  sixty  (60)  days  or  upon
            conversion of  the  Series  A  Stock,  nevertheless treated as
            "beneficially" owned  by  the  designated  person, and several
            persons may be deemed  to  be  the  "beneficial" owners of the
            same securities if they share the  power to vote or dispose of
            them.
        
        (3) In the event that a  tender  offer for the Company's shares of
            Common Stock is commenced  prior  to the final distribution of
            the Company's  Common  Stock  pursuant  to  the Reorganization
            Plan, the committee elected  to  oversee the implementation of
            the Reorganization Plan  after  the  Effective  Date (the "New
            Committee") will have certain  rights  to direct the tender of
            the  Unallocated  Shares.      The   New  Committee  disclaims
            beneficial ownership over any such shares.
        
        (4) Assumes 10,033,345  shares  of  Common  Stock outstanding, the
            conversion  of  all  2,400,000   shares   of  Series  A  Stock
            outstanding (or 6,611,520  shares)  and,  with respect to each
            listed beneficial owner,  the  exercise  or  conversion of any
            option, warrant or right  held  by each such owner exercisable
            or convertible within 60 days.
        
        (5) These shares are held by  the Company, as disbursing agent for
            the benefit  of  holders  of  Reorganization  Plan  classes 5A
            through  5H,  7  and   8A   through   8D  allowed  claims  and
            Reorganization Plan  class  12  allowed  interests  and equity
            holder claims. The  Company  disclaims beneficial ownership of
            these shares.  For information  concerning the voting of these
            shares, see  "General  Information  -  Outstanding  Shares and
            Voting Rights".
        
        (6) Cede & Co. holds these shares  as a nominee for the Depository
            Trust Company, which is  the securities depository for various
            segments of the financial industry.   None of these shares are
            owned beneficially by Cede  &  Co.   Includes 1,228,725 shares
            beneficially owned by Chilmark Capital Corp. and Neil Jonathan
            Weisman; for further information with respect to these shares,
            see footnote (7), below.
       <PAGE>
        (7) Includes 40,000 shares of  Common  Stock  held by the Chilmark
            Capital Corp. ("Chilmark")  profit  sharing  plan, and 755,100
            shares of  Common  Stock  held  in  a  partnership,  of which,
            Chilmark is general partner and 433,625 shares of Common Stock
            held  for  two  managed   accounts   for  which  Chilmark  has
            investment discretion.  Neil Jonathan Weisman is president and
            sole shareholder of Chilmark.  
        
        (8) Includes 427,778 shares which are subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.  
        
        (9) On December 5, 1990, the  effective date of the Reorganization
            Plan, Messrs. Ratican,  Lewis,  Bloom  and  Clements held 350;
            490; 150 and 2,000  shares,  respectively,  of common stock of
            Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a California corporation ("MHP"),
            the Company's predecessor  in  interest;  Mr. Ratican's shares
            were held in his individual  retirement account.  These shares
            were cancelled as of that date in accordance with the terms of
            the Reorganization Plan.  As a result, Messrs. Ratican, Lewis,
            Bloom and Clements  each  holds  a  class  12  claim under the
            Reorganization Plan which will  entitle Mr. Ratican to receive
            2 shares of Common Stock and  5 warrants, Dr. Lewis to receive
            2 shares of Common Stock and  8 warrants, Mr. Bloom to receive
            2 warrants and Mr.  Clements  to  receive  11 shares of Common
            Stock and 32 warrants.   The  total number of shares of Common
            Stock and warrants  which  these  individuals will receive are
            excluded from the shares disclosed as beneficially owned.
        
       (10) All  shares  (and  the  calculation  of  the  percentage owned
            assumes such shares  are  outstanding)  are subject to options
            which are currently exercisable.
        
       (11) Includes 6,666 shares which  are  subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.  
        
       (12) Includes 46,664 shares which are  subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.  
        
       (13) Includes 16,667 shares which are  subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.  
        
       (14) Includes 20,000 shares which are  subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.
        
       (15) Does not include the Unallocated Shares, held of record by the
            Company.    Under   certain   circumstances,  the  Independent
            Directors,  currently  Messrs.  Brinegar  and  Lewis  and  Ms.
            Courtright, have rights to  vote  the Unallocated Shares.  The
            Independent Directors disclaim  beneficial  ownership of these
            shares.   For  further  information  on  the  voting  of these
            shares, see  "General  Information  -  Outstanding  Shares and
            Voting Rights", above.
       <PAGE>
       (16) Dr. Lewis,  a  director  of  the  Company,  is  employed  by a
            creditor and/or  affiliate  of  a  creditor  which  have filed
            claims under the  Reorganization  Plan  which may entitle such
            creditor, or affiliate  thereof,  to  receive distributions of
            Common Stock.   The  total  number  of  shares of Common Stock
            which  these  creditors   will   receive   has  not  yet  been
            determined.  Dr. Lewis disclaims beneficial ownership of these
            shares.  
        
       (17) The shares of Common  Stock  and  Series  A  Stock are held by
            Mellon Bank, N.A., acting as trustee (the "Trustee") under two
            separate trust  agreements  for  the  General  Motors employee
            pension trusts (the "Trusts").    The  Trustee may act for the
            Trusts with respect to such  shares only pursuant to direction
            of one of the Trusts' applicable investment managers.  General
            Motors Investment  Management  Corporation  ("GMIMCo")  is the
            investment manager  with  respect  to  200,000  shares (in the
            aggregate) of Series A Stock.    The  shares of Series A Stock
            are convertible into an aggregate  of 819,002 shares of Common
            Stock; the shares of Common  Stock issuable upon conversion of
            the Series A Stock  are  included  in  the number of shares of
            Common Stock attributable  to  these  holders.  Investment and
            disposition decisions regarding the  shares  of Series A Stock
            and Common  Stock  managed  by  the  Trusts'  other investment
            managers are made by the  personnel  of such managers, who act
            independently of GMIMCo, although  the continued engagement of
            such managers as investment managers for the Trusts is subject
            to the authorization  of  GMIMCo.    Because  of the Trustee's
            limited role, beneficial ownership  of  the shares of Series A
            Stock and Common Stock by the Trustee is disclaimed.
        
       (18) Includes 12,200 shares of  Common  Stock and 190,000 shares of
            Series A Stock held in a fiduciary capacity by J.P. Morgan and
            Co.  Incorporated   through   its   subsidiaries  J.P.  Morgan
            Investment Management, Inc. and  Morgan Guaranty Trust Company
            of New York.  All  shares  of  Common Stock and Series A Stock
            are  subject  to  the  sole  dispositive  authority  of  these
            subsidiaries of  J.P.  Morgan  and  Co.  Incorporated  and the
            shares of  Series  A  Stock  are  subject  to  the sole voting
            authority of these entities.  The shares of Series A Stock are
            convertible into  an  aggregate  of  523,412  shares of Common
            Stock; the shares of Common  Stock issuable upon conversion of
            the Series A Stock  are  included  in  the number of shares of
            Common Stock attributable to these holders.
        
       (19) The shares of  Common  Stock  issuable  upon conversion of the
            Series A Stock are included in  the number of shares of Common
            Stock attributable to  these  holders.    None  of the holders
            currently hold shares of Common Stock.
        
       (20) All shares are held  on  behalf of institutional investors and
            are subject to the  sole  voting  and dispositive authority of
            Froley, Revy Investment Co., Inc.
        
       (21) Mutual Series Fund Inc. (the  "Fund") is an investment company
            consisting of four  separate  series  of  stock.    Two of the
            series, namely, Mutual Beacon  Fund and Mutual Qualified Fund,
            are the beneficial owners of 58,000 shares and 130,100 shares,
            respectively, of Series A Stock.  The shares owned by these 
       <PAGE>
            funds are registered in nominee  name.  Pursuant to investment
            advisory contracts with each  of  the series, Heine Securities
            Corporation ("Heine"), an  investment  advisor, and Michael F.
            Price, president of  Heine,  have  sole  investment and voting
            power over the  securities  beneficially  owned by the series.
            However, Heine and Mr. Price disclaim any beneficial ownership
            in such shares owned by the Fund.
        
       (22) Linder Fund, Inc.  ("Linder")  is  an investment company which
            beneficially owns 507,500 shares  of  Common Stock and 193,500
            shares of Series A  Stock.    The  shares  owned by Linder are
            registered  in  nominee  name.    Pursuant  to  an  investment
            advisory contract with  Linder, Ryback Management Corporation,
            an investment advisor, shares investment and voting power over
            the securities beneficially owned  by  Linder.   The shares of
            Series A Stock are  convertible  into  an aggregate of 533,054
            shares of Common Stock;  the  shares  of Common Stock issuable
            upon conversion of  the  Series  A  Stock  are included in the
            number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  attributable  to  these
            holders.
        
       (23) Includes 568,000 shares of Common  Stock and 100,000 shares of
            Series A Stock held in  a fiduciary capacity by Snyder Capital
            Management,  Inc.  ("Snyder"),  an  investment  advisor  for a
            number of investors.  No individual investor beneficially owns
            more than 5%  of  any  class  of  the  Company's voting stock.
            Snyder has sole  voting  power  over  47,000  shares of Common
            Stock and 63,600 shares of  Series  A  Stock.  Voting power is
            shared by Snyder on 442,000  shares of Common Stock and 31,500
            shares of Series A Stock.    The  shares of Series A Stock are
            convertible into  an  aggregate  of  275,480  shares of Common
            Stock; the shares of Common  Stock issuable upon conversion of
            the Series A Stock  are  included  in  the number of shares of
            Common Stock attributable to this holder.
        
       (24) Includes 92,199 shares of  Common  Stock and 328,500 shares of
            Series A Stock held  in  a  fiduciary capacity by Smith Barney
            Shearson Inc.  ("SBS"),  a  registered  broker/dealer.   Smith
            Barney Shearson  Holdings  Inc.  ("SBH")  is  the  sole common
            shareholder of SBS and The  Travelers Inc. ("TRV") is the sole
            shareholder  of  SBH.    However,  SBH  and  TRV  disclaim any
            beneficial ownership in such shares.    The shares of Series A
            Stock are convertible into  an  aggregate of 904,952 shares of
            Common  Stock;  the  shares  of  Common  Stock  issuable  upon
            conversion of the Series A Stock are included in the number of
            shares of Common Stock  attributable  to  this holder. SBS has
            sole voting power over approximately 915,315 shares, including
            those shares issuable upon conversion of Series A Stock.
        
       (25) Bear Stearns Securities Corp.  is  the  record holder of these
            shares; however, all shares  are  held on behalf of investors.
            Bear Stearns Securities  Corp.  disclaims beneficial ownership
            of all shares.
        
       (26) Includes 1,093,880 shares which  are  subject to options which
            are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60
            days.  Also, on December  5,  1990,  the Effective Date of the
            Reorganization Plan,  certain  officers  and  directors of the
            Company held an aggregate of  3,790  shares of common stock of
            MHP, the Company's predecessor in interest.  These shares were 
       <PAGE>
            cancelled as of that date in  accordance with the terms of the
            Reorganization Plan.   As  a  result, these executive officers
            and  directors  each  holds   a   class  12  claim  under  the
            Reorganization Plan which entitle them to receive an aggregate
            of 19 shares  of  Common  Stock  and  60  warrants to purchase
            Common Stock.  The total number  of shares of Common Stock and
            warrants which  these  individuals  will  receive are excluded
            from the shares disclosed as beneficially owned.
       <PAGE>
       Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
                 ----------------------------------------------
        
                 None.
       <PAGE>
                                     PART IV
                                     -------
        
        
       Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on 
                -------------------------------------------------------
                Form 8-K
                --------
        
       (a) 1. Financial Statements
                The following consolidated  financial statements of Maxicare
                Health Plans, Inc.  and  subsidiaries  are  included in this
                report in response to Item 8.
        
                Report of Independent Accountants 
                Consolidated Balance Sheets - At December 31, 1993
                  and 1992
                Consolidated Statements of Operations - Years ended
                  December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991
                Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years ended
                  December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991
                Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders'
                  Equity - Years ended December 31, 1993,
                  1992 and 1991
                Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
        
       (a) 2. Financial Statement Schedules
        
                Schedule I - Marketable Securities and Other Investments at 
                December 31, 1993
        
                Schedule III - Condensed Financial Information of Registrant
                - Condensed Balance Sheets  at  December  31, 1993 and 1992,
                Condensed Statements of  Operations and Condensed Statements
                of Cash Flows for  the  years  ended December 31, 1993, 1992
                and  1991,  Notes  to  Condensed  Financial  Information  of
                Registrant
        
                Schedule V -  Property,  Plant  and  Equipment for the years
                ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991
        
                Schedule  VI  -   Accumulated  Depreciation,  Depletion  and
                Amortization of Property, Plant  and Equipment for the years
                ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991
        
                Schedule VIII -  Valuation  and  Qualifying Accounts for the
                years ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991
        
       (a) 3. Exhibits
        
        2.1   Joint Plan  of  Reorganization  dated  May  14,  1990, as
              modified on May 24 and July 12, 1990 (without schedules)*
        
        2.2   Order Confirming Joint  Plan  of Reorganization dated May
              14,  1990,  as  Modified,  entered  on  August  31,  1990
              (without exhibits or schedules)*
        
        2.3   Amendment   to   Order    Confirming    Joint   Plan   of
              Reorganization dated May  14,  1990, as Modified, entered
              on August 31, 1990*
        
       <PAGE>
        2.4   Stipulation and Order  Re  Conditions to Effectiveness of
              the Plan, entered on December 3, 1990*
        
        2.5   Notice That The Conditions  to  Effectiveness of the Plan
              Have Been Met or Waived, filed on December 4, 1990*
        
        2.6   Agreement and Plan  of  Merger  of Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and HealthCare  USA  Inc.,  dated  as of December 5,
              1990 (without exhibits or schedules)*
        
        3.1   Charter  of  Maxicare  Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
              corporation*
        
        3.3   Amendment to Charter  of  Maxicare  Health Plans, Inc., a
              Delaware corporation@
        
        3.4   Amended Bylaws of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware
              corporation
        
        4.1   Form of  Certificate  of  New  Common  Stock  of Maxicare
              Health Plans, Inc.*
        
        4.2   Form of Certificate of  Warrant of Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc.*
        
        4.4   Warrant Agreement by  and  between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and American Stock  Transfer  & Trust Company, dated
              as of December 5, 1990*
        
        4.5   Stock Transfer Agent  Agreement  by  and between Maxicare
              Health Plans, Inc., and  American  Stock Transfer & Trust
              Company, dated as of December 5, 1990*
        
        4.6   Registration Undertaking by  Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.,
              dated as of December 5, 1990*
        
        4.8   Portions  of  Charter  of  Maxicare  Health  Plans, Inc.,
              relating to  the  rights  of  holders  of  the New Common
              Stock, the Warrants, or the New Senior Notes*
        
        4.9   Portions  of  Bylaws  of  Maxicare  Health  Plans,  Inc.,
              relating to  the  rights  of  holders  of  the New Common
              Stock, the Warrants, or the New Senior Notes*
        
        4.10  Series A Cumulative  Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase
              Agreement dated as of December 17, 1991**
        
        4.11  Series A Cumulative  Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase
              Agreement dated as of January 31, 1992**
        
        4.12  Form of Certificate of Preferred Stock of Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc.@
        
       10.1   Management Incentive Program*
        
       10.2   Incentive Compensation Agreement*
        
       <PAGE>
       10.3b  Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and  Peter J. Ratican, dated
              as of January 1, 1992@
        
       10.4b  Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and Eugene L. Froelich dated
              January 1, 1992@
        
       10.5b  Employment  Agreement  by  and  between  Maxicare  Health
              Plans, Inc. and Samuel W.  Warburton, dated as of January
              1, 1993@@
        
       10.7c  Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and  Vicki F. Perry, dated as
              of January 1, 1993@@
        
       10.7d  Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and  Vicki F. Perry, dated as
              of January 1, 1994
        
       10.8b  Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and  Alan D. Bloom, dated as
              of January 1, 1993@@
        
       10.8c  Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and  Alan D. Bloom, dated as
              of January 1, 1994
        
       10.9c  Form of Employment  and  Indemnification Agreement by and
              between Maxicare Health Plans,  Inc. and Richard A. Link,
              dated as of January 1, 1993@@
        
       10.12c Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans,  Inc.  and Aivars Jerumanis, dated
              as of January 1, 1993@@
        
       10.12d Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans,  Inc.  and Aivars Jerumanis, dated
              as of January 1, 1994
        
       10.14  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Peter J. Ratican, dated as of December 5,
              1990*
        
       10.15  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Eugene L.  Froelich, dated as of December
              5, 1990*
        
       10.16  Form of Stock  Option  Agreement  by and between Maxicare
              Health Plans,  Inc.  and  Samuel  Warburton,  dated as of
              December 5, 1990*
        
       10.18  Form of Stock  Option  Agreement  by and between Maxicare
              Health Plans,  Inc.  and  Vicki  F.  Perry,  dated  as of
              December 5, 1990*
        
       10.19  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Alan  D.  Bloom,  dated as of December 5,
              1990*
        
       <PAGE>
       10.20  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Richard A.  Link, dated as of December 5,
              1990*
        
       10.23  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Aivars Jerumanis, dated as of December 5,
              1990*
        
       10.28  Form of Distribution Trust Agreement*
        
       10.29  Lease by  and  between  Maxicare  Health  Plans, Inc. and
              Transamerica Occidental Life  Insurance Company, dated as
              of June 1, 1990*
        
       10.30  Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 401(k) Plan*
        
       10.32  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Leon  M.  Clements,  dated  as of May 20,
              1991@
        
       10.33  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Walter J.  Filkowski, dated as of May 20,
              1991@
        
       10.35  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Charles  E.  Lewis,  dated  as of May 20,
              1991@
        
       10.36  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Claude S.  Brinegar, dated as of July 18,
              1991@
        
       10.38  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Richard A. Link, dated as of December 20,
              1991@
        
       10.40  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and  Aivars  Jerumanis,  dated as of December
              20, 1991@
        
       10.41  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Samuel W. Warburton, dated as of December
              20, 1991@
        
       10.42  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Peter  J.  Ratican,  dated as of February
              25, 1992@
        
       10.43  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Eugene L.  Froelich, dated as of February
              25, 1992@
        
       10.44  Amended Maxicare  Health  Plans,  Inc.  1990 Stock Option
              Plan@
        
       10.48  Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and William B. Caswell, dated
              as of January 8, 1992@@
        
       <PAGE>
       10.48a Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and William B. Caswell, dated
              as of January 1, 1994
        
       10.49  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and William B.  Caswell, dated as of February
              3, 1992@@
        
       10.50  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Thomas W.  Field,  Jr., dated as of April
              1, 1992@@
        
       10.51b Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and  Robert Landis, dated as
              of January 1, 1993@@
        
       10.51c Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and  Robert Landis, dated as
              of January 1, 1994
        
       10.52  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Robert  Landis,  dated  as of December 5,
              1990@@
        
       10.53  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Robert  Landis,  dated as of December 20,
              1991@@
        
       10.54  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Florence Courtright, dated as of November
              5, 1993
        
       10.55  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Vicki F.  Perry, dated as of December 20,
              1993
        
       10.56  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Alan D.  Bloom,  dated as of December 20,
              1993
        
       10.57  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Richard  Link,  dated  as of December 20,
              1993
        
       10.58  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and  Aivars  Jerumanis,  dated as of December
              20, 1993
        
       10.59  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Robert  Landis,  dated as of December 20,
              1993
        
       10.60  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and William Caswell, dated as of December 20,
              1993
        
       10.61  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans,  Inc.  and  Thomas  W.  Field,  Jr.,  dated  as of
              December 20, 1993
       <PAGE>
       10.62  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans,  Inc.  and  Dr.  Charles  E.  Lewis,  dated  as of
              December 20, 1993
        
       10.63  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and Claude S.  Brinegar, dated as of December
              20, 1993
        
       10.64  Employment and Indemnification  Agreement  by and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and  David Hammons, dated as
              of January 1, 1994
        
       10.65  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and David  J.  Hammons,  dated  as of May 20,
              1991
        
       10.66  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and David  J.  Hammons,  dated as of December
              20, 1991
        
       10.67  Stock Option  Agreement  by  and  between Maxicare Health
              Plans, Inc. and David  Hammons,  dated as of December 20,
              1993
        
       21     List of Subsidiaries
        
       23.1   Consent of Independent Accountants
        
       28.1   Notice That The Conditions  to  Effectiveness of the Plan
              Have Been Met or Waived***
        
       28.2   Stipulation   and    Order    Regarding   Conditions   to
              Effectiveness of Joint Plan of Reorganization***
        
       -------------------
        
       *    Incorporated by reference  from  the Company's Registration
            Statement on Form 10, declared effective March 18, 1991, in
            which these exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       **   Incorporated by  reference  from  the  Company's Reports on
            Form 8-K dated December 17,  1991  and January 31, 1992, in
            which these exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       ***  Incorporated by reference from the Company's Report on Form
            8-K dated December 5,  1990,  in  which these exhibits bore
            the same exhibit numbers.
        
       @    Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report
            on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991, in which
            these exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       @@   Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report
            on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, in which
            these exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
        
       (b)  Reports on Form 8-K
        
            None.
        
       <PAGE>
                                    SIGNATURES
        
        
        
                Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 of the Securities
       Exchange Act of 1934, the  Registrant  has duly caused this report to
       be  signed  on  its   behalf   by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
       authorized.
        
           March 25, 1994                    /s/ PETER J. RATICAN    
           --------------                    ------------------------
                Date                             Peter J. Ratican
                                              Chief Executive Officer
        
           March 25, 1994                    /s/ EUGENE L. FROELICH   
           --------------                    ------------------------
                Date                             Eugene L. Froelich
                                              Chief Financial Officer
        
           March 25, 1994                    /s/ RICHARD A. LINK   
           --------------                    ------------------------
                Date                             Richard A. Link
                                              Principal Accounting
                                                    Officer
        
                Pursuant to the requirements  of the Securities Exchange Act
       of 1934, this report has  been  signed below by the following persons
       on behalf of the Registrant  and  in  the capacities and on the dates
       indicated.
        
          Signatures                      Title                 Date
          ----------                      -----                 ----
        
       /s/ PETER J. RATICAN         Chairman and Director   March 25, 1994
       --------------------
           Peter J. Ratican
        
       /s/ EUGENE L. FROELICH       Director                March 25, 1994
       ----------------------
           Eugene L. Froelich 
        
                                    Director                March __, 1994
       ----------------------
           Claude S. Brinegar
        
       /s/ FLORENCE F. COURTRIGHT   Director                March 25, 1994
       --------------------------
           Florence F. Courtright
        
       /s/ THOMAS W. FIELD, JR.     Director                March 25, 1994
       ------------------------
           Thomas W. Field, Jr.
        
       /s/ CHARLES E. LEWIS         Director                March 25, 1994
       --------------------         
           Charles E. Lewis         
        
       /s/ ALAN S. MANNE            Director                March 25, 1994
       -----------------
           Alan S. Manne
        
       <PAGE>
        
                   MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        
             SCHEDULE I - MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
        
                              (Amounts in thousands)
        
                               At December 31, 1993
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
        
       Column A                        Column B       Column C      Column D           Column E  
       --------                        --------       --------      --------           --------
                                                                                    Amount at which
                                       Number of                                    each portfolio
                                       shares or                                    of equity security
                                       units-                      Market value      issues and each
       Name of                         principal                   of each           other security
       issuer                          amount of                   issue at         issue carried in
       and title                       bonds and     Cost of       balance sheet     the balance
       of each issue                    notes        each issue       date (1)          sheet (1)
       -------------                   ----------    ----------    -------------    ------------------
       <S>                            <C>           <C>           <C>              <C>  
       U.S. Treasury Obligations       $ 8,915       $ 8,824        $ 9,019            $ 8,992
        
       Intercapital Insured
         Municipal Trust Auction
         Rate Preferred Stock            4,000         4,000          4,011              4,011
        
       Muniyield New York Insured
         Fund Auction Rate Preferred
         Stock                           1,500         1,504          1,504              1,505
        
       Munivest Fund II
         Auction Rate Preferred Stock    1,000         1,000          1,003              1,003
        
       Nuveen Insured Quality
         Municipal Fund Auction Rate
         Preferred Stock                 1,000         1,000          1,002              1,002
        
       Van Kampen Merritt Advantage
         Municipal Income Trust
         Auction Rate Preferred Stock    1,000         1,000          1,003              1,003
        
       Muniyield California Insured
         Fund Auction Rate Preferred
         Stock                           1,000           999          1,002              1,002
        
       Municipal Obligations               815           815            824                825
        
       Various Banks 
         Certificates of Deposit            36            36             70                 70
         
       Common Stock                          4                           35                 35
                                       -------       -------        -------            -------
         Total Marketable
           Securities                   19,270        19,178         19,473             19,448
        
       U.S. Treasury Obligations        10,120        10,112         10,097             10,035
        
       Whitney National Bank
         Certificates of Deposit         1,100         1,100          1,100              1,100
        
       Nations Bank
       Certificates of Deposit             700           700            700                700
        
       Various Banks
         Certificates of Deposit         1,775         1,775          1,775              1,775
                                       -------       -------        -------            -------
        
         Total Marketable Securities
           and Other Investments       $32,965       $32,865        $33,145            $33,058
                                       =======       =======        =======            =======
        
       (1) Including accrued interest.
       </TABLE>
       <PAGE>
                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        SCHEDULE III - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
        
                          CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
        
                           (Amounts in thousands)
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
                                                                               December 31,
                                                                              1993      1992
                                                                            --------  -------
       CURRENT ASSETS
       <S>                                                                 <C>       <C>
         Cash and cash equivalents                                          $ 6,586   $ 3,886
         Marketable securities                                                2,524    11,469
         Accounts receivable                                                    286       932
         Amounts due from affiliates                                          2,128
         Deferred tax asset                                                   6,000     3,200
         Other current assets                                                   571       898
                                                                            -------   -------
            TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS                                             18,095    20,385
        
       PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET                                            3,229     6,704
       INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES                                            36,467    35,797
       OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS                                                 2,146     2,120
                                                                            -------   -------
            TOTAL ASSETS                                                    $59,937   $65,006
                                                                            =======   =======
        
       CURRENT LIABILITIES
         Accounts payable                                                   $    59   $    33
         Amounts due to affiliates                                                      4,534
         Payable to disbursing agent                                          6,248     7,219
         Other current liabilities                                            1,100       963
                                                                            -------   -------
        
            TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES                                         7,407    12,749
        
       OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES                                              145       196
                                                                            -------   -------
            TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                 7,552    12,945
                                                                            -------   -------
            TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                                       52,385    52,061
                                                                            -------   -------
            TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                      $59,937   $65,006
                                                                            =======   =======
        
       </TABLE>
        
        
              See notes to condensed financial information of registrant.
       <PAGE>
                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        SCHEDULE III - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
        
                       CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
        
                           (Amounts in thousands)
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
                                                                       Years ended December 31,
                                                                      1993       1992      1991 
                                                                    --------   --------  -------
       REVENUES
       <S>                                                         <C>        <C>       <C>
         Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries                $(1,208)   $  2,295  $ 2,758
         Service agreement income                                    15,419      15,215   18,287
         Other income                                                     4         707      299
                                                                    -------    --------  -------
            TOTAL REVENUES                                           14,215      18,217   21,344
                                                                    -------    --------  -------
       EXPENSES
         Health care expenses                                                    (2,004)
         Marketing, general and administrative expenses              12,531       7,534    6,872
         Depreciation expense                                         3,872       1,648      471
         Reorganization expenses                                                    895    3,661
                                                                    -------    --------  -------
            TOTAL EXPENSES                                           16,403       8,073   11,004
                                                                    -------    --------  -------
       INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS                                 (2,188)     10,144   10,340
        
         Investment income                                              504         973      959
         Interest expense, net of inter-company interest income
           and expense                                                  (62)     (3,005)  (9,869)
                                                                    -------    --------  -------
       INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES AND EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS            (1,746)      8,112    1,430
        
       INCOME TAX BENEFIT                                             7,334       3,058
                                                                    -------    --------  -------
       INCOME BEFORE EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS                              5,588      11,170    1,430
        
       EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS (net of income taxes of $0)                          (14,241)    (905)
                                                                    -------    --------  -------
        
       NET INCOME (LOSS)                                              5,588      (3,071)     525
        
       PREFERRED DIVIDENDS                                            5,400       4,350
                                                                    -------    --------  -------
        
       NET INCOME (LOSS) AVAILABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS           $   188    $ (7,421) $   525
                                                                    =======    ========  =======
        
        
        
       </TABLE>
        
        
        
         See notes to condensed financial information of registrant.
        
       <PAGE>
                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        SCHEDULE III - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
        
                       CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
        
                           (Amounts in thousands)
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                                   Years ended December 31,
                                                                  1993       1992      1991
                                                                --------   --------   -------
       CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
       <S>                                                     <C>        <C>        <C>
         Net income (loss)..................................... $ 5,588    $ (3,071)  $   525
         Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to 
          net cash provided by operating activities
            Depreciation expense...............................   3,872       1,648       471
            Amortization of Senior Notes discount..............                 139       461
            Extraordinary items................................              14,241       905
            Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries........   1,208      (2,295)   (2,758)
            Net cash provided by (used for) changes in
              assets and liabilities:
                Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable.....     646        (877)    4,423
                Changes in other miscellaneous assets and
                  liabilities..................................  (7,551)     (6,336)   (1,804)
                                                                -------    --------   -------
       Net cash provided by operating activities...............   3,763       3,449     2,223
                                                                -------    --------   -------
       CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
         Sales (purchases) of marketable securities, net.......   8,945     (11,444)      (25)
         Capital contributions to subsidiaries, net............ (12,443)       (150)   (4,621)
         Dividends received from subsidiaries..................  10,490       7,287    14,583
         Purchases of property and equipment...................    (397)   
         Increase due to merger with HCS Computer, Inc.........                 171   
                                                                -------    --------   -------
       Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities....   6,595      (4,136)    9,937
                                                                -------    --------   -------
       CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
         Senior Notes redemption...............................             (67,000)
         Issuance of preferred stock...........................              60,000
         Issuance costs paid on preferred stock................              (3,700)
         Payment of preferred stock dividends..................  (5,400)     (4,350)
         Cash transferred to disbursing agent..................    (971)       (781)
         Payments on capital lease obligations.................    (373)       (340)     (281)
         Payments on long-term debt to affiliates..............  (1,050)     (1,050)   (2,450)
         Stock options exercised...............................     136         134
                                                                -------    --------   -------
       Net cash used for financing activities..................  (7,658)    (17,087)   (2,731)
                                                                -------    --------   -------
       Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents....   2,700     (17,774)    9,429
       Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period........   3,886      21,660    12,231
                                                                -------    --------   -------
       Cash and cash equivalents at end of period.............. $ 6,586    $  3,886   $21,660
                                                                =======    ========   =======
       Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
         Cash paid during the year for -
          Interest                                              $    28    $  2,582   $ 9,674
          Income taxes                                          $   284    $     43
        
       Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing activities:
         Book value of assets exchanged for assets              $    40
         Fair value of assets exchanged                              25
                                                                -------
         Loss on assets exchanged                               $    15
                                                                =======
         In conjunction with the merger of HCS Computer, Inc.
         the following assets and liabilities were assumed:
            Non-cash assets                                                $  7,978
            Liabilities                                                         483
                                                                           --------
                                                                           $  7,495
                                                                           ========
       </TABLE>
        
                   See notes to condensed financial information of registrant.
        
       <PAGE>
                           MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
          SCHEDULE III - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT 
        
             NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
        
        
        
       Note 1 - General
       ----------------
        
       The  condensed  financial  information  of  the  registrant ("MHP")
       should be  read  in  conjunction  with  the  consolidated financial
       statements and the notes to consolidated financial statements which
       are included elsewhere herein. 
        
       Note 2 - Transactions with Affiliates
       -------------------------------------
        
       The Company is operating  on  a  post-Effective  Date basis under a
       decentralized and segregated cash management system.  The operating
       subsidiaries  currently  pay  monthly   fees  to  MHP  pursuant  to
       administrative services agreements.
        
       Effective January  1,  1991  MHP  acquired  the  stock  of Maxicare
       Southeast  Health   Plans,   Inc.   from   Maxicare  (a  California
       corporation and wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  MHP) for $2.8 million
       through the  issuance  of  a  two  year,  9%  promissory  note with
       principal and interest  payable  semi-annually.   Effective July 1,
       1991 MHP  acquired  the  stock  of  Maxicare  Health  Plans  of the
       Midwest, Inc. from Maxicare  for  $4.2 million through the issuance
       of a two  year,  9%  promissory  note  with  principal and interest
       payable semi-annually.
        
       On October 1,  1992  MHP  and  HCS  Computer,  Inc. (a wholly-owned
       subsidiary of  MHP  that  provides  computer and telecommunications
       services to the  Company)  merged  their  operations.  Accordingly,
       MHP's Condensed Statement of Operations for the year ended December
       31, 1992 includes the  results  of  operations  of the computer and
       telecommunications operations for  the  three months ended December
       31, 1992.
        
       Note 3 - Commitments and Other Contingencies
       --------------------------------------------
        
       MHP's assets held under  capital  leases  at  December 31, 1993 and
       1992 of $145,000 and  $745,000,  respectively, (net of $1.6 million
       and $1.1 million,  respectively,  of  accumulated amortization) are
       comprised primarily of equipment leases.  
        
       Future  minimum  lease  commitments  of  $97,000  for noncancelable
       leases at December 31,  1993  are  all  payable in 1994; therefore,
       there are no long-term lease obligations.
        
       <PAGE>
                MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        
                 SCHEDULE V - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
        
                           (Amounts in thousands)
        
                    For the Year Ended December 31, 1993
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
       Column A               Column B      Column C       Column D           Column E            Column F  
       --------               ---------    -----------   ------------    -----------------      ------------
                             Balance at
                             beginning     Additions                     Other changes-add      Balance at
       Classification        of period     at cost       Retirements     (deduct)-(1)           end of period
       --------------        ----------    ---------     -----------     -----------------      -------------
       <S>                  <C>           <C>            <C>            <C>                    <C>
       Leasehold Improv.     $ 5,482                       $ (16)                                 $ 5,466
       Furniture & Fixtures    4,074                         (13)                                   4,061
       Office Equipment          491         $  5                                                     496
       Leased Equipment          904                                                                  904
       Auto & Truck               19                                                                   19
       Medical Equipment         114                                                                  114
       Computer Equipment     20,692          157           (363)            $  1                  20,487
       Communications Equip.  10,557          319            (49)             (30)                 10,797
                             -------         ----          -----             ----                 -------
        
             TOTAL           $42,333         $481          $(441)            $(29)                $42,344
                             =======         ====          =====             ====                 =======
        
       </TABLE>
        
        
        
        
                                            For the Year Ended December 31, 1992
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
       Column A               Column B      Column C       Column D           Column E            Column F  
       --------               ---------    -----------   ------------    -----------------      ------------
                             Balance at
                             beginning of   Additions                    Other changes-add      Balance at
       Classification        period         at cost      Retirements     (deduct)-(1)           end of period
       --------------        ------         -------      -----------     ------------           -------------
       <S>                  <C>           <C>            <C>            <C>                    <C>
       Leasehold Improv.     $ 5,468         $ 14                                                $ 5,482
       Furniture & Fixtures    4,080                       $    (6)                                4,074
       Office Equipment          454           30               (2)          $   9                   491
       Leased Equipment          907           24                              (27)                  904
       Auto & Truck               23                            (4)                                   19
       Medical Equipment         114                                                                 114
       Computer Equipment     22,277           43             (994)           (634)               20,692
       Communications Equip.  12,813            1           (2,234)            (23)               10,557
                             -------         ----          -------           -----               -------
        
             TOTAL           $46,136         $112          $(3,240)          $(675)              $42,333
                             =======        =====          =======           =====               =======
        
        
       </TABLE>
       (1)  Adjustments as a result of physical inventory.
        
       <PAGE>
                MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        
                 SCHEDULE V - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
        
                           (Amounts in thousands)
        
                    For the Year Ended December 31, 1991
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
       Column A               Column B      Column C       Column D           Column E            Column F  
       --------               ---------    -----------   ------------    -----------------      ------------
                             Balance at
                             beginning of   Additions                    Other changes-add      Balance at
       Classification        period         at cost      Retirements     (deduct)-(1)           end of period
       --------------        ------         -------      -----------     ------------           -------------
       <S>                  <C>           <C>            <C>            <C>                    <C>
       Leasehold Improv.     $ 5,271        $  440        $  (192)          $ (51)               $ 5,468
       Furniture & Fixtures    5,359             6           (645)           (640)                 4,080
       Office Equipment          465             3            (14)                                   454
       Leased Equipment        1,054             3           (247)             97                    907
       Auto & Truck               20             3                                                    23
       Medical Equipment         121                           (7)                                   114
       Computer Equipment     25,680         1,763         (5,166)                                22,277
       Communications Equip.  13,790           119         (1,130)             34                 12,813
                             -------        ------        -------           -----                -------
        
             TOTAL           $51,760        $2,337        $(7,401)          $(560)               $46,136
                             =======        ======        =======           =====                =======
        
        
       </TABLE>
        
       (1)  Adjustments as a result of physical inventory.
       <PAGE>
                   MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        
              SCHEDULE VI - ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND 
                            AMORTIZATION OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
        
                              (Amounts in thousands)
        
                       For the Year Ended December 31, 1993
        
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
       Column A                  Column B       Column C        Column D           Column E         Column F  
       --------                  ---------     -----------    ------------    -----------------   ------------
                                               Additions
                                Balance at     charged to
                                beginning of   costs and                      Other changes-add   Balance at
       Description              period         expenses       Retirements     (deduct)-(1)        end of period
       -----------              ------         --------       -----------     ------------        -------------
       <S>                     <C>            <C>             <C>            <C>                  <C>
       Leasehold Improv.        $ 3,106        $  613           $ (10)                              $ 3,709
       Furniture & Fixtures       4,054            14             (13)                                4,055
       Office Equipment             455            10                                                   465
       Leased Equipment             886            10                                                   896
       Auto & Truck                  15             3                                                    18
       Medical Equipment            114                                                                 114
       Computer Equipment        17,354         2,352            (323)                               19,383
       Communications Equip.      9,124         1,025             (46)           $(28)               10,075
                                -------        ------           -----            ----               -------
        
             TOTAL              $35,108        $4,027           $(392)           $(28)              $38,715
                                =======        ======           =====            ====               =======
        
       </TABLE>
        
        
        
                       For the Year Ended December 31, 1992
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
       Column A                 Column B        Column C        Column D           Column E         Column F  
       --------                 ---------      -----------    ------------    -----------------   ------------
                                               Additions
                               Balance at      charged to
                               beginning of    costs and                      Other changes-add   Balance at
       Description             period          expenses       Retirements     (deduct)-(1)        end of period
       -----------             ------          --------       -----------     ------------        -------------
       <S>                     <C>            <C>             <C>            <C>                  <C>
       Leasehold Improv.       $ 2,494          $  612                                              $ 3,106
       Furniture & Fixtures      4,027              33         $    (6)                               4,054
       Office Equipment            441              13              (2)         $     3                 455
       Leased Equipment            843              70                              (27)                886
       Auto & Truck                 15               4              (4)                                  15
       Medical Equipment           114                                                                  114
       Computer Equipment       15,917           2,968            (978)            (553)             17,354
       Communications Equip.     9,654           1,487          (2,010)              (7)              9,124
                               -------          ------         -------          -------             -------
        
             TOTAL             $33,505          $5,187         $(3,000)         $  (584)            $35,108
                               =======          ======         =======          =======             =======
        
        
       </TABLE>
       (1)  Adjustments as a result of physical inventory.
       <PAGE>
                   MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        
              SCHEDULE VI - ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND 
                            AMORTIZATION OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
        
                              (Amounts in thousands)
        
                       For the Year Ended December 31, 1991
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
       Column A                 Column B        Column C        Column D           Column E         Column F  
       --------                 ---------      -----------    ------------    -----------------   ------------
                                               Additions
                               Balance at      charged to
                               beginning of    costs and                      Other changes-add   Balance at
       Description             period          expenses       Retirements     (deduct)-(1)        end of period
       -----------             ------          --------       -----------     ------------        -------------
       <S>                     <C>            <C>             <C>            <C>                  <C>
       Leasehold Improv.       $ 2,032          $  605         $  (143)                             $ 2,494
       Furniture & Fixtures      4,701             566            (600)         $  (640)              4,027
       Office Equipment            394              60             (13)                                 441
       Leased Equipment            877             154            (247)              59                 843
       Auto & Truck                 11               4                                                   15
       Medical Equipment           101              19              (6)                                 114
       Computer Equipment       14,840           3,049          (3,194)           1,222              15,917
       Communications Equip.     9,644           2,001            (801)          (1,190)              9,654
                               -------          ------         -------          -------             -------
        
             TOTAL             $32,600          $6,458         $(5,004)         $  (549)            $33,505
                               =======          ======         =======          =======             =======
        
       </TABLE>
        
       (1) Reclassifications as a result of physical inventory.
       <PAGE>
                  MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        
                SCHEDULE VIII - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
        
                             (Amounts in thousands)
        
                      For the Year Ended December 31, 1993
        
        
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
       Column A                  Column B               Column C               Column D        Column E
       --------                  ---------       --------------------------   ----------     ------------
                                                        Additions             
                                                 --------------------------   
                                 Balance at      Charged to  Charged to       
                                 beginning       costs and   other accounts   Deductions     Balance at
       Description               of period       expenses    - describe       - describe     end of period
       -----------               ----------      ---------   --------------   ----------     -------------
       <S>                      <C>             <C>         <C>              <C>            <C>
       Allowance for
         doubtful accounts
         and retroactive
         billing adjustments:     $2,324                        $382(1)                         $2,706
        
       Other valuation 
         accounts:                    34                                                            34
                                  ------                        ----                            ------
                                  $2,358                        $382                            $2,740
                                  ======                        ====                            ======
        
       </TABLE>
        
        
        
        
                      For the Year Ended December 31, 1992
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
       Column A                  Column B                 Column C             Column D        Column E
       --------                  --------        --------------------------   -----------    ------------
                                                          Additions
                                                 --------------------------
                                 Balance at      Charged to      Charged to
                                 beginning       costs and     other accounts  Deductions     Balance at
       Description               of period       expenses       - describe    - describe     end of period
       -----------               ----------      ---------     -------------- -----------    -------------
       <S>                      <C>             <C>         <C>              <C>            <C>
       Allowance for
         doubtful accounts
         and retroactive
         billing adjustments:     $2,853                                      $    529(2)      $2,324
        
       Other valuation 
         accounts:                 3,154                                         3,120(3)          34
                                  ------                                        ------         ------
                                  $6,007                                        $3,649         $2,358
                                 =======                                        ======         ======
        
       </TABLE>
        
        
       (1)  Reduction in premium revenue.
       (2)  Write-off of aged retroactive billing adjustments.
       (3)  Write-off of notes receivable reserve.
        
       <PAGE>
        
                MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        
              SCHEDULE VIII - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
        
                           (Amounts in thousands)
        
                    For the Year Ended December 31, 1991
        
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
        
        
       Column A                 Column B              Column C              Column D       Column E
       --------                 ---------       -----------------------     --------       --------
        
                                                    Additions          
                                                -----------------------
                                Balance at      Charged to   Charged to
                                beginning       costs and    other accounts    Deductions    Balance at
       Description              of period       expenses      - describe       - describe   end of period
       -----------              ----------      ---------   ---------------   ------------ --------------
       <S>                      <C>             <C>         <C>              <C>            <C>
       Allowance for
         doubtful accounts
         and retroactive
         billing adjustments:    $ 4,025           $397                       $ 1,569(1)       $2,853
        
       Other valuation 
         accounts:                 3,679                                          525(2)        3,154
                                 -------           ----                       -------          ------
                                 $ 7,704           $397                       $ 2,094          $6,007
                                 =======           ====                       =======          ======
       </TABLE>
        
       (1) Write-off of aged retroactive billing adjustments.
       (2) Write-off of fully reserved notes receivable.
       <PAGE>
                                 INDEX TO EXHIBITS
        
        
        
       Exhibit                                                 Sequential
       Number    Description                                   Page Number
       ------    ----------------------------------------      -----------
        
        2.1      Joint Plan of Reorganization dated May 14,    
                 1990, as modified on May 24 and July 12, 
                 1990 (without schedules)*
        
        2.2      Order Confirming Joint Plan of                
                 Reorganization dated May 14, 1990, as
                 Modified, entered on August 31, 1990 
                 (without exhibits or schedules)*
        
        2.3      Amendment to Order Confirming Joint Plan      
                 of Reorganization dated May 14, 1990, as
                 Modified, entered on August 31, 1990*
        
        2.4      Stipulation and Order Re Conditions to        
                 Effectiveness of the Plan, entered on 
                 December 3, 1990*
        
        2.5      Notice That The Conditions to Effectiveness   
                 of the Plan Have Been Met or Waived, filed 
                 on December 4, 1990*
        
        2.6      Agreement and Plan of Merger of Maxicare      
                 Health Plans, Inc. and HealthCare USA Inc.,
                 dated as of December 5, 1990 (without 
                 exhibits or schedules)*
        
        3.1      Charter of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.,       
                 a Delaware corporation*
        
        3.3      Amendment to Charter of Maxicare Health       
                 Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation@
        
        3.4      Amended Bylaws of Maxicare Health               95 of 319
                 Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation
        
        4.1      Form of Certificate of New Common Stock of    
                 Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.*
        
        4.2      Form of Certificate of Warrant of Maxicare    
                 Health Plans, Inc.*
        
       -------------------------
       *  Incorporated  by  reference   from   the  Company's  Registration
          Statement on Form 10, declared effective March 18, 1991, in which
          these exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       @  Incorporated by reference  from  the  Company's  Annual Report on
          Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31, 1991, in which these
          exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                                 Sequential
       Number    Description                                   Page Number
       ------    ----------------------------------------      -----------
        
         4.4     Warrant Agreement by and between Maxicare     
                 Health Plans, Inc. and American Stock 
                 Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of 
                 December 5, 1990*
        
         4.5     Stock Transfer Agent Agreement by and         
                 between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., 
                 and American Stock Transfer & Trust
                 Company, dated as of December 5, 1990*
        
         4.6     Registration Undertaking by Maxicare Health   
                 Plans, Inc., dated as of December 5, 1990*
        
         4.8     Portions of Charter of Maxicare Health        
                 Plans, Inc., relating to the rights of 
                 holders of the New Common Stock, the 
                 Warrants, or the New Senior Notes*
        
         4.9     Portions of Bylaws of Maxicare Health Plans,  
                 Inc., relating to the rights of holders of 
                 the New Common Stock, the Warrants, or the 
                 New Senior Notes*
        
         4.10    Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred     
                 Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of 
                 December 17, 1991**
        
         4.11    Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred     
                 Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of 
                 January 31, 1992**
        
         4.12    Form of Certificate of Preferred Stock of     
                 Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.@
        
        10.1     Management Incentive Program*                 
        
        10.2     Incentive Compensation Agreement*             
        
        10.3b    Employment and Indemnification Agreement by   
                 and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 
                 and Peter J. Ratican, dated as of January 1,
                 1992@
        
       -------------------------
       *  Incorporated  by  reference   from   the  Company's  Registration
          Statement on Form 10, declared effective March 18, 1991, in which
          these exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       ** Incorporated by reference from the  Company's Reports on Form 8-K
          dated December 17,  1991  and  January  31,  1992, in which these
          exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       @  Incorporated by reference  from  the  Company's  Annual Report on
          Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31, 1991, in which these
          exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                                 Sequential
       Number  Description                                     Page Number
       ------  ----------------------------------------        -----------
        
       10.4b   Employment and Indemnification Agreement        
               by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 
               and Eugene L. Froelich dated January 1,
               1992@
        
       10.5b   Employment Agreement by and between
               Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
               Samuel W. Warburton, dated as of
               January 1, 1993@@
        
       10.7c   Employment and Indemnification Agreement by
               and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
               Vicki F. Perry, dated as of January 1, 1993@@   
        
       10.7d   Employment and Indemnification Agreement by     115 of 319
               and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
               Vicki F. Perry, dated as of January 1, 1994
        
       10.8b   Employment and Indemnification Agreement
               by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
               and Alan D. Bloom, dated as of January 1,
               1993@@
        
       10.8c   Employment and Indemnification Agreement        125 of 319
               by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
               and Alan D. Bloom, dated as of January 1,
               1994
        
       10.9c   Form of Employment and Indemnification 
               Agreement by and between Maxicare Health 
               Plans, Inc. and Richard A. Link, dated as
               of January 1, 1993@@
        
       10.12c  Employment and Indemnification Agreement by
               and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
               Aivars Jerumanis, dated as of January 1,
               1993@@
        
       10.12d  Employment and Indemnification Agreement by     135 of 319
               and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
               Aivars Jerumanis, dated as of January 1,
               1994
        
       -------------------------
       @  Incorporated by reference  from  the  Company's  Annual Report on
          Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31, 1991, in which these
          exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       @@ Incorporated by reference  from  the  Company's  Annual Report on
          Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31, 1992, in which these
          exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                                 Sequential
       Number  Description                                     Page Number
       ------  ----------------------------------------        -----------
        
       10.14   Stock Option Agreement by and between           
               Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Peter J. 
               Ratican, dated as of December 5, 1990*
        
       10.15   Stock Option Agreement by and between           
               Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Eugene L. 
               Froelich, dated as of December 5, 1990*
        
       10.16   Form of Stock Option Agreement by and           
               between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
               Samuel Warburton, dated as of December 5,
               1990*
        
       10.18   Form of Stock Option Agreement by and           
               between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
               Vicki F. Perry, dated as of December 5,
               1990*
        
       10.19   Stock Option Agreement by and between           
               Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Alan D.
               Bloom, dated as of December 5, 1990*
        
       10.20   Stock Option Agreement by and between           
               Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Richard A.
               Link, dated as of December 5, 1990*
        
       10.23   Stock Option Agreement by and between           
               Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Aivars
               Jerumanis, dated as of December 5, 1990*
        
       10.28   Form of Distribution Trust Agreement*           
        
       10.29   Lease by and between Maxicare Health Plans,     
               Inc. and Transamerica Occidental Life 
               Insurance Company, dated as of June 1, 1990*
        
       10.30   Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 401(k) Plan*        
        
       10.32   Stock Option Agreement by and between           
               Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Leon M.
               Clements, dated as of May 20, 1991@
        
       10.33   Stock Option Agreement by and between           
               Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Walter
               J. Filkowski, dated as of May 20, 1991@
        
       -------------------------
       *  Incorporated  by  reference   from   the  Company's  Registration
          Statement on Form 10, declared effective March 18, 1991, in which
          these exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       @  Incorporated by reference  from  the  Company's  Annual Report on
          Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31, 1991, in which these
          exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                                 Sequential
       Number   Description                                    Page Number
       ------   ----------------------------------------       -----------
        
       10.35    Stock Option Agreement by and between          
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Charles
                E. Lewis, dated as of May 20, 1991@
        
       10.36    Stock Option Agreement by and between          
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Claude
                S. Brinegar, dated as of July 18, 1991@
        
       10.38    Stock Option Agreement by and between          
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Richard
                A. Link, dated as of December 20, 1991@
        
       10.40    Stock Option Agreement by and between          
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Aivars
                Jerumanis, dated as of December 20, 1991@
        
       10.41    Stock Option Agreement by and between          
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Samuel
                W. Warburton, dated as of December 20, 1991@
        
       10.42    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Peter J.
                Ratican, dated as of February 25, 1992@
        
       10.43    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Eugene
                L. Froelich, dated as of February 25,
                1992@
        
       10.44    Amended Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.            
                1990 Stock Option Plan@
        
       10.48    Employment and Indemnification Agreement
                by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                and William B. Caswell, dated as of January
                8, 1992@@
        
       10.48a   Employment and Indemnification Agreement       145 of 319
                by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                and William B. Caswell, dated as of January
                1, 1994
        
       10.49    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and William
                B. Caswell, dated as of February 3, 1992@@
        
        
       -------------------------
       @  Incorporated by reference  from  the  Company's  Annual Report on
          Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31, 1991, in which these
          exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       @@ Incorporated by reference  from  the  Company's  Annual Report on
          Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31, 1992, in which these
          exhibits bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                                 Sequential
       Number   Description                                    Page Number
       ------   ----------------------------------------       -----------
        
       10.50    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Thomas W.
                Field, Jr., dated as of April 1, 1992@@
        
       10.51b   Employment and Indemnification Agreement
                by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                and Robert Landis, dated as of January 1,
                1993@@
        
       10.51c   Employment and Indemnification Agreement       155 of 319
                by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                and Robert Landis, dated as of January 1,
                1994
        
       10.52    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Robert
                Landis, dated as of December 5, 1990@@
        
       10.53    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Robert
                Landis, dated as of December 20, 1991@@
        
       10.54    Stock Option Agreement by and between          165 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Florence
                Courtright, dated as of November 5, 1993
        
       10.55    Stock Option Agreement by and between          176 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Vicki
                F. Perry, dated as of December 20, 1993
        
       10.56    Stock Option Agreement by and between          187 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Alan D.
                Bloom, dated as of December 20, 1993
        
       10.57    Stock Option Agreement by and between          198 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Richard
                Link, dated as of December 20, 1993
        
       10.58    Stock Option Agreement by and between          209 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Aivars
                Jerumanis, dated as of December 20, 1993
        
       10.59    Stock Option Agreement by and between          220 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Robert
                Landis, dated as of December 20, 1993
        
       10.60    Stock Option Agreement by and between          231 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and William
                Caswell, dated as of December 20, 1993
        
        
       -------------------------
       @@  Incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form
           10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, in which these exhibits
           bore the same exhibit numbers.
        
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                                 Sequential
       Number   Description                                    Page Number
       ------   ----------------------------------------       -----------
        
        10.61   Stock Option Agreement by and between          242 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Thomas
                W. Field, Jr., dated as of December 20,
                1993
        
        10.62   Stock Option Agreement by and between          253 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Dr. Charles
                E. Lewis, dated as of December 20, 1993
        
        10.63   Stock Option Agreement by and between          264 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Claude
                S. Brinegar, dated as of December 20, 1993
        
        10.64   Employment and Indemnification Agreement       275 of 319
                by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                and David Hammons, dated as of January
                1, 1994
        
        10.65   Stock Option Agreement by and between          285 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and David
                J. Hammons, dated as of May 20, 1991
        
        10.66   Stock Option Agreement by and between          296 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and David
                J. Hammons, dated as of December 20, 1991
        
        10.67   Stock Option Agreement by and between          307 of 319
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and David
                Hammons, dated as of December 20, 1993
        
        21      List of Subsidiaries                           318 of 319
        
        23.1    Consent of Independent Accountants             319 of 319
        
        28.1    Notice That The Conditions to                  
                Effectiveness of the Plan Have Been
                Met or Waived***
        
        28.2    Stipulation and Order Regarding Conditions     
                to Effectiveness of Joint Plan of 
                Reorganization***
        
       -------------------------
       *** Incorporated by reference from the  Company's Report on Form 8-K
           dated December 5, 1990,  in  which  these exhibits bore the same
           exhibit numbers.
       <PAGE>
        
                                                        Exhibit 3.4
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
        
        
                                    BYLAWS
        
        
        
        
        
                      As Amended through January 28, 1994
       <PAGE>
        
                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
        
        
                                                                 Page
        
       ARTICLE I.     OFFICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
        
            Section 1.    PRINCIPAL OFFICE. . . . . . . . . . . .  4
            Section 2.    OTHER OFFICES . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
        
       ARTICLE II.    MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS . . . . . . . . .   4
        
            Section 1.    PLACE OF MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . .   4
            Section 2.    ANNUAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. . . .   4
            Section 3.    SPECIAL MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . .   4
            Section 4.    NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS . . .   4
            Section 5.    MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT
                          OF NOTICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
            Section 6.    QUORUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
            Section 7.    ADJOURNED MEETING AND NOTICE THEREOF .   5
            Section 8.    ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
            Section 9.    VOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
            Section 10.   WAIVER OF NOTICE OR CONSENT BY ABSENT
                          STOCKHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
            Section 11.   RECORD DATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
            Section 12.   PROXIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
            Section 13.   INSPECTORS OF ELECTION . . . . . . . .   7
            Section 14.   NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS AND
                          NOMINATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
        
       ARTICLE III.   DIRECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
        
            Section 1.    POWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
            Section 2.    NUMBERS OF DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . .  10
            Section 3.    RESIGNATIONS; VACANCIES. . . . . . . .  10
            Section 4.    PLACE OF MEETINGS AND TELEPHONIC
                          MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
            Section 5.    ANNUAL MEETINGS . . . . .  . . . . . .  11
            Section 6.    OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS . . . . . . . .  11
            Section 7.    SPECIAL MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . .  11
            Section 8.    DISPENSING WITH NOTICE . . . . . . . .  12
            Section 9.    QUORUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
            Section 10.   ADJOURNMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
            Section 11.   ACTION WITHOUT MEETING . . . . . . . .  12
            Section 12.   FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS . .  12
        
       ARTICLE IV.    COMMITTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
        
            Section 1.    COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. . . . . . . .  12
            Section 2.    MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES. . .  13
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       ARTICLE V.     OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
        
            Section 1.    OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
            Section 2.    ELECTION OF OFFICERS . . . . . . . . .  13
            Section 3.    SUBORDINATE OFFICERS, ETC. . . . . . .  14
            Section 4.    REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. .  14
        
            Section 5.    VACANCIES IN OFFICES . . . . . . . . .  14
            Section 6.    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. . . . . . . . .  14
            Section 7.    VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD . . . . . .  14
            Section 8.    PRESIDENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
            Section 9.    VICE PRESIDENTS. . . . . . . . . . . .  15
            Section 10.   SECRETARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
            Section 11.   TREASURER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
        
       ARTICLE VI.    RECORDS AND REPORTS. . . . . . . . . . . .  16
        
            Section 1.    MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF SHARE
                          REGISTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
            Section 2.    MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS .  16
            Section 3.    MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF OTHER
                          CORPORATE RECORDS. . . . . . . . . . .  16
            Section 4.    INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. . . . . . . .  17
        
       ARTICLE VII.   GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS. . . . . . . . .  17
        
            Section 1.    CHECKS, DRAFTS, EVIDENCES OF
                          INDEBTEDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
            Section 2.    CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS;
                          HOW EXECUTED . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
            Section 3.    CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. . . . . . . .  17
            Section 4     LOST CERTIFICATES. . . . . . . . . . .  17
            Section 5.    TRANSFER OF SHARES . . . . . . . . . .  18
            Section 6.    TRANSFER AND REGISTRY AGENTS . . . . .  18
            Section 7.    REGULATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
            Section 8.    RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF STOCK . . .  18
            Section 9.    REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER
                          CORPORATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
            Section 10.   DIVIDENDS, SURPLUS, ETC. . . . . . . .  19
        
       ARTICLE VIII.  GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
        
            Section 1.    CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS . . . . .  19
            Section 2.    SEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
            Section 3.    FISCAL YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
        
       ARTICLE IX.    AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
        
            Section 1.    AMENDMENT BY STOCKHOLDERS. . . . . . .  20
            Section 2.    AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS . . . . . . . .  20
        
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                                     BYLAWS
        
                                       OF
        
                           MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                   ARTICLE I.
                                     OFFICES
        
                Section 1.   PRINCIPAL  OFFICE.    The  Board of Directors
       shall fix the location  of  the  principal  executive office of the
       Corporation at any place within or outside the State of Delaware.
        
                Section 2.  OTHER OFFICES.   The Board of Directors may at
       any time establish branch  or  subordinate  offices at any place or
       places where the Corporation shall determine.
        
                                   ARTICLE II.
                            MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
        
                Section 1.  PLACE  OF  MEETINGS.  Meetings of stockholders
       shall be held at any place  within or outside the State of Delaware
       designated by the Board of Directors.    In the absence of any such
       designation, stockholders' meetings shall  be held at the principal
       executive office of the Corporation.
        
                Section 2.  ANNUAL  MEETINGS  OF STOCKHOLDERS.  The annual
       meeting of stockholders shall be held each  year on a date and at a
       time designated by the Board of  Directors.  At each annual meeting
       directors shall be elected  and  any  other  proper business may be
       transacted.
        
                Section 3. SPECIAL  MEETINGS.    A  special meeting of the
       stockholders may be called at any  time for any purpose or purposes
       by the Board of  Directors,  the  Chairman or Vice-President of the
       Board, the President of the  Corporation  or  by a committee of the
       Board which has been duly designated  by the Board and whose powers
       and authority, as provided in a resolution of the Board or in these
       bylaws, include the power to  call  such meetings, and such special
       meetings shall be called by the President of the Corporation at the
       request in writing of  stockholders  owning  at least a majority in
       amount of the entire  capital  stock  of the Corporation issued and
       outstanding and entitled to vote.  Such stockholders' request shall
       state the purpose or  purposes  of  the proposed meeting.  Business
       transacted at  any  special  meeting  shall  be  limited to matters
       relating to  the  purpose  or  purposes  stated  in  the  notice of
       meeting.
        
                Section 4.    NOTICE  OF  STOCKHOLDERS'  MEETINGS.     All
       notices of meetings  of  stockholders  shall  be  sent or otherwise
       given in accordance with Section 5 of this Article II not less than
       ten (10) nor more  than  sixty  (60)  days  before  the date of the
       meeting being noticed.   The  notice  shall specify the place, date
       and hour of the meeting and in the case of a special meeting, the 
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       purpose(s) for which the  meeting  is  called.    The notice of any
       meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name
       of any nominee or nominees.
        
                Section 5.  MANNER OF  GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE.
       Notice  of  any  meeting  of  stockholders  shall  be  given either
       personally or by first-class  mail  or telegraphic or other written
       communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the
       address  of  such  stockholder  appearing   on  the  books  of  the
       Corporation.  If  mailed,  notice  is  given  when deposited in the
       United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at
       his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
        
                An affidavit of the  mailing  or  other means of giving an
       notice of  any  stockholders'  meeting  shall  be  executed  by the
       Secretary,  Assistant  Secretary  or  any  transfer  agent  of  the
       Corporation giving such notice,  and  shall be filed and maintained
       in the minute books of the Corporation.
        
                Section 6.   QUORUM.    At  all  meetings of stockholders,
       except as otherwise required  by  statute  or by the Certificate of
       Incorporation, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of
       a majority of the shares of  stock outstanding and entitled to vote
       at any meeting of  stockholders  shall  constitute a quorum for the
       transaction of business.  The stockholders present at a duly called
       or held meeting at which  a  quorum  is  present may continue to do
       business  until  adjournment,  notwithstanding  the  withdrawal  of
       enough stockholders to  leave  less  than  a  quorum, if any action
       taken (other than adjournment) is  approved  by at least a majority
       of the shares required to constitute a quorum.
        
                Section 7.   ADJOURNED  MEETING  AND  NOTICE THEREOF.  Any
       stockholders' meeting, annual or  special,  whether or not a quorum
       is present, may by adjourned from  time  to time by the vote of the
       majority of  the  shares  represented  at  such  meeting, either in
       person or by proxy.
        
                When  any  meeting  of   stockholders,  either  annual  or
       special, is adjourned to another time  or place, notice need not be
       given of the adjourned meeting  if  the  time and place thereof are
       announced at the meeting at  which the adjournment is taken, unless
       a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, or unless the
       adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for
       the original meeting, in  which  case  the Board of Directors shall
       set a new record date.    Notice  of any such adjourned meeting, if
       required, shall be given to  each stockholder of record entitled to
       vote at the adjourned meeting  in accordance with the provisions of
       Sections 4 and 5 of this Article  II.  At any adjourned meeting the
       Corporation  may  transact  any  business  which  might  have  been
       transacted at the original meeting.
        
                Section  8.     ORGANIZATION.      At   every  meeting  of
       stockholders, the President, or in his absence the Chairman or Vice
       Chairman of the Board, shall act as chairman of the meeting and the
       Secretary shall act as secretary of  the  meeting.  In case none of
       the officers designated above to act as chairman or secretary of 
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       the meeting,  respectively,  shall  be  present,  a  chairman  or a
       secretary of the meeting, as the  case  may  be, may be chosen by a
       majority of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of shares
       present in person or represented  by  proxy and entitled to vote at
       the meeting.
        
                Section 9.  VOTING.   The stockholders entitled to vote at
       any meeting of stockholders shall  be determined in accordance with
       the provisions of Section  11  of  this  Article II, subject to the
       provisions of  Section  217  the  Delaware  General Corporation Law
       (relating to  voting  rights  of  fiduciaries,  pledgors  and joint
       owners of stock).  Any  stockholder  entitled to vote on any matter
       (other than the election of directors)  may vote part of the shares
       in favor of  the  proposal  and  refrain  from voting the remaining
       shares or vote them  against  the  proposal but, if the stockholder
       fails to specify the  number  of  shares such stockholder is voting
       affirmatively,  it   will   be   conclusively   presumed  that  the
       stockholder's approving vote  is  with  respect  to all shares such
       stockholder is entitled  to  vote.    If  a  quorum is present, the
       affirmative vote of the majority  of  the shares represented at the
       meeting  and  voting  on  any  matter  shall  be  the  act  of  the
       stockholders, unless the  vote  of  a  greater  number or voting by
       classes  is  required   by   these   Bylaws,   the  Certificate  of
       Incorporation or by  statute.    Directors  shall  be  elected by a
       plurality of the votes of the shares represented at the meeting and
       entitled to vote on the election of directors. No stockholder shall
       be entitled to  cumulate  votes  on  any  matter  at any meeting of
       stockholders.
        
                Section  10.    WAIVER  OF  NOTICE  OR  CONSENT  BY ABSENT
       STOCKHOLDERS.  Whenever  notice  is  required  to  be  given to the
       stockholders under any provision of  the General Corporation Law or
       the Certificate of Incorporation  or  the  Bylaws, a written waiver
       thereof, signed by a stockholder entitled to notice, whether before
       or after the time  stated  therein,  shall  be deemed equivalent to
       notice.  Attendance of a  stockholder at a meeting shall constitute
       a waiver of notice  of  such  meeting,  except when the stockholder
       attends a meeting  for  the  express  purpose  of objecting, at the
       beginning of  the  meeting,  to  the  transaction  of  any business
       because the meeting is  not  lawfully  called or convened.  Neither
       the business to be transacted  at,  nor the purpose of, any regular
       or special meeting of  the  stockholders  need  be specified in any
       written waiver of notice.
        
                Section 11.  RECORD DATE.    In order that the Corporation
       may determine the stockholders entitled to  notice of or to vote at
       any meeting  of  stockholders  or  any  adjournment  thereof, or to
       express consent to corporate  action  in writing without a meeting,
       or  entitled  to  receive   payment   of   any  dividend  or  other
       distribution or allotment of  any  rights,  or entitled to exercise
       any rights in  respect  of  any  change,  conversion or exchange of
       stock or for the purpose of  any  other lawful action, the Board of
       Directors may  fix  a  record  date,  which  record  date shall not
       precede the date upon which  the  resolution fixing the record date
       is adopted by the Board of  Directors and which record date: (1) in
       the case of determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any 
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       meeting of stockholders or  adjournment  thereof, shall not be more
       than sixty (60) nor less  than  ten  (10)  days before the  date of
       such meeting; (2)  in  the  case  of  determination of stockholders
       entitled to express consent to  corporate action in writing without
       a meeting, shall not be more than  ten (10) days from the date upon
       which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board
       of Directors; and (3) in the case  of any such action, shall not be
       more than sixty (60) days prior to such other action.  If no record
       date is fixed:   (1)  the  record date for determining stockholders
       entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall
       be at the close of business  on  the  day next preceding the day on
       which notice is given, or,  if  notice  is  waived, at the close of
       business on the day next preceding  the day on which the meeting is
       held; (2) the record date  for determining stockholders entitled to
       express consent to corporate  action  in  writing without a meeting
       when no prior action of the  Board of Directors is required by law,
       shall be the first date  on  which a signed written consent setting
       forth the action taken or proposed  to be taken is delivered to the
       Corporation in accordance with applicable  law, or, if prior action
       by the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be at the close
       of business on the day on  which  the Board of Directors adopts the
       resolution relating to taking such prior action; and (3) the record
       date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at
       the close of business on  the  day  on which the Board of Directors
       adopts  the  resolution  relating  thereto.    A  determination  of
       stockholders of record  entitled  to  notice  of  or  to  vote at a
       meeting of  stockholders  shall  apply  to  any  adjournment of the
       meeting; provided, however, that the  Board  of Directors may fix a
       new record date for the adjourned meeting.
        
                Section 12.  PROXIES.    Each stockholder entitled to vote
       at a  meeting  of  stockholders  may  authorize  another  person or
       persons to act for him by  proxy,  but no such proxy shall be voted
       or acted upon after  three  years  from  its date, unless the proxy
       provides for a longer period.
        
                Section 13.    INSPECTORS  OF  ELECTION.    The  Board, in
       advance of any meeting  of  stockholders,  may  appoint one or more
       inspectors to act at the  meeting  or  any adjournment thereof.  If
       inspectors are  not  so  appointed,  the  person  presiding at such
       meeting may, and on the request of any stockholder entitled to vote
       thereat shall, appoint one or more  inspectors.  In case any person
       appointed fails to appear  or  act,  the  vacancy  may be filled by
       appointment made by the Board in  advance  of the meeting or at the
       meeting by the person  presiding  thereat.   Each inspector, before
       entering upon the discharge of  his  duties, shall take and sign an
       oath faithfully to execute the  duties of inspector at such meeting
       with strict impartiality and according  to the best of his ability.
       The inspector or inspectors  shall  determine  the number of shares
       outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at
       the meeting, the existence of a  quorum, the validity and effect of
       proxies, and shall receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all
       challenges and questions arising  in  connection  with the right to
       vote, count  and  tabulate  all  votes  or  ballots,  determine the
       result, and  shall  do  such  acts  as  are  proper  to conduct the
       election or vote with fairness to all stockholders.  On request of 
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       the person presiding at the  meeting or any stockholder entitled to
       vote thereat, the inspector  or  inspectors  shall make a report in
       writing of any challenge, question  or  matter determined by him or
       them and execute a certificate  of  any  fact found by him or them.
       Any report or certificate made by the inspector or inspectors shall
       be prima facie evidence  of  the  facts  stated  and of the vote as
       certified by him or them.
        
       Section 14.  NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS AND NOMINATIONS.
        
       (A) ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
        
                (1) Nominations of persons  for  election  to the Board of
       Directors of the corporation  and  the  proposal  of business to be
       considered by the stockholders may be  made at an annual meeting of
       stockholders  (a)  pursuant  to the Corporation's notice of meeting
       delivered pursuant to Section 4 of Article II of these bylaws,  (b)
       by or at the direction of  the  Chairman of the Board of Directors,
       or (c) by any stockholder who  is  entitled to vote at the meeting,
       who complied with the  notice  procedures  set forth in clauses (2)
       and (3) or  this  subsection  (A)  and  this  bylaw  and  who was a
       stockholder of record at the  time  such notice is delivered to the
       Secretary of the Corporation.
        
                (2)  For  nominations  or  other  business  to be properly
       brought before  an  annual  meeting  by  a  stockholder pursuant to
       clause (c) of the foregoing  subsection  (A) (1) of this bylaw, the
       stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the
       Secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a stockholder's notice
       shall be delivered  to  the  Secretary  at  the principal executive
       officers of the Corporation  not  less  than  seventy (70) days nor
       more than ninety (90) days  prior  to  the first anniversary of the
       preceding year's annual  meeting;  provided,  however,  that in the
       event that the date of the  annual meeting is advanced by more than
       twenty (20) days or  delayed  by  more  than seventy (70) days from
       such anniversary date, notice by  the stockholder to be timely must
       be so delivered not earlier than  the ninetieth (90th) day prior to
       such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the
       later of the seventieth (70th) day  prior to such annual meeting or
       the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement
       of the date of such  meeting  is  first  made.   Such stockholder's
       notice shall set forth (a)  as  to  each person who the stockholder
       proposes to nominate for election  or reelection as a director, all
       information  relating  to  such  person  that  is  required  to  be
       disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or
       is otherwise required,  in  each  case  pursuant  to Regulation 14A
       under  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the
       "Exchange Act"), including such  person's  written consent to being
       named in the proxy  statement  as  a  nominee  and  to serving as a
       director  if  elected;  (b)  as  to  any  other  business  that the
       stockholder  proposes  to  bring   before   the  meeting,  a  brief
       description of  the  business  desired  to  be  brought  before the
       meeting, the reasons for  conducting  such  business at the meeting
       and any material interest in  such business of such stockholder and
       the beneficial owner, if any on whose behalf the proposal is made, 
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       and (c) as to the stockholder  giving the notice and the beneficial
       owner, if any, on whose behalf  the nomination or proposal is made,
       (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the
       Corporation's books, and  of  such  beneficial  owner, and (ii) the
       class and number of shares of  the capital stock of the Corporation
       which are owned beneficially and  of record by such stockholder and
       such beneficial owner.
        
                (3) Notwithstanding  anything  in  the  second sentence of
       subsection (a) (2) of this bylaw to the contrary, in the event that
       the number of directors to be  elected to the Board of Directors of
       the Corporation is increased  and  there  is no public announcement
       naming all of the nominees  for  director or specifying the size of
       the increased Board of Directors  made  by the Corporation at least
       eighty (80) days prior  to  the  first anniversary of the preceding
       year's annual  meeting,  a  stockholder's  notice  required by this
       bylaw shall also be  considered  timely,  but  only with respect to
       nominees for any  new  positions  created  by  such increase, if it
       shall be delivered  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Corporation at the
       principal executive offices of  the  Corporation not later than the
       close of business on  the  tenth  (10th)  day  following the day on
       which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
        
       (B)  SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
        
                As set forth in Section  3  of Article II above, only such
       business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as
       shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 4 of
       Article II of these bylaws.  Nominations of persons for election to
       the Board of  Directors  shall  be  made  at  a  special meeting of
       stockholders at which directors are  to  be elected pursuant to the
       Corporation's notice of meeting (a)  by  or at the direction of the
       Board of Directors, or  (b)  by  any stockholder of the Corporation
       who is entitled  to  vote  at  the  meeting,  who complies with the
       notice procedures set forth in this  bylaw and who is a stockholder
       of record at the time such  notice is delivered to the Secretary of
       the  Corporation.    Nominations  by  stockholders  of  person  for
       election to the Board of  Directors  may  be made at such a special
       meeting of stockholders if the  stockholder's notice as required by
       subsection  (A)  (2)  of  this  bylaw  shall  be  delivered  to the
       Secretary of the Corporation at  the principal executive offices of
       the  Corporation  no  later  than  the  close  of  business  on the
       thirtieth (30th) day prior  to  such  special  meeting or, if fewer
       than thirty (30) days  notice  of  such  meeting is given, no later
       than  the  fifth  (5th)  day  following  the  day  on  which public
       announcement is first made of  the  date of the special meeting and
       of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at
       such meeting.
        
       (C)  GENERAL
        
                (1)  Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the
       procedures set forth in this  bylaw  shall  be eligible to serve as
       directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of
       stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in 
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       accordance with the procedures set forth  in this bylaw.  Except as
       otherwise provide by law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
       of the Corporation, as  amended,  or  these bylaws, the chairman of
       the meeting shall have the  power  and  duty to determine whether a
       nomination or  any  business  proposed  to  be  brought  before the
       meeting was made in  accordance  with  the  procedures set forth in
       this bylaw and, if any  proposed  nomination  or business is not in
       compliance with this bylaw, to declare that such defective proposal
       or nomination shall be disregarded.
        
                (2) For  purposes  of  this  bylaw,  "public announcement"
       shall mean disclosure in a press  release reported by the Dow Jones
       News Service Associated Press  or  comparable national news service
       or in  a  document  publicly  filed  by  the  Corporation  with the
       Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15
       (d) of the Exchange Act.
        
                (3)   Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions  of this
       bylaw,  a  stockholder  shall   also  comply  with  all  applicable
       requirements of the  Exchange  Act  and  the  rules and regulations
       thereunder with respect to  the  matters  set  forth in this bylaw.
       Nothing in this  bylaw  shall  be  deemed  to  affect any rights of
       stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's
       proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
        
                                  ARTICLE III.
                                    DIRECTORS
        
                Section 1.  POWERS.  The Board of Directors shall exercise
       all of the powers of the Corporation  except such as are by law, or
       by the Certificate of Incorporation  of the Corporation or by these
       Bylaws, conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders.
        
                Section 2.  NUMBER OF  DIRECTORS.  The number of directors
       which shall constitute the  Board  of  Directors of the Corporation
       shall initially be nine (9).  The number of directors may from time
       to time by changed, by  resolution  of  the Board of Directors or a
       majority vote of the  outstanding  shares entitled to vote thereon.
       The  directors  shall,   except   for  filling  vacancies  (whether
       resulting  from   an   increase   in   the   number  of  directors,
       resignations, removals  or  otherwise),  be  elected  at the annual
       meeting of the stockholders and  each  director shall be elected to
       serve until his successor is elected and qualifies.  Directors need
       not be stockholders.
        
                Section 3.    RESIGNATIONS;  VACANCIES.    Any director or
       member of a committee  may  resign  at  any time.  Such resignation
       shall be  made  in  writing,  and  shall  take  effect  at the time
       specified therein, and if no time  be specified, at the time of its
       receipt by  the  President  or  Secretary.    The  acceptance  of a
       resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.  Vacancies
       in the Board of Directors may  be  filled in the manner provided in
       the Certificate of Incorporation.    A  vacancy or vacancies in the
       Board of Directors shall  be  deemed  to  exist  in the case of the
       death, resignation or removal of any director, or if the authorized
       number of directors be increased, or if the stockholders fail, at 
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       any meeting of stockholders at  which any director or directors are
       elected, to elect the  full  authorized  number  of directors to be
       voted for that meeting.
        
                No reduction of the  authorized  number of directors shall
       have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of
       his term of office.
        
                Section 4.    PLACE  OF  MEETING  AND TELEPHONIC MEETINGS.
       Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place
       within or without the  State  of  Delaware that has been designated
       from time to time by resolution of  the Board of Directors.  In the
       absence of such designation, regular  meetings shall be held at the
       principal executive office of the Corporation.  Special meetings of
       the Board of Directors shall be held at any place within or without
       the State of Delaware that has been designated in the notice of the
       meeting or, if not stated in  the  notice or there is no notice, at
       the principal executive office  of  the  Corporation.  Any meeting,
       regular or special, may be held by conference, telephone or similar
       communication equipment, so long  as all directors participating in
       such meeting can hear one another,  and all such directors shall be
       deemed to be present in person at such meeting.
        
                Section 5.  ANNUAL  MEETINGS.   Immediately following each
       annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall hold a
       regular  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  organization,  any desired
       election of officers and the transaction of other business.  Notice
       of this meeting shall not be required.
        
                Section  6.    OTHER  REGULAR  MEETINGS.    Other  regular
       meetings of the Board of  Directors  shall  be held without call at
       such time as shall  from  time  to  time  be  fixed by the Board of
       Directors.  Such regular meetings may be held without notice.
        
                Section 7.   SPECIAL  MEETINGS.    Special meetings of the
       Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any
       time by the Chairman  of  the  Board  or  the President or any Vice
       President or the Secretary or any two directors.
        
                Notice of the time and  place of special meetings shall be
       delivered personally or by  telephone  to  each director or sent by
       first-class mail, telegram or facsimile, charges prepaid, addressed
       to each director at his  or  her  address  as  it is shown upon the
       records of the Corporation.    In  case  such  notice is mailed, it
       shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days
       prior to the time of  the  holding  of  the  meeting.  In case such
       notice  is  delivered  personally,  or  by  telephone,  telegram or
       facsimile, it shall be delivered  personally or by telephone or the
       telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time
       of the holding of the meeting.  Any oral notice given personally or
       by telephone may be  communicated  to  either  the director or to a
       person at the office  of  the  director  who  the person giving the
       notice has reason to  believe  will  promptly communicate it to the
       director.  The notice need  not  specify the purpose of the meeting
       nor the place  if  the  meeting  is  to  be  held  at the principal
       executive office of the Corporation.
        
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                Section 8.  DISPENSING  WITH  NOTICE.   The transaction of
       any business at  any  meeting  of  the  Board of Directors, however
       called and noticed or wherever  held,  shall  be as valid as though
       had at a meeting  duly  held  after  regular  call  and notice if a
       quorum be present and if, either  before or after the meeting, each
       of the directors not present  signs  a  written waiver of notice, a
       consent to  holding  the  meeting  or  an  approval  of the minutes
       thereof.  The waiver  of  notice  or  consent  need not specify the
       purpose of the meeting.   All  such waivers, consents and approvals
       shall be filed with the  corporate  records  or  made a part of the
       minutes of the meeting.  Notice  of  a meeting need not be given to
       any director  who  attends  the  meeting  without protesting, prior
       thereto  or  at  its  commencement,  the  lack  of  notice  to such
       director.
        
                Section 9.  QUORUM.   A  majority of the authorized number
       of directors  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the transaction of
       business, except to adjourn as  hereinafter provided.  Every act or
       decision done or made by a  majority  of the directors present at a
       meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as
       the act of the  Board  of  Directors,  subject to the provisions of
       Section 144 of the  Delaware  General  Corporation Law (approval of
       contracts or  transactions  in  which  a  director  has a financial
       interest), Section 141(c) (appointment  of committees), and Section
       145 (indemnification of directors).  A meeting at which a quorum is
       initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding
       the withdrawal of directors, if any  action taken is approved by at
       least a majority of the required quorum of such meeting.
        
                Section 10.   ADJOURNMENT.    A  majority of the directors
       present, whether or  not  constituting  a  quorum,  may adjourn any
       meeting to another time and place.
        
                Section 11.  ACTION WITHOUT  MEETING.  Any action required
       or permitted to be taken  by  the  Board  of Directors may be taken
       without a meeting, if all  members  of the Board of Directors shall
       individually or collectively  consent  in  writing  to such action.
       Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect
       as a unanimous  vote  of  the  Board  of  Directors.   Such written
       consent  or  consents  shall  be  filed  with  the  minutes  of the
       proceedings of the Board of Directors.
        
                Section  12.     FEES   AND   COMPENSATION  OF  DIRECTORS.
       Directors and members of  committees may receive such compensation,
       if any, for their services,  and such reimbursement of expenses, as
       may be fixed or determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
       Nothing contained in these  Bylaws  shall  be construed to preclude
       any director from serving the  Corporation in any other capacity as
       an  officer,   agent,   employee,   or   otherwise,  and  receiving
       compensation for such services.
        
                                   ARTICLE IV.
                                   COMMITTEES
        
                Section  1.    COMMITTEES  OF  DIRECTORS.    The  Board of
       Directors  may,  by  resolution  adopted   by  a  majority  of  the
       authorized number of directors, designate one or more committees, 
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       each consisting of two or more  directors, to serve at the pleasure
       of the Board of Directors.    The  Board of Directors may designate
       one or more directors  as  alternate  members of any committee, who
       may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee.  Any
       such committee, to the  extent  provided  in  the resolution of the
       Board of Directors, shall have  all  the  authority of the Board of
       Directors,  except  with  respect  to  the  power  or  authority in
       reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an
       agreement  of  merger   or   consolidation,   recommending  to  the
       stockholders the sale, lease  or  exchange  of all or substantially
       all the Corporations's  property  and  assets,  recommending to the
       stockholders a dissolution of the  Corporation or a revocation of a
       dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless
       the resolution designating  such  committee  or  the Certificate of
       Incorporation expressly so  provide,  no  such committee shall have
       the power of authority to  declare  a  dividend or to authorize the
       issuance of stock.   Such  committee  or committees shall have such
       name or names as may be  determined from time to time by resolution
       adopted by the Board of Directors.
        
                Section 2.  MEETINGS  AND  ACTION OF COMMITTEES.  Meetings
       and action of committees shall  be  governed by, and held and taken
       in accordance with, the provisions  of Article III of these Bylaws,
       Section 4 (place  of  meetings),  6  (regular meetings), 7 (special
       meetings and notice), 8  (dispensing  with  notice), 9 (quorum), 10
       (adjournment), and 11 (action  without  meeting), with such changes
       in the context of those  Bylaws  as are necessary to substitute the
       committee and  its  members  for  the  Board  of  Directors and its
       members, except that the time of regular meetings of committees may
       be determined by resolution of  the  Board  of Directors as well as
       the committee, special meetings of committees may also be called by
       resolution of the Board of Directors and notice of special meetings
       of committees shall also be  given  to alternate members, who shall
       have the right to attend all  meetings of the committee.  The Board
       of Directors and any committee  may  adopt rules for the government
       of any committee  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions of these
       Bylaws.
        
                                   ARTICLE V.
                                    OFFICERS
        
                Section 1.   OFFICERS.    The  officers of the Corporation
       shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.  The Corporation
       may also have,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Board of Directors, a
       Chairman and/or Vice  Chairman  of  the  Board,  one  or more Vice-
       Presidents,  one  or  more   Assistant  Secretaries,  one  or  more
       Assistant Treasurers, and such  other  officers as may be appointed
       in accordance with the provisions  of  Section 3 of this Article V.
       Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
        
                Section 2.  ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS.    The officers of the
       Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance
       with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article V, shall be chosen
       by the Board of Directors, and  each shall serve at the pleasure of
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       the Board of  Directors,  subject  to  the  rights,  if  any, of an
       officer under any contract of employment.
        
                Section 3.    SUBORDINATE  OFFICERS,  ETC.    The Board of
       Directors may appoint, and  may  empower  the President to appoint,
       such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require,
       each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority
       and perform such duties as are  provided  in these Bylaws or as the
       Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
        
                Section 4.  REMOVAL AND  RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS.  Subject
       to the  rights,  if  any,  of  an  officer  under  any  contract of
       employment, any officer  may  be  removed,  either  with or without
       cause, by the Board of Directors, at any regular or special meeting
       thereof, or, except in case  of  an  officer chosen by the Board of
       Directors, by any officer upon  whom  such  power of removal may be
       conferred by the Board of Directors.
        
                Any officer  may  resign  at  any  time  by giving written
       notice to the Corporation.   Any such resignation shall take effect
       at the date of the  receipt  of  such  notice  or at any later time
       specified therein;  and,  unless  otherwise  specified therein, the
       acceptance of such resignation  shall  not  be necessary to make it
       effective.   Any  such  resignation  is  without  prejudice  to the
       rights, if any, of the Corporation  under any contract to which the
       officer is a party.
        
                Section 5.  VACANCIES IN OFFICES.  A vacancy in any office
       because of  death,  resignation,  removal,  disqualification or any
       other cause shall  be  filled  in  the  manner  prescribed in these
       Bylaws for regular appointments to such office.
        
                Section 6.  CHAIRMAN OF  THE  BOARD.   The Chairman of the
       Board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at
       all meetings of the  Board  of  Directors  and exercise and perform
       such other powers and duties as  may  be from time to time assigned
       to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by these Bylaws.  If
       there is no President, the Chairman  of the Board shall in addition
       be the Chief Executive  Officer  of  the Corporation and shall have
       the powers and duties prescribed in Section 8 of this Article V.
        
                Section 7.  VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.  The Vice Chairman
       of the Board, if such an  officer  is elected shall, in the absence
       or disability  of  the  Chairman,  perform  all  the  duties of the
       Chairman, and when so acting, shall  have all the powers of, and be
       subject to  all  the  restrictions  upon  the  Chairman.   The Vice
       Chairman shall exercise and perform such other powers and duties as
       may be from time to time assigned  to him by the Board of Directors
       or prescribed by these Bylaws.
        
                Section  8.    PRESIDENT.    Subject  to  such supervisory
       powers, if any, as may be  given  by  the Board of Directors to the
       Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer
       or officers, the President shall  be the Chief Executive Officer of
       the Corporation and shall, subject  to  the control of the Board of
       Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the 
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       business and the officers of the  Corporation.  He shall preside at
       all meetings  of  the  stockholders  and,  in  the  absence  of the
       Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all
       meetings of the Board  of  Directors.    He  shall have the general
       powers and duties of  management  usually  vested  in the office of
       President of a corporation  and  shall  have  such other powers and
       duties as may be  prescribed  by  the  Board  of Directors or these
       Bylaws.
        
                Section 9.  VICE PRESIDENTS.  In the absence or disability
       of the President, the Vice  Presidents,  if  any, in order of their
       rank as fixed by the Board  of  Directors or, if not ranked, a Vice
       President designated by the  Board  of Directors, shall perform all
       the duties of the President, and  when so acting shall have all the
       powers of,  and  be  subject  to  all  the  restrictions  upon, the
       President.  The Vice  Presidents  shall  have such other powers and
       perform such other duties as  from  time  to time may be prescribed
       for them respectively by the  Board  of Directors, these Bylaws, or
       the President or the  Chairman  or  Vice  Chairman  of the Board if
       there is no President.
        
                Section 10.  SECRETARY.  The Secretary shall keep or cause
       to be kept, at the  principal  executive office or such other place
       as the Board of  Directors  may  order,  a  book  of minutes of all
       meetings and  actions  of  directors,  committees  of directors and
       stockholders, with the time  and  place of holding, whether regular
       or special, and,  if  special,  how  authorized, the notice thereof
       given, the  names  of  those  present  at  director's and committee
       meetings,  the  number   of   shares   present  or  represented  at
       stockholders' meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
        
                The Secretary shall  keep,  or  cause  to  be kept, at the
       principal executive office or  at  the  office of the Corporation's
       transfer agent or  registrar,  as  determined  by resolution of the
       Board  of  Directors,  a  share  register,  or  a  duplicate  share
       register,  showing  the  names   of   all  stockholders  and  their
       addresses, the number  and  classes  of  shares  held  by each, the
       number and date of certificates issued for the same, and the number
       and date  of  cancellation  of  every  certificate  surrendered for
       cancellation.
        
                The Secretary shall give, or  cause to be given, notice of
       all meetings of  the  stockholders  and  of  the Board of Directors
       required by these Bylaws or by  law  to be given, and he shall keep
       the seal of the Corporation  in  safe  custody, and shall have such
       other powers and perform such other  duties as may be prescribed by
       the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws.
        
                Section 11.   TREASURER.    The  Treasurer  shall keep and
       maintain, or cause to be  kept and maintained, adequate and correct
       books and  records  of  accounts  of  the  properties  and business
       transactions of the Corporation,  including accounts of its assets,
       liabilities,  receipts,  disbursements,   gains,  losses,  capital,
       retained earnings and shares.   The  books of account shall be open
       at all reasonable times to inspection by any director.
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                The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables
       in the  name  and  to  the  credit  of  the  Corporation  with such
       depositories as may be designated  by  the  Board of Directors.  He
       shall disburse the funds of  the  Corporation  as may be ordered by
       the  Board  of  Directors,  shall   render  to  the  President  and
       directors, whenever they  request  it,  an  account  of  all of his
       transactions as Treasurer  and  of  the  financial condition of the
       Corporation, and shall  have  other  powers  and perform such other
       duties as may be  prescribed  by  the  Board  of Directors or these
       Bylaws.
        
                                   ARTICLE VI.
                               RECORDS AND REPORTS
        
                Section 1.  MAINTENANCE  AND INSPECTION OF SHARE REGISTER.
       The Corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or at
       the office  of  its  transfer  agent  or  registrar,  if  either be
       appointed  and  as  determined  by   resolution  of  the  Board  of
       Directors, a  record  of  its  stockholders,  giving  the names and
       addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of shares
       held by each stockholder.
        
                Any stockholder, in person or  by attorney or other agent,
       shall, upon written demand under  oath stating the purpose thereof,
       have the right during the  usual  hours for business to inspect for
       any proper purpose the Corporation's stock ledger and a list of its
       stockholders and to make  copies  or  extracts therefrom.  A proper
       purpose shall mean a  purpose  reasonably  related to such person's
       interest as a stockholder.  In  every instance where an attorney or
       other agent shall be the person  who seeks the right to inspection,
       the demand under oath shall  be  accompanied by a power of attorney
       or such other writing which  authorizes the attorney or other agent
       to so act on  behalf  of  the  stockholder.   The demand under oath
       shall be directed to  the  Corporation  at its registered office in
       the State of Delaware or at its principal place of business.
        
                Section 2.   MAINTENANCE  AND  INSPECTION  OF BYLAWS.  The
       Corporation  shall  keep  at  its  principal  executive  office the
       original or a copy of these  Bylaws as amended to date, which shall
       be open to inspection by  the  stockholders at all reasonable times
       during usual business hours.
        
                Section 3.  MAINTENANCE  AND INSPECTION OF OTHER CORPORATE
       RECORDS.    The  accounting  books   and  records  and  minutes  of
       proceedings of the stockholders and  the Board of Directors and any
       committee or committees of the Board  of Directors shall be kept at
       such place or places designated  by  the Board of Directors, or, in
       the absence of such designation,  at the principal executive office
       of the Corporation.  The minutes  shall be kept in written form and
       the accounting books and  records  shall  be kept either in written
       form in any  other  form  capable  of  being converted into written
       form.  Such minutes, accounting books  and records shall be open to
       inspection upon the written demand  of  any stockholder in the same
       manner and subject to the  same  limitations specified in Section 1
       of this Article VI with respect to the identities of stockholders.
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                Section 4.  INSPECTION  BY  DIRECTORS.  Any director shall
       have the right to examine the Corporation's stock ledger, a list of
       its stockholders and its books and records for a purpose reasonably
       related to his position as a director.
        
                                  ARTICLE VII.
                            GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS
        
                Section 1.  CHECKS, DRAFTS, EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS.  All
       checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other
       evidences of indebtedness, issued in the  name of or payable by the
       Corporation, shall be signed or  endorsed by such person or persons
       and in such manner as,  from  time  to time, shall be determined by
       resolution of the Board of Directors.
        
                Section  2.    CORPORATE  CONTRACTS  AND  INSTRUMENTS; HOW
       EXECUTED.  The Board of  Directors, except as otherwise provided in
       these Bylaws,  may  authorize  any  officer  or  officers, agent or
       agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the
       name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be
       general  or  confined  to   specific   instances;  and,  unless  so
       authorized or ratified  by  the  Board  of  Directors or within the
       agency power of an  officer,  no  officer,  agent or employee shall
       have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract
       or engagement or to pledge  its  credit  or to render it liable for
       any purpose or to any amount.
        
                Section 3.   CERTIFICATES  FOR  SHARES.   A certificate or
       certificates for shares  of  the  Common  Stock  of the Corporation
       shall be issued to each stockholder  when any such shares are fully
       paid, and the  Board  of  Directors  may  authorize the issuance of
       certificates  or  shares   as   partly   paid  provided  that  such
       certificates shall state the amount of the consideration to be paid
       therefor and the amount  paid  thereon.   All certificates shall be
       signed in the  name  of  the  Corporation  by  the Chairman or Vice
       Chairman of the Board or the President or Vice President and by the
       Treasurer  or  an  Assistant  Treasurer  or  the  Secretary  or any
       Assistant  Secretary.    Any  or  all  of  the  signatures  on  the
       certificate may be facsimile,  if  the certificate is countersigned
       by a transfer agent  or  registered  by  a registrar other than the
       Corporation itself or its employee.   In case any officer, transfer
       agent or registrar who has  signed or whose facsimile signature has
       been placed  upon  a  certificate  shall  have  ceased  to  be such
       officer, transfer agent  or  registrar  before  such certificate is
       issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as
       if such person were an officer,  transfer agent or registrar at the
       date of issue.
        
                Section 4.  LOST  CERTIFICATES.   Except as hereinafter in
       this Section 5 provided,  no  new  certificate  for shares shall be
       issued  in  lieu  of  an  old  certificate  unless  the  latter  is
       surrendered to the Corporation and cancelled at the same time.  The
       Board of Directors may in case any share certificate or certificate
       for any other security is  lost, stolen or destroyed, authorize the
       issuance of a new certificate in  lieu thereof, upon such terms and
       conditions as the Board of Directors may require, including 
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       provision for indemnification of the  Corporation secured by a bond
       or other adequate  security  sufficient  to protect the Corporation
       against any  claim  that  may  be  made  against  it, including any
       expense or liability,  on  account  of  the  alleged loss, theft or
       destruction  of  such  certificate  or  the  issuance  of  such new
       certificate.
        
                Section 5.  TRANSFER  OF  SHARES.   Transfers of shares of
       capital stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of
       the Corporation by the  holder  thereof  or  by his duly authorized
       attorney appointed by a power  of  attorney duly executed and filed
       with the Secretary or a  transfer  agent of the Corporation, and on
       surrender of  the  certificate  or  certificates  representing such
       shares of capital  stock  properly  endorsed  for transfer and upon
       payment  of  all  necessary  transfer  taxes.    Every  certificate
       exchanged, returned  or  surrendered  to  the  Corporation shall be
       marked "Cancelled," with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary
       or an Assistant Secretary or the transfer agent of the Corporation.
       A person in whose name shares  of  capital stock shall stand on the
       books of the  Corporation  shall  be  deemed  the  owner thereof to
       receive dividends, to vote as such owner and for all other purposes
       as respects the Corporation, its stockholders and creditors for any
       purpose, until such transfer shall  have  been entered on the books
       of  the  Corporation  by  an   entry   showing  from  and  to  whom
       transferred.
        
                Section 6.  TRANSFER AND REGISTRY AGENTS.  The Corporation
       may from time to  time  maintain  one  or  more transfer offices or
       agents and registry offices or  agents  at  such place or places as
       may be determined from time to time by the Board.
        
                Section 7.  REGULATIONS.    The  Board  may make rules and
       regulations as it  may  deem  expedient,  not inconsistent with the
       Bylaws or with  the  Certificate  of  Incorporation, concerning the
       issue,  transfer  and  registration  of  certificates  representing
       shares of its capital stock.
        
                Section 8.  RESTRICTION ON  TRANSFER  OF STOCK.  A written
       restriction on the transfer or  registration of transfer of capital
       stock of  the  Corporation,  if  permitted  by  Section  202 of the
       General Corporation Law and  noted conspicuously on the certificate
       representing such capital stock, may be enforced against the holder
       of the restricted capital stock  of  any successor or transferee of
       the holder including an  executor, administrator, trustee, guardian
       or other  fiduciary  entrusted  with  like  responsibility  for the
       person or estate of the holder.    A restriction on the transfer or
       registration of transfer of capital stock of the Corporation may be
       imposed  either  by  the  Certificate  of  Incorporation  or  by an
       agreement  among  any   number   of   stockholders  or  among  such
       stockholders and the Corporation.   No restriction so imposed shall
       be binding  with  respect  to  capital  stock  issued  prior to the
       adoption of the  restriction  unless  the  holders  of such capital
       stock are  parties  to  an  agreement  or  voted  in  favor  of the
       restriction.
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                Section   9.      REPRESENTATION   OF   SHARES   OF  OTHER
       CORPORATIONS.  The Chairman  of  the  Board,  the President, or any
       Vice President, or any other person authorized by resolution of the
       Board of Directors or by  any of the foregoing designated officers,
       is authorized to vote  on  behalf  of  the  Corporation any and all
       shares  of  any  other  corporation  or  corporations,  foreign  or
       domestic, standing in the name  of  the Corporation.  The authority
       herein granted to said officers  to  vote or represent on behalf of
       the Corporation any and all  shares  held by the Corporation in any
       other corporation or  corporations  may  be  exercised  by any such
       officer in person or by  any  person  authorized  to do so by proxy
       duly executed by said officer.
        
                Section 10.   DIVIDENDS,  SURPLUS,  ETC.    Subject to the
       provisions of the  Certificate  of  Incorporation and of applicable
       law, the Board of Directors:
        
                (a)    may  declare  and   pay  dividends  or  make  other
       distributions on the outstanding  shares  of  capital stock in such
       amounts and at  such  time  or  times  as,  in  its discretion, the
       conditions  of  the  affairs   of   the  Corporation  shall  render
       advisable;
        
                (b)  may use  and  apply,  in  its  discretion, any of the
       surplus of the Corporation in purchasing or acquiring any shares of
       capital stock of the Corporation, or purchase warrants therefor, in
       accordance with law, or any  of its bonds, debentures, notes, scrip
       or other securities or evidences indebtedness;
        
                (c)  may set aside from  time  to time out of such surplus
       or net profits such sum or sums as, in its discretion, it may think
       proper, as a reserve fund  to meet contingencies, or for equalizing
       dividends or  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  or increasing the
       property or business of the  Corporation,  or for any other purpose
       it may think conducive to the best interests of the Corporation.
        
                                  ARTICLE VIII.
                                     GENERAL
        
                Section 1.    CONSTRUCTION  AND  DEFINITIONS.   Unless the
       context  requires  otherwise,  the  general  provisions,  rules  of
       construction, and definitions  in  the Delaware General Corporation
       Law  shall  govern  the  construction  of  these  Bylaws.   Without
       limiting the  generality  of  the  foregoing,  the  singular number
       includes the plural, the  plural  number includes the singular, and
       the term "person" includes both a corporation and a natural person.
        
                Section 2.  SEAL.   The  corporate seal of the Corporation
       shall bear the  name  of  the  Corporation  and the words "Delaware
       [year]."  The Corporation  may  also  have  such other seals as the
       Board of  Directors  shall  deem  appropriate,  including "OFFICIAL
       CORPORATE SEAL."  A corporate seal  may  be used by causing it or a
       facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced.
       <PAGE>
                Section  3.    FISCAL  YEAR.    The  fiscal  year  of  the
       Corporation shall be determined, and  may be changed, by resolution
       of the Board of Directors.
        
                                   ARTICLE IX.
                                   AMENDMENTS
        
                Section 1.  AMENDMENT BY  STOCKHOLDERS.  New Bylaws may be
       adopted or these Bylaws may be  amended  or repealed by the vote of
       holders of a majority of  the  outstanding shares entitled to vote,
       unless, as to a particular provision,  a higher vote is required by
       the Certificate of Incorporation  or by statute; provided, however,
       that Section 3 of Article II, and Sections 1 and 2 of Article IX of
       these Bylaws may not be  amended  or repealed in any respect except
       by the affirmative vote  of  the  holders  of  not less than eighty
       percent (80%) of the  outstanding  shares  entitled to vote thereon
       ("Voting Shares"), regardless of class and voting class, and, where
       such action is  proposed  by  an  Interested  Stockholder  or by an
       Associate  or  Affiliate  of  an  Interested  Stockholder  (as such
       capitalized terms are defined  in  the Certificate of Incorporation
       of the Corporation),  the  affirmative  vote  of  the  holders of a
       majority of  all  Voting  Shares,  regardless  of  class and voting
       together  as  a  single  class,  other  than  shares  held  by  the
       Interested  Stockholder  which   proposed   (or  the  Affiliate  or
       Associate of  which  proposed)  such  action,  or  any Affiliate or
       Associate of such  Interested  Stockholder; provided, however, that
       where such action is  approved  by  a majority of the Disinterested
       Directors (as defined in  the  Certificate  of Incorporation of the
       Corporation), the affirmative  vote  of  a  majority  of the Voting
       Shares, regardless of class and voting class, shall be required for
       approval of such action.
        
       Section 2. AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS.    Subject  to the rights of the
       Stockholders as provided in Section 1  of this Article IX to adopt,
       amend or repeal bylaws, bylaws  may be adopted, amended or repealed
       by the Board of Directors.
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                                                         Exhibit 10.7d
        
        
        
        
                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
        
        
            This Employment Agreement ("Agreement"),  dated as of January
       1, 1994, is made  by  and  between  Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a
       Delaware corporation  (the  "Company"),  and  Vicki  F.  Perry, an
       individual ("Employee").
        
                                R E C I T A L S
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            WHEREAS,  Employee  is  knowledgeable  and  skillful  in  the
       Company's business;
            WHEREAS,  the  Company  wishes  to  retain  the  services  of
       Employee as  Vice  President/General  Manager  of  the Company and
       Employee has agreed to render services as such;
            WHEREAS, Employee is willing  to  be  employed by the Company
       under the terms and conditions set forth herein;
            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration  of the terms and conditions
       hereinafter  set  forth,   and   for   other   good  and  valuable
       consideration, the receipt  of  which  is  hereby acknowledged the
       parties hereto agree as follows:
        
            1.   DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Agreement, the following
       capitalized terms  shall  have  the  following  meanings, unless
       otherwise expressly  provided  or  unless  the context otherwise
       requires:
            (a)  "Board of Directors" means  the  Board of Directors of
       the Company.
            (b)  "Cause" means, as used with respect to the involuntary
       termination of Employee:
                 (i)    The willful and  continued  failure by Employee
       to substantially perform  his  duties  pursuant  to the terms of
       this Agreement without good cause; or
                 (ii)   The willful engaging  by Employee in misconduct
       or inaction materially injurious to the Company; or
       <PAGE>
                 (iii)  The conviction of Employee for a felony or of a
       crime involving moral turpitude.
            No act, or failure to act,  on the Employee's part shall be
       considered "willful"  if  done  or  omitted  to  be  done by the
       Employee in  good  faith  and  with  reasonable  belief that the
       Employee's action or omission  was  in  the best interest of the
       Company.
            (c)  "Change  of   Control"   means   (i)   the  merger  or
       consolidation of the Company  with  or  into any other person or
       entity other than an affiliate  or  subsidiary of the Company if
       upon  the  consummation  of  the  transaction,  holders  of  the
       Company's  equity   securities,   immediately   prior   to  such
       transaction own less than fifty  percent (50%) of the equity; or
       (ii) the sale or transfer by the Company of all or substantially
       all of its assets.
            (d)  "Incapacity" means the  absence  of  the Employee from
       his employment  or  the  inability  of  Employee  to perform his
       duties  pursuant  to  this  Agreement  by  reason  of  mental or
       physical illness,  disability  or  incapacity  for  a  period of
       thirty (30) consecutive  days  and  such  determination is based
       upon a certificate  as  to  such  mental  or physical disability
       issued by a licensed physician  and/or psychiatrist, as the case
       may be, employed by the Company.
            2.   EMPLOYMENT, SERVICES AND  DUTIES.   The Company hereby
       employs Employee as Vice  President/General Manager.  Subject to
       his continued employment  as  such  by  the  Board of Directors,
       Employee shall have and perform  the duties and have the powers,
       authority  and  responsibilities  ordinarily  associated  with a
       person in such position and shall be subject to the direction of
       the Company's Board  of  Directors.    Employee shall render his
       services at such locations  as  the Company's Board of Directors
       may designate.
            3.   ACCEPTANCE OF  EMPLOYMENT.    Employee  hereby accepts
       employment hereunder and agrees to  devote  his full time to the
       Company's business and shall in no way be involved in any 
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       activities whatsoever which might  interfere with his employment
       with the Company.
            4.   COMPENSATION.  As compensation  for all services to be
       rendered by Employee  hereunder,  the  Company agrees to provide
       Employee with the following:
            (a)  BASE SALARY.  The Company shall pay to Employee a base
       salary at the rate of $160,000.00 per annum, with such increases
       and bonuses, as may be determined from time to time by the Chief
       Executive Officer of the Company.   Said salary shall be payable
       in equal semi-monthly installments or in such other installments
       as may be agreed upon between the parties.
            (b)  STOCK OPTIONS.  The Company shall grant to Employee an
       option (the "Stock  Option")  to  purchase  7,500  shares of the
       Company's Common  Stock.    The  Stock  Option  shall be granted
       pursuant to the terms  of  the  Company's 1990 Stock Option Plan
       and a Stock  Option  Agreement  in  the  form attached hereto as
       Exhibit A.  Employee  acknowledges  that  he is entitled to only
       one  such  Stock  Option   grant  pursuant  to  this  Agreement.
       Employee's interest in and rights to the Stock Option shall vest
       in accordance with the terms of the Stock Option Agreement.
            5.   BENEFITS.  In  addition  to  the compensation provided
       for in Section  4  of  this  Agreement,  Employee shall have the
       right  to  participate  in  any  profit-sharing,  pension, life,
       health and accident insurance,  or  other employee benefit plans
       presently adopted  or  which  hereafter  may  be  adopted by the
       Company in a manner comparable  to those offered or available to
       other employees of the Company.    Employee shall be entitled to
       four (4)  weeks  annual  vacation  time,  during  which time his
       compensation will be paid in full.   Unused vacation days in any
       year(s) may be carried  over  to  a subsequent year(s) provided,
       however, the cumulative  number  of  vacation  days which may be
       carried over in any one year shall not exceed four (4) weeks.
            6.   EXPENSES.    The   Company  shall  promptly  reimburse
       Employee for  all  reasonable  travel,  hotel, entertainment and
       other expenses incurred by Employee in the discharge of 
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       Employee's  duties  hereunder,  upon  receipt  from  Employee of
       vouchers, receipts or  other  reasonable  substantiation of such
       expenses acceptable to the Company.
            7.   TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.   The term of employment hereunder
       shall be for a period of one (1) year, commencing as of the date
       of this Agreement, unless earlier terminated as herein provided.
       This Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the
       following events:
            (a)  The death of Employee;
            (b)  Employee voluntarily leaves the employ of the Company,
       with or without the consent of the Company;
            (c)  The Incapacity of Employee;
            (d)  The Company terminates this Agreement for Cause;
            (e)  The Company terminates  this  Agreement for any reason
       other than as set forth  in  Sections 7(a), 7(c) or 7(d) hereof;
       or
            (f)  The appointment of a  trustee  for the Company for the
       purpose of liquidating and  winding  up  the Company pursuant to
       Chapter 7 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
            8.   COMPENSATION UPON  TERMINATION.    In  the  event this
       Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall
       pay to Employee  such  compensation  as  Employee is entitled to
       receive pursuant to Section 4, prorated through the date of said
       termination.  In the  event  that  such termination arises under
       Section 7(a), Employee's  estate  shall  be  entitled to receive
       severance compensation equal to such amount of Employee's annual
       base salary as  would  have  been  paid  over  a thirty (30) day
       period.  In the event that such termination arises under Section
       7(e),  Employee   shall   be   entitled   to  receive  severance
       compensation in an  amount  equal  to  such amount of Employee's
       annual base salary as would have been paid over a four (4) month
       period.  In the event  that  this Agreement is terminated by the
       Company or its successor in interest in connection with, or as a
       result of, a Change in Control  or  for any reason other than as
       set forth in Sections 7(a) - (d) hereof within six (6) months of 
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       a Change in Control,  Employee  shall,  in lieu of any severance
       compensation  payable  pursuant  to  the  immediately  preceding
       sentence, be entitled  to  receive  severance compensation in an
       amount equal to such amount  of Employee's annual base salary as
       would have been paid over a four  (4) month period.  Any and all
       severance  amounts  paid  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this
       Section 8 shall  be  paid  in  one  lump  sum  installment.  The
       treatment of Employee's Stock  Options  shall be governed by the
       terms of the  Company's  1990  Stock  Option  Plan and the Stock
       Option Agreement.
            9.   COVENANT  NOT  TO  COMPETE.    Employee  covenants and
       agrees that during the  term  of  his  employment by the Company
       pursuant to this Agreement he  will not, directly or indirectly,
       own, manage, operate, join,  control  or  become employed by, or
       render any services  of  any  advisory  nature  or otherwise, or
       participate in the  ownership,  management, operation or control
       of, any business which competes with the business of the Company
       or  any  of  its  affiliates.    Notwithstanding  the foregoing,
       Employee shall not  be  prevented  from  investing his assets in
       such form or manner as will not require any services on the part
       of Employee in the  operation  of  the  affairs  of a company in
       which investments are made, provided such company is not engaged
       in a  business  competitive  to  the  Company,  or  if  it is in
       competition with the  Company,  provided  its  stock is publicly
       traded and Employee  owns  less  than  one  percent  (1%) of the
       outstanding stock of that company.
            10.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Employee  covenants  and agrees that
       he will not at any time  during  or after the termination of his
       employment by the Company reveal,  divulge  or make known to any
       person, firm or corporation  any  information, knowledge or data
       of a proprietary nature relating  to the business of the Company
       or any  of  its  affiliates  which  is  not  or  has  not become
       generally known or public.   Employee shall hold, in a fiduciary
       capacity, for  the  benefit  of  the  Company,  all information,
       knowledge or data of a proprietary nature, relating to or 
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       concerned with, the  operations, customers, developments, sales,
       business and affairs of the  Company and its affiliates which is
       not generally known to the  public  and which is or was obtained
       by the Employee during his  employment by the Company.  Employee
       recognizes and acknowledges that all such information, knowledge
       or data is  a  valuable  and  unique  asset  of  the Company and
       accordingly he will not discuss or divulge any such information,
       knowledge or data to  any person, firm, partnership, corporation
       or organization  other  than  to  the  Company,  its affiliates,
       designees, assignees or successors or except as may otherwise be
       required by the law, as ordered by a court or other governmental
       body  of  competent  jurisdiction,  or  in  connection  with the
       business and affairs of the Company.
            11.  EQUITABLE REMEDIES.    In  the  event  of  a breach or
       threatened breach by Employee  of  any  of his obligations under
       Sections 9 and 10 hereof, Employee acknowledges that the Company
       may not have  an  adequate  remedy  at  law  and therefore it is
       mutually  agreed  between  Employee  and  the  Company  that  in
       addition to any other  remedies  at  law  or in equity which the
       Company may have, the  Company  shall  be  entitled to seek in a
       court  of  law  and/or   equity  a  temporary  and/or  permanent
       injunction restraining Employee from any continuing violation or
       breach of this Agreement.
            12.  MISCELLANEOUS.
            (a)  This Agreement shall be binding  upon and inure to the
       benefit of the Company and  any  successor of the Company.  This
       Agreement  shall  not   be   terminated   by  the  voluntary  or
       involuntary  dissolution  of  the  Company  or  by  any  merger,
       reorganization or other transaction in  which the Company is not
       the surviving or resulting  corporation  or upon any transfer of
       all or substantially all of  the  assets of Company in the event
       of any such merger, or  transfer  of  assets.  The provisions of
       this Agreement shall  be  binding  upon  and  shall inure to the
       benefit of the surviving business  entity or the business entity
       to which such assets shall be transferred in the same manner and 
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       to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
       as if no such transaction had taken place.
            Neither this Agreement nor any rights arising hereunder may
       be assigned or pledged  by  Employee.   Employee's rights to the
       compensation provided for under Section  4 of this Agreement (as
       may be  limited  by  Section  8  of  the  Agreement)  and to the
       reimbursement  for  expenses  under   Section  6  hereof,  shall
       continue,  despite  the  fact  that  Employee  may  cease  to be
       employed by the Company,  and  shall  survive the termination of
       this Agreement regardless of cause.   This Agreement shall inure
       to the benefit of and  be  enforceable by Employee's personal or
       legal  representatives,  executors,  administrators, successors,
       heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
            (b)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law  or elsewhere
       herein, Employee shall be entitled  to all benefits as set forth
       herein notwithstanding the occurrence of the following events:
                 (i)    any act of  force  majeure which materially and
       adversely  affect   the   Company's   business  and  operations,
       including but not  limited  to,  the  Company having sustained a
       material loss,  whether  or  not  insured,  by  reason  of fire,
       earthquake, flood,  epidemic,  explosion,  accident, calamity or
       other act of God;
                 (ii)   any  strike  or  labor   dispute  or  court  or
       government action, order or decree;
                 (iii)  a banking  moratorium  having  been declared by
       federal or state authorities;
                 (iv)   an outbreak of  major armed conflict, blockade,
       embargo, or  other  international  hostilities  or restraints or
       orders of  civic,  civil  defense,  or  military authorities, or
       other national or international calamity having occurred;
                 (v)    any  act  of   public   enemy,  riot  or  civil
       disturbance or threat thereof; or
                 (vi)   a pending or  threatened  legal or governmental
       proceeding  or  action  relating   generally  to  the  Company's
       business, or a notification having been received by the Company 
       <PAGE>
       of the threat  of  any  such  proceeding  or action, which could
       materially adversely affect the Company.
            (c)  Except as  expressly  provided  herein, this Agreement
       contains  the  entire  understanding  between  the  parties with
       respect to the subject matter  hereof,  and may not be modified,
       altered or amended except by  an instrument in writing signed by
       the  parties  hereto.    This  Agreement  supersedes  all  prior
       agreements of the  parties  with  respect  to the subject matter
       hereof.  In the event  of  termination of employment of Employee
       pursuant to this  Agreement,  the  arrangements  provided for by
       this Agreement, by any  Stock  Option Agreement or other written
       agreement between  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates and
       Employee in effect  at  the  time,  and  by any other applicable
       benefit plan of  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates, will
       constitute the entire obligation of  the Company to the Employee
       and performance  thereof  by  the  Company  will constitute full
       settlement of any and all  claims,  whether in contract or tort,
       that Employee might otherwise assert  against the Company or any
       of its affiliates on account of such termination.
            (d)  This Agreement shall  be  construed in accordance with
       the laws of  the  State  of  California applicable to agreements
       made and to be performed  entirely within such state and without
       regard to the conflict of law principals thereof.
            (e)  Nothing in the  Agreement  is  intended  to require or
       shall be construed as requiring the  Company to do or fail to do
       any act in violation of applicable law.  The Company's inability
       pursuant to court order  to  perform  its obligations under this
       Agreement shall not constitute a  breach  of this Agreement.  If
       any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the
       remainder of this  Agreement  shall  nevertheless remain in full
       force  and  effect.    If  any  provision  is  held  invalid  or
       unenforceable  with  respect  to  particular  circumstances,  it
       shall, nevertheless, remain  in  full  force  and  effect in all
       other circumstances.
       <PAGE>
            (f)  With the exception of  disputes  arising under or with
       respect to  Sections  9  or  10  hereof,  any  and  all disputes
       hereunder shall be resolved  by  arbitration.   Any party hereto
       electing to commence an action  shall give written notice to the
       other parties hereto of  such  election.    The dispute shall be
       settled by arbitration in accordance  with the then rules of the
       American  Arbitration  Association;  provided,  however,  in the
       event the parties are  unable  to  agree on an arbitrator within
       twenty (20) days after  receipt  of the aforementioned notice of
       arbitration, a single arbitrator shall  be selected by the Chief
       Judge of the Superior Court  of  the State of California for the
       County of Los Angeles.    The  award  of  such arbitrator may be
       confirmed or enforced  in  any  court of competent jurisdiction.
       The  costs  and  expenses   of  the  arbitrator,  including  the
       attorney's fees and  costs  of  each  of  the  parties, shall be
       apportioned between the parties  by  such arbitrator, based upon
       such  arbitrator's  determination   of   the   merits  of  their
       respective positions.   With  respect  to  such arbitration, the
       parties shall have those rights  of  discovery as may be granted
       by the arbitrator in accordance with California law.
            (g)  Any  notice  to  the  Company  required  or  permitted
       hereunder shall be given  in  writing  to the Company, either by
       personal  service,  telex,  telecopier   or,   if  by  mail,  by
       registered or certified  mail  return receipt requested, postage
       prepaid, duly addressed to the  Secretary  of the Company at its
       then principal place of business.    Any such notice to Employee
       shall be  given  in  a  like  manner,  and  if  mailed  shall be
       addressed to Employee at  Employee's  home address then shown in
       the files  of  the  Company.    For  the  purpose of determining
       compliance with any time limit  herein, a notice shall be deemed
       given on the fifth day following the postmarked date, if mailed,
       or the date of delivery if personally delivered.
            (h)  A waiver by either party  of  any term or condition of
       this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, shall 
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       not be deemed  or  construed  to  be  a  waiver  of such term or
       condition or of any subsequent breach thereof.
            (i)  The paragraph and  subparagraph  headings contained in
       this Agreement  are  solely  for  convenience  and  shall not be
       considered in its interpretation.
            (j)  This  Agreement  may  be   executed  in  one  or  more
       counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the  parties  hereto have executed this
       Employment Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
        
                                       COMPANY:
                                       MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.,
                                       a Delaware corporation
        
                                       By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                       Title:  Chairman, President and 
                                               Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                       EMPLOYEE:
        
                                           /s/ Vicki F. Perry
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                                                       Exhibit 10.8c
        
                            EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
        
            This  Employment  Agreement   ("Agreement"),  dated  as  of
       January 1, 1994, is made  by  and between Maxicare Health Plans,
       Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Alan D. Bloom,
       an individual ("Employee").
        
                               R E C I T A L S
                               ---------------
        
            WHEREAS, Employee  is  knowledgeable  and  skillful  in the
       Company's business;
            WHEREAS, the  Company  wishes  to  retain  the  services of
       Employee as Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
       of the Company and  Employee  has  agreed  to render services as
       such;
            WHEREAS, Employee is willing to  be employed by the Company
       under the terms and conditions set forth herein;
            NOW,  THEREFORE,  in   consideration   of   the  terms  and
       conditions  hereinafter  set  forth,  and  for  other  good  and
       valuable  consideration,  the   receipt   of   which  is  hereby
       acknowledged the parties hereto agree as follows:
            1.   DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Agreement, the following
       capitalized terms  shall  have  the  following  meanings, unless
       otherwise expressly  provided  or  unless  the context otherwise
       requires:
            (a)  "Board of Directors" means  the  Board of Directors of
       the Company.
            (b)  "Cause" means, as used with respect to the involuntary
       termination of Employee:
                 (i)    The willful and  continued  failure by Employee
       to substantially perform  his  duties  pursuant  to the terms of
       this Agreement without good cause; or
                 (ii)   The willful engaging  by Employee in misconduct
       or inaction materially injurious to the Company; or
       <PAGE>
                 (iii)  The conviction of Employee for a felony or of a
       crime involving moral turpitude.
            No act, or failure to act,  on the Employee's part shall be
       considered "willful"  if  done  or  omitted  to  be  done by the
       Employee in  good  faith  and  with  reasonable  belief that the
       Employee's action or omission  was  in  the best interest of the
       Company.
            (c)  "Change  of   Control"   means   (i)   the  merger  or
       consolidation of the Company  with  or  into any other person or
       entity other than an affiliate  or  subsidiary of the Company if
       upon  the  consummation  of  the  transaction,  holders  of  the
       Company's  equity   securities,   immediately   prior   to  such
       transaction own less than fifty  percent (50%) of the equity; or
       (ii) the sale or transfer by the Company of all or substantially
       all of its assets.
            (d)  "Incapacity" means the  absence  of  the Employee from
       his employment  or  the  inability  of  Employee  to perform his
       duties  pursuant  to  this  Agreement  by  reason  of  mental or
       physical illness,  disability  or  incapacity  for  a  period of
       thirty (30) consecutive  days  and  such  determination is based
       upon a certificate  as  to  such  mental  or physical disability
       issued by a licensed physician  and/or psychiatrist, as the case
       may be, employed by the Company.
            2.   EMPLOYMENT, SERVICES AND  DUTIES.   The Company hereby
       employs Employee as Senior Vice President, Secretary and General
       Counsel.  Subject to  his  continued  employment  as such by the
       Board of Directors, Employee  shall  have and perform the duties
       and have the  powers,  authority and responsibilities ordinarily
       associated with a person in  such  position and shall be subject
       to the direction of the  Company's Board of Directors.  Employee
       shall render his  services  at  such  locations as the Company's
       Board of Directors may designate.
            3.   ACCEPTANCE OF  EMPLOYMENT.    Employee  hereby accepts
       employment hereunder and agrees to  devote  his full time to the
       Company's business and shall in no way be involved in any 
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       activities whatsoever which might  interfere with his employment
       with the Company.
            4.   COMPENSATION.  As compensation  for all services to be
       rendered by Employee  hereunder,  the  Company agrees to provide
       Employee with the following:
            (a)  BASE SALARY.  The Company shall pay to Employee a base
       salary at the rate of $203,000.00 per annum, with such increases
       and bonuses, as may be determined from time to time by the Chief
       Executive Officer of the Company.   Said salary shall be payable
       in equal semi-monthly installments or in such other installments
       as may be agreed upon between the parties.
            (b)  STOCK OPTIONS.  The Company shall grant to Employee an
       option (the "Stock  Option")  to  purchase  7,500  shares of the
       Company's Common  Stock.    The  Stock  Option  shall be granted
       pursuant to the terms  of  the  Company's 1990 Stock Option Plan
       and a Stock  Option  Agreement  in  the  form attached hereto as
       Exhibit A.  Employee  acknowledges  that  he is entitled to only
       one  such  Stock  Option   grant  pursuant  to  this  Agreement.
       Employee's interest in and rights to the Stock Option shall vest
       in accordance with the terms of the Stock Option Agreement.
            5.   BENEFITS.  In  addition  to  the compensation provided
       for in Section  4  of  this  Agreement,  Employee shall have the
       right  to  participate  in  any  profit-sharing,  pension, life,
       health and accident insurance,  or  other employee benefit plans
       presently adopted  or  which  hereafter  may  be  adopted by the
       Company in a manner comparable  to those offered or available to
       other employees of the Company.    Employee shall be entitled to
       four (4)  weeks  annual  vacation  time,  during  which time his
       compensation will be paid in full.   Unused vacation days in any
       year(s) may be carried  over  to  a subsequent year(s) provided,
       however, the cumulative  number  of  vacation  days which may be
       carried over in any one year shall not exceed four (4) weeks.
            6.   EXPENSES.    The   Company  shall  promptly  reimburse
       Employee for  all  reasonable  travel,  hotel, entertainment and
       other expenses incurred by Employee in the discharge of 
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       Employee's  duties  hereunder,  upon  receipt  from  Employee of
       vouchers, receipts or  other  reasonable  substantiation of such
       expenses acceptable to the Company.
            7.   TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.   The term of employment hereunder
       shall be for a period of one (1) year, commencing as of the date
       of this Agreement, unless earlier terminated as herein provided.
       This Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the
       following events:
            (a)  The death of Employee;
            (b)  Employee voluntarily leaves the employ of the Company,
       with or without the consent of the Company;
            (c)  The Incapacity of Employee;
            (d)  The Company terminates this Agreement for Cause;
            (e)  The Company terminates  this  Agreement for any reason
       other than as set forth  in  Sections 7(a), 7(c) or 7(d) hereof;
       or
            (f)  The appointment of a  trustee  for the Company for the
       purpose of liquidating and  winding  up  the Company pursuant to
       Chapter 7 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
            8.   COMPENSATION UPON  TERMINATION.    In  the  event this
       Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall
       pay to Employee  such  compensation  as  Employee is entitled to
       receive pursuant to Section 4, prorated through the date of said
       termination.  In the  event  that  such termination arises under
       Section 7(a), Employee's  estate  shall  be  entitled to receive
       severance compensation equal to such amount of Employee's annual
       base salary as  would  have  been  paid  over  a thirty (30) day
       period.  In the event that such termination arises under Section
       7(e),  Employee   shall   be   entitled   to  receive  severance
       compensation in an  amount  equal  to  such amount of Employee's
       annual base salary as would have been paid over a four (4) month
       period.  In the event  that  this Agreement is terminated by the
       Company or its successor in interest in connection with, or as a
       result of, a Change in Control  or  for any reason other than as
       set forth in Sections 7(a) - (d) hereof within six (6) months of 
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       a Change in Control,  Employee  shall,  in lieu of any severance
       compensation  payable  pursuant  to  the  immediately  preceding
       sentence, be entitled  to  receive  severance compensation in an
       amount equal to such amount  of Employee's annual base salary as
       would have been paid over a four  (4) month period.  Any and all
       severance  amounts  paid  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this
       Section 8 shall  be  paid  in  one  lump  sum  installment.  The
       treatment of Employee's Stock  Options  shall be governed by the
       terms of the  Company's  1990  Stock  Option  Plan and the Stock
       Option Agreement.
            9.   COVENANT  NOT  TO  COMPETE.    Employee  covenants and
       agrees that during the  term  of  his  employment by the Company
       pursuant to this Agreement he  will not, directly or indirectly,
       own, manage, operate, join,  control  or  become employed by, or
       render any services  of  any  advisory  nature  or otherwise, or
       participate in the  ownership,  management, operation or control
       of, any business which competes with the business of the Company
       or  any  of  its  affiliates.    Notwithstanding  the foregoing,
       Employee shall not  be  prevented  from  investing his assets in
       such form or manner as will not require any services on the part
       of Employee in the  operation  of  the  affairs  of a company in
       which investments are made, provided such company is not engaged
       in a  business  competitive  to  the  Company,  or  if  it is in
       competition with the  Company,  provided  its  stock is publicly
       traded and Employee  owns  less  than  one  percent  (1%) of the
       outstanding stock of that company.
            10.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Employee  covenants  and agrees that
       he will not at any time  during  or after the termination of his
       employment by the Company reveal,  divulge  or make known to any
       person, firm or corporation  any  information, knowledge or data
       of a proprietary nature relating  to the business of the Company
       or any  of  its  affiliates  which  is  not  or  has  not become
       generally known or public.   Employee shall hold, in a fiduciary
       capacity, for  the  benefit  of  the  Company,  all information,
       knowledge or data of a proprietary nature, relating to or 
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       concerned with, the  operations, customers, developments, sales,
       business and affairs of the  Company and its affiliates which is
       not generally known to the  public  and which is or was obtained
       by the Employee during his  employment by the Company.  Employee
       recognizes and acknowledges that all such information, knowledge
       or data is  a  valuable  and  unique  asset  of  the Company and
       accordingly he will not discuss or divulge any such information,
       knowledge or data to  any person, firm, partnership, corporation
       or organization  other  than  to  the  Company,  its affiliates,
       designees, assignees or successors or except as may otherwise be
       required by the law, as ordered by a court or other governmental
       body  of  competent  jurisdiction,  or  in  connection  with the
       business and affairs of the Company.
            11.  EQUITABLE REMEDIES.    In  the  event  of  a breach or
       threatened breach by Employee  of  any  of his obligations under
       Sections 9 and 10 hereof, Employee acknowledges that the Company
       may not have  an  adequate  remedy  at  law  and therefore it is
       mutually  agreed  between  Employee  and  the  Company  that  in
       addition to any other  remedies  at  law  or in equity which the
       Company may have, the  Company  shall  be  entitled to seek in a
       court  of  law  and/or   equity  a  temporary  and/or  permanent
       injunction restraining Employee from any continuing violation or
       breach of this Agreement.
            12.  MISCELLANEOUS.
            (a)  This Agreement shall be binding  upon and inure to the
       benefit of the Company and  any  successor of the Company.  This
       Agreement  shall  not   be   terminated   by  the  voluntary  or
       involuntary  dissolution  of  the  Company  or  by  any  merger,
       reorganization or other transaction in  which the Company is not
       the surviving or resulting  corporation  or upon any transfer of
       all or substantially all of  the  assets of Company in the event
       of any such merger, or  transfer  of  assets.  The provisions of
       this Agreement shall  be  binding  upon  and  shall inure to the
       benefit of the surviving business  entity or the business entity
       to which such assets shall be transferred in the same manner and 
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       to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
       as if no such transaction had taken place.
            Neither this Agreement nor any rights arising hereunder may
       be assigned or pledged  by  Employee.   Employee's rights to the
       compensation provided for under Section  4 of this Agreement (as
       may be  limited  by  Section  8  of  the  Agreement)  and to the
       reimbursement  for  expenses  under   Section  6  hereof,  shall
       continue,  despite  the  fact  that  Employee  may  cease  to be
       employed by the Company,  and  shall  survive the termination of
       this Agreement regardless of cause.   This Agreement shall inure
       to the benefit of and  be  enforceable by Employee's personal or
       legal  representatives,  executors,  administrators, successors,
       heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
            (b)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law  or elsewhere
       herein, Employee shall be entitled  to all benefits as set forth
       herein notwithstanding the occurrence of the following events:
                 (i)    any act of  force  majeure which materially and
       adversely  affect   the   Company's   business  and  operations,
       including but not  limited  to,  the  Company having sustained a
       material loss,  whether  or  not  insured,  by  reason  of fire,
       earthquake, flood,  epidemic,  explosion,  accident, calamity or
       other act of God;
                 (ii)   any  strike  or  labor   dispute  or  court  or
       government action, order or decree;
                 (iii)  a banking  moratorium  having  been declared by
       federal or state authorities;
                 (iv)   an outbreak of  major armed conflict, blockade,
       embargo, or  other  international  hostilities  or restraints or
       orders of  civic,  civil  defense,  or  military authorities, or
       other national or international calamity having occurred;
                 (v)    any  act  of   public   enemy,  riot  or  civil
       disturbance or threat thereof; or
                 (vi)   a pending or  threatened  legal or governmental
       proceeding  or  action  relating   generally  to  the  Company's
       business, or a notification having been received by the Company 
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       of the threat  of  any  such  proceeding  or action, which could
       materially adversely affect the Company.
            (c)  Except as  expressly  provided  herein, this Agreement
       contains  the  entire  understanding  between  the  parties with
       respect to the subject matter  hereof,  and may not be modified,
       altered or amended except by  an instrument in writing signed by
       the  parties  hereto.    This  Agreement  supersedes  all  prior
       agreements of the  parties  with  respect  to the subject matter
       hereof.  In the event  of  termination of employment of Employee
       pursuant to this  Agreement,  the  arrangements  provided for by
       this Agreement, by any  Stock  Option Agreement or other written
       agreement between  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates and
       Employee in effect  at  the  time,  and  by any other applicable
       benefit plan of  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates, will
       constitute the entire obligation of  the Company to the Employee
       and performance  thereof  by  the  Company  will constitute full
       settlement of any and all  claims,  whether in contract or tort,
       that Employee might otherwise assert  against the Company or any
       of its affiliates on account of such termination.
            (d)  This Agreement shall  be  construed in accordance with
       the laws of  the  State  of  California applicable to agreements
       made and to be performed  entirely within such state and without
       regard to the conflict of law principals thereof.
            (e)  Nothing in the  Agreement  is  intended  to require or
       shall be construed as requiring the  Company to do or fail to do
       any act in violation of applicable law.  The Company's inability
       pursuant to court order  to  perform  its obligations under this
       Agreement shall not constitute a  breach  of this Agreement.  If
       any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the
       remainder of this  Agreement  shall  nevertheless remain in full
       force  and  effect.    If  any  provision  is  held  invalid  or
       unenforceable  with  respect  to  particular  circumstances,  it
       shall, nevertheless, remain  in  full  force  and  effect in all
       other circumstances.
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            (f)  With the exception of  disputes  arising under or with
       respect to  Sections  9  or  10  hereof,  any  and  all disputes
       hereunder shall be resolved  by  arbitration.   Any party hereto
       electing to commence an action  shall give written notice to the
       other parties hereto of  such  election.    The dispute shall be
       settled by arbitration in accordance  with the then rules of the
       American  Arbitration  Association;  provided,  however,  in the
       event the parties are  unable  to  agree on an arbitrator within
       twenty (20) days after  receipt  of the aforementioned notice of
       arbitration, a single arbitrator shall  be selected by the Chief
       Judge of the Superior Court  of  the State of California for the
       County of Los Angeles.    The  award  of  such arbitrator may be
       confirmed or enforced  in  any  court of competent jurisdiction.
       The  costs  and  expenses   of  the  arbitrator,  including  the
       attorney's fees and  costs  of  each  of  the  parties, shall be
       apportioned between the parties  by  such arbitrator, based upon
       such  arbitrator's  determination   of   the   merits  of  their
       respective positions.   With  respect  to  such arbitration, the
       parties shall have those rights  of  discovery as may be granted
       by the arbitrator in accordance with California law.
            (g)  Any  notice  to  the  Company  required  or  permitted
       hereunder shall be given  in  writing  to the Company, either by
       personal  service,  telex,  telecopier   or,   if  by  mail,  by
       registered or certified  mail  return receipt requested, postage
       prepaid, duly addressed to the  Secretary  of the Company at its
       then principal place of business.    Any such notice to Employee
       shall be  given  in  a  like  manner,  and  if  mailed  shall be
       addressed to Employee at  Employee's  home address then shown in
       the files  of  the  Company.    For  the  purpose of determining
       compliance with any time limit  herein, a notice shall be deemed
       given on the fifth day following the postmarked date, if mailed,
       or the date of delivery if personally delivered.
            (h)  A waiver by either party  of  any term or condition of
       this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, shall 
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       not be deemed  or  construed  to  be  a  waiver  of such term or
       condition or of any subsequent breach thereof.
            (i)  The paragraph and  subparagraph  headings contained in
       this Agreement  are  solely  for  convenience  and  shall not be
       considered in its interpretation.
            (j)  This  Agreement  may  be   executed  in  one  or  more
       counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the  parties  hereto have executed this
       Employment Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
        
                                       COMPANY:
                                       MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.,
                                       a Delaware corporation
        
                                       By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                       Title:  Chairman, President and 
                                               Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                       EMPLOYEE:
        
                                           /s/ Alan D. Bloom
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                                                      Exhibit 10.12d
        
        
        
        
                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
        
        
            This Employment Agreement ("Agreement"), dated as of January
       1, 1994, is made by  and  between  Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a
       Delaware corporation (the  "Company"),  and  Aivars Jerumanis, an
       individual ("Employee").
        
        
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            WHEREAS,  Employee  is  knowledgeable  and  skillful  in the
       Company's business;
            WHEREAS,  the  Company  wishes  to  retain  the  services of
       Employee as Senior Vice  President,  Chief Information Officer of
       the Company and Employee has agreed to render services as such;
            WHEREAS, Employee is willing  to  be employed by the Company
       under the terms and conditions set forth herein;
            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions
       hereinafter  set  forth,   and   for   other  good  and  valuable
       consideration, the receipt  of  which  is hereby acknowledged the
       parties hereto agree as follows:
            1.   DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Agreement, the following
       capitalized terms  shall  have  the  following  meanings, unless
       otherwise expressly  provided  or  unless  the context otherwise
       requires:
            (a)  "Board of Directors" means  the  Board of Directors of
       the Company.
            (b)  "Cause" means, as used with respect to the involuntary
       termination of Employee:
                 (i)    The willful and  continued  failure by Employee
       to substantially perform  his  duties  pursuant  to the terms of
       this Agreement without good cause; or
                 (ii)   The willful engaging  by Employee in misconduct
       or inaction materially injurious to the Company; or
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                 (iii)  The conviction of Employee for a felony or of a
       crime involving moral turpitude.
            No act, or failure to act,  on the Employee's part shall be
       considered "willful"  if  done  or  omitted  to  be  done by the
       Employee in  good  faith  and  with  reasonable  belief that the
       Employee's action or omission  was  in  the best interest of the
       Company.
            (c)  "Change  of   Control"   means   (i)   the  merger  or
       consolidation of the Company  with  or  into any other person or
       entity other than an affiliate  or  subsidiary of the Company if
       upon  the  consummation  of  the  transaction,  holders  of  the
       Company's  equity   securities,   immediately   prior   to  such
       transaction own less than fifty  percent (50%) of the equity; or
       (ii) the sale or transfer by the Company of all or substantially
       all of its assets.
            (d)  "Incapacity" means the  absence  of  the Employee from
       his employment  or  the  inability  of  Employee  to perform his
       duties  pursuant  to  this  Agreement  by  reason  of  mental or
       physical illness,  disability  or  incapacity  for  a  period of
       thirty (30) consecutive  days  and  such  determination is based
       upon a certificate  as  to  such  mental  or physical disability
       issued by a licensed physician  and/or psychiatrist, as the case
       may be, employed by the Company.
            2.   EMPLOYMENT, SERVICES AND  DUTIES.   The Company hereby
       employs Employee  as  Senior  Vice  President, Chief Information
       Officer.  Subject to  his  continued  employment  as such by the
       Board of Directors, Employee  shall  have and perform the duties
       and have the  powers,  authority and responsibilities ordinarily
       associated with a person in  such  position and shall be subject
       to the direction of the  Company's Board of Directors.  Employee
       shall render his  services  at  such  locations as the Company's
       Board of Directors may designate.
            3.   ACCEPTANCE OF  EMPLOYMENT.    Employee  hereby accepts
       employment hereunder and agrees to  devote  his full time to the
       Company's business and shall in no way be involved in any 
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       activities whatsoever which might  interfere with his employment
       with the Company.
            4.   COMPENSATION.  As compensation  for all services to be
       rendered by Employee  hereunder,  the  Company agrees to provide
       Employee with the following:
            (a)  BASE SALARY.  The Company shall pay to Employee a base
       salary at the rate of $185,000.00 per annum, with such increases
       and bonuses, as may be determined from time to time by the Chief
       Executive Officer of the Company.   Said salary shall be payable
       in equal semi-monthly installments or in such other installments
       as may be agreed upon between the parties.
            (b)  STOCK OPTIONS.  The Company shall grant to Employee an
       option (the "Stock  Option")  to  purchase  5,000  shares of the
       Company's Common  Stock.    The  Stock  Option  shall be granted
       pursuant to the terms  of  the  Company's 1990 Stock Option Plan
       and a Stock  Option  Agreement  in  the  form attached hereto as
       Exhibit A.  Employee  acknowledges  that  he is entitled to only
       one  such  Stock  Option   grant  pursuant  to  this  Agreement.
       Employee's interest in and rights to the Stock Option shall vest
       in accordance with the terms of the Stock Option Agreement.
            5.   BENEFITS.  In  addition  to  the compensation provided
       for in Section  4  of  this  Agreement,  Employee shall have the
       right  to  participate  in  any  profit-sharing,  pension, life,
       health and accident insurance,  or  other employee benefit plans
       presently adopted  or  which  hereafter  may  be  adopted by the
       Company in a manner comparable  to those offered or available to
       other employees of the Company.    Employee shall be entitled to
       three (3) weeks  annual  vacation  time,  during  which time his
       compensation will be paid in full.   Unused vacation days in any
       year(s) may be carried  over  to  a subsequent year(s) provided,
       however, the cumulative  number  of  vacation  days which may be
       carried over in any one year shall not exceed three (3) weeks.
            6.   EXPENSES.    The   Company  shall  promptly  reimburse
       Employee for  all  reasonable  travel,  hotel, entertainment and
       other expenses incurred by Employee in the discharge of 
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       Employee's  duties  hereunder,  upon  receipt  from  Employee of
       vouchers, receipts or  other  reasonable  substantiation of such
       expenses acceptable to the Company.
            7.   TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.   The term of employment hereunder
       shall be for a period of one (1) year, commencing as of the date
       of this Agreement, unless earlier terminated as herein provided.
       This Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the
       following events:
            (a)  The death of Employee;
            (b)  Employee voluntarily leaves the employ of the Company,
       with or without the consent of the Company;
            (c)  The Incapacity of Employee;
            (d)  The Company terminates this Agreement for Cause;
            (e)  The Company terminates  this  Agreement for any reason
       other than as set forth  in  Sections 7(a), 7(c) or 7(d) hereof;
       or
            (f)  The appointment of a  trustee  for the Company for the
       purpose of liquidating and  winding  up  the Company pursuant to
       Chapter 7 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
            8.   COMPENSATION UPON  TERMINATION.    In  the  event this
       Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall
       pay to Employee  such  compensation  as  Employee is entitled to
       receive pursuant to Section 4, prorated through the date of said
       termination.  In the  event  that  such termination arises under
       Section 7(a), Employee's  estate  shall  be  entitled to receive
       severance compensation equal to such amount of Employee's annual
       base salary as  would  have  been  paid  over  a thirty (30) day
       period.  In the event that such termination arises under Section
       7(e),  Employee   shall   be   entitled   to  receive  severance
       compensation in an  amount  equal  to  such amount of Employee's
       annual base salary as would have been paid over a four (4) month
       period.  In the event  that  this Agreement is terminated by the
       Company or its successor in interest in connection with, or as a
       result of, a Change in Control  or  for any reason other than as
       set forth in Sections 7(a) - (d) hereof within six (6) months of 
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       a Change in Control,  Employee  shall,  in lieu of any severance
       compensation  payable  pursuant  to  the  immediately  preceding
       sentence, be entitled  to  receive  severance compensation in an
       amount equal to such amount  of Employee's annual base salary as
       would have been paid over a four  (4) month period.  Any and all
       severance  amounts  paid  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this
       Section 8 shall  be  paid  in  one  lump  sum  installment.  The
       treatment of Employee's Stock  Options  shall be governed by the
       terms of the  Company's  1990  Stock  Option  Plan and the Stock
       Option Agreement.
            9.   COVENANT  NOT  TO  COMPETE.    Employee  covenants and
       agrees that during the  term  of  his  employment by the Company
       pursuant to this Agreement he  will not, directly or indirectly,
       own, manage, operate, join,  control  or  become employed by, or
       render any services  of  any  advisory  nature  or otherwise, or
       participate in the  ownership,  management, operation or control
       of, any business which competes with the business of the Company
       or  any  of  its  affiliates.    Notwithstanding  the foregoing,
       Employee shall not  be  prevented  from  investing his assets in
       such form or manner as will not require any services on the part
       of Employee in the  operation  of  the  affairs  of a company in
       which investments are made, provided such company is not engaged
       in a  business  competitive  to  the  Company,  or  if  it is in
       competition with the  Company,  provided  its  stock is publicly
       traded and Employee  owns  less  than  one  percent  (1%) of the
       outstanding stock of that company.
            10.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Employee  covenants  and agrees that
       he will not at any time  during  or after the termination of his
       employment by the Company reveal,  divulge  or make known to any
       person, firm or corporation  any  information, knowledge or data
       of a proprietary nature relating  to the business of the Company
       or any  of  its  affiliates  which  is  not  or  has  not become
       generally known or public.   Employee shall hold, in a fiduciary
       capacity, for  the  benefit  of  the  Company,  all information,
       knowledge or data of a proprietary nature, relating to or 
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       concerned with, the  operations, customers, developments, sales,
       business and affairs of the  Company and its affiliates which is
       not generally known to the  public  and which is or was obtained
       by the Employee during his  employment by the Company.  Employee
       recognizes and acknowledges that all such information, knowledge
       or data is  a  valuable  and  unique  asset  of  the Company and
       accordingly he will not discuss or divulge any such information,
       knowledge or data to  any person, firm, partnership, corporation
       or organization  other  than  to  the  Company,  its affiliates,
       designees, assignees or successors or except as may otherwise be
       required by the law, as ordered by a court or other governmental
       body  of  competent  jurisdiction,  or  in  connection  with the
       business and affairs of the Company.
            11.  EQUITABLE REMEDIES.    In  the  event  of  a breach or
       threatened breach by Employee  of  any  of his obligations under
       Sections 9 and 10 hereof, Employee acknowledges that the Company
       may not have  an  adequate  remedy  at  law  and therefore it is
       mutually  agreed  between  Employee  and  the  Company  that  in
       addition to any other  remedies  at  law  or in equity which the
       Company may have, the  Company  shall  be  entitled to seek in a
       court  of  law  and/or   equity  a  temporary  and/or  permanent
       injunction restraining Employee from any continuing violation or
       breach of this Agreement.
            12.  MISCELLANEOUS.
            (a)  This Agreement shall be binding  upon and inure to the
       benefit of the Company and  any  successor of the Company.  This
       Agreement  shall  not   be   terminated   by  the  voluntary  or
       involuntary  dissolution  of  the  Company  or  by  any  merger,
       reorganization or other transaction in  which the Company is not
       the surviving or resulting  corporation  or upon any transfer of
       all or substantially all of  the  assets of Company in the event
       of any such merger, or  transfer  of  assets.  The provisions of
       this Agreement shall  be  binding  upon  and  shall inure to the
       benefit of the surviving business  entity or the business entity
       to which such assets shall be transferred in the same manner and 
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       to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
       as if no such transaction had taken place.
            Neither this Agreement nor any rights arising hereunder may
       be assigned or pledged  by  Employee.   Employee's rights to the
       compensation provided for under Section  4 of this Agreement (as
       may be  limited  by  Section  8  of  the  Agreement)  and to the
       reimbursement  for  expenses  under   Section  6  hereof,  shall
       continue,  despite  the  fact  that  Employee  may  cease  to be
       employed by the Company,  and  shall  survive the termination of
       this Agreement regardless of cause.   This Agreement shall inure
       to the benefit of and  be  enforceable by Employee's personal or
       legal  representatives,  executors,  administrators, successors,
       heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
            (b)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law  or elsewhere
       herein, Employee shall be entitled  to all benefits as set forth
       herein notwithstanding the occurrence of the following events:
                 (i)    any act of  force  majeure which materially and
       adversely  affect   the   Company's   business  and  operations,
       including but not  limited  to,  the  Company having sustained a
       material loss,  whether  or  not  insured,  by  reason  of fire,
       earthquake, flood,  epidemic,  explosion,  accident, calamity or
       other act of God;
                 (ii)   any  strike  or  labor   dispute  or  court  or
       government action, order or decree;
                 (iii)  a banking  moratorium  having  been declared by
       federal or state authorities;
                 (iv)   an outbreak of  major armed conflict, blockade,
       embargo, or  other  international  hostilities  or restraints or
       orders of  civic,  civil  defense,  or  military authorities, or
       other national or international calamity having occurred;
                 (v)    any  act  of   public   enemy,  riot  or  civil
       disturbance or threat thereof; or
                 (vi)   a pending or  threatened  legal or governmental
       proceeding  or  action  relating   generally  to  the  Company's
       business, or a notification having been received by the Company 
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       of the threat  of  any  such  proceeding  or action, which could
       materially adversely affect the Company.
            (c)  Except as  expressly  provided  herein, this Agreement
       contains  the  entire  understanding  between  the  parties with
       respect to the subject matter  hereof,  and may not be modified,
       altered or amended except by  an instrument in writing signed by
       the  parties  hereto.    This  Agreement  supersedes  all  prior
       agreements of the  parties  with  respect  to the subject matter
       hereof.  In the event  of  termination of employment of Employee
       pursuant to this  Agreement,  the  arrangements  provided for by
       this Agreement, by any  Stock  Option Agreement or other written
       agreement between  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates and
       Employee in effect  at  the  time,  and  by any other applicable
       benefit plan of  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates, will
       constitute the entire obligation of  the Company to the Employee
       and performance  thereof  by  the  Company  will constitute full
       settlement of any and all  claims,  whether in contract or tort,
       that Employee might otherwise assert  against the Company or any
       of its affiliates on account of such termination.
            (d)  This Agreement shall  be  construed in accordance with
       the laws of  the  State  of  California applicable to agreements
       made and to be performed  entirely within such state and without
       regard to the conflict of law principals thereof.
            (e)  Nothing in the  Agreement  is  intended  to require or
       shall be construed as requiring the  Company to do or fail to do
       any act in violation of applicable law.  The Company's inability
       pursuant to court order  to  perform  its obligations under this
       Agreement shall not constitute a  breach  of this Agreement.  If
       any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the
       remainder of this  Agreement  shall  nevertheless remain in full
       force  and  effect.    If  any  provision  is  held  invalid  or
       unenforceable  with  respect  to  particular  circumstances,  it
       shall, nevertheless, remain  in  full  force  and  effect in all
       other circumstances.
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            (f)  With the exception of  disputes  arising under or with
       respect to  Sections  9  or  10  hereof,  any  and  all disputes
       hereunder shall be resolved  by  arbitration.   Any party hereto
       electing to commence an action  shall give written notice to the
       other parties hereto of  such  election.    The dispute shall be
       settled by arbitration in accordance  with the then rules of the
       American  Arbitration  Association;  provided,  however,  in the
       event the parties are  unable  to  agree on an arbitrator within
       twenty (20) days after  receipt  of the aforementioned notice of
       arbitration, a single arbitrator shall  be selected by the Chief
       Judge of the Superior Court  of  the State of California for the
       County of Los Angeles.    The  award  of  such arbitrator may be
       confirmed or enforced  in  any  court of competent jurisdiction.
       The  costs  and  expenses   of  the  arbitrator,  including  the
       attorney's fees and  costs  of  each  of  the  parties, shall be
       apportioned between the parties  by  such arbitrator, based upon
       such  arbitrator's  determination   of   the   merits  of  their
       respective positions.   With  respect  to  such arbitration, the
       parties shall have those rights  of  discovery as may be granted
       by the arbitrator in accordance with California law.
            (g)  Any  notice  to  the  Company  required  or  permitted
       hereunder shall be given  in  writing  to the Company, either by
       personal  service,  telex,  telecopier   or,   if  by  mail,  by
       registered or certified  mail  return receipt requested, postage
       prepaid, duly addressed to the  Secretary  of the Company at its
       then principal place of business.    Any such notice to Employee
       shall be  given  in  a  like  manner,  and  if  mailed  shall be
       addressed to Employee at  Employee's  home address then shown in
       the files  of  the  Company.    For  the  purpose of determining
       compliance with any time limit  herein, a notice shall be deemed
       given on the fifth day following the postmarked date, if mailed,
       or the date of delivery if personally delivered.
            (h)  A waiver by either party  of  any term or condition of
       this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, shall 
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       not be deemed  or  construed  to  be  a  waiver  of such term or
       condition or of any subsequent breach thereof.
            (i)  The paragraph and  subparagraph  headings contained in
       this Agreement  are  solely  for  convenience  and  shall not be
       considered in its interpretation.
            (j)  This  Agreement  may  be   executed  in  one  or  more
       counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the  parties  hereto have executed this
       Employment Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
        
                                       COMPANY:
                                       MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.,
                                       a Delaware corporation
        
                                       By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                       Title:  Chairman, President and 
                                               Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                       EMPLOYEE:
        
                                           /s/ Aivars Jerumanis
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                                                       Exhibit 10.48a
        
                            EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
        
            This  Employment  Agreement   ("Agreement"),  dated  as  of
       January 1, 1994, is made  by  and between MAXICARE, a California
       corporation  (the  "Company"),   and   William  B.  Caswell,  an
       individual ("Employee").
        
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            WHEREAS, Employee  is  knowledgeable  and  skillful  in the
       Company's business;
            WHEREAS, the  Company  wishes  to  retain  the  services of
       Employee as Vice President -  General Manager of the Company and
       Employee has agreed to render services as such;
            WHEREAS, Employee is willing to  be employed by the Company
       under the terms and conditions set forth herein;
            NOW,  THEREFORE,  in   consideration   of   the  terms  and
       conditions  hereinafter  set  forth,  and  for  other  good  and
       valuable  consideration,  the   receipt   of   which  is  hereby
       acknowledged the parties hereto agree as follows:
            1.   DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Agreement, the following
       capitalized terms  shall  have  the  following  meanings, unless
       otherwise expressly  provided  or  unless  the context otherwise
       requires:
            (a)  "Board of Directors" means  the  Board of Directors of
       the Company.
            (b)  "Cause" means, as used with respect to the involuntary
       termination of Employee:
                 (i)    The willful and  continued  failure by Employee
       to substantially perform  his  duties  pursuant  to the terms of
       this Agreement without good cause; or
                 (ii)   The willful engaging  by Employee in misconduct
       or inaction materially injurious to the Company; or
                 (iii)  The conviction of Employee for a felony or of a
       crime involving moral turpitude.
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            No act, or failure to act,  on the Employee's part shall be
       considered "willful"  if  done  or  omitted  to  be  done by the
       Employee in  good  faith  and  with  reasonable  belief that the
       Employee's action or omission  was  in  the best interest of the
       Company.
            (c)  "Change  of   Control"   means   (i)   the  merger  or
       consolidation of the Company  or  the Company's parent, Maxicare
       Health Plans, Inc., a  Delaware corporation ("Maxicare") with or
       into any other  person  or  entity  other  than  an affiliate or
       subsidiary of the Company or  Maxicare,  as  the case may be, if
       upon the consummation of  the transaction, holders of Maxicare's
       or  the  Company's  equity  securities,  as  the  case  may  be,
       immediately  prior  to  such  transaction  own  less  than fifty
       percent (50%)  of  the  equity  securities  of  the surviving or
       consolidated entity; or (ii) the sale or transfer by the Company
       or Maxicare of  all  or  substantially  all  of their respective
       assets.
            (d)  "Incapacity" means the  absence  of  the Employee from
       his employment  or  the  inability  of  Employee  to perform his
       duties  pursuant  to  this  Agreement  by  reason  of  mental or
       physical illness,  disability  or  incapacity  for  a  period of
       forty-five (45) consecutive days and such determination is based
       upon a certificate  as  to  such  mental  or physical disability
       issued by a licensed physician  and/or psychiatrist, as the case
       may be, employed by the Company.
            2.   EMPLOYMENT, SERVICES AND  DUTIES.   The Company hereby
       employs Employee as Vice  President  - General Manager.  Subject
       to his continued employment as such by the Board of Directors or
       the President of the  Company,  Employee  shall have and perform
       the duties and have  the  powers, authority and responsibilities
       ordinarily associated with a  person  in such position and shall
       be subject to the direction  of the Company's Board of Directors
       and the President of the Company or such other person(s) as they
       may designate.     Employee  shall  render  his services at such
       locations as the Company's  Board  of Directors or the President
       of the Company may designate.
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            3.   ACCEPTANCE OF  EMPLOYMENT.    Employee  hereby accepts
       employment hereunder and agrees to  devote  his full time to the
       Company's business  and  shall  in  no  way  be  involved in any
       activities whatsoever which might  interfere with his employment
       with the Company.
            4.   COMPENSATION.  As compensation  for all services to be
       rendered by Employee  hereunder,  the  Company agrees to provide
       Employee with the following:
            (a)  BASE SALARY.   The  Company  shall  pay to Employee an
       initial base salary at the rate of $195,000 per annum, with such
       increases and bonuses, as may be determined from time to time by
       the Board of Directors  of  the  Company.   Said salary shall be
       payable in  equal  semi-monthly  installments  or  in such other
       installments as may be agreed upon between the parties.
            (b)  STOCK OPTIONS.  The Company shall grant to Employee an
       option  (the  "Stock  Option")  to  purchase  10,000  shares  of
       Maxicare's Common Stock.    The  Stock  Option  shall be granted
       pursuant to the terms of Maxicare's 1990 Stock Option Plan and a
       Stock Option Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
       Employee acknowledges that he is entitled to only one such Stock
       Option grant pursuant to this Agreement.  Employee's interest in
       and rights to the Stock Option shall vest in accordance with the
       terms of the Stock Option Agreement.
            5.   BENEFITS.  In  addition  to  the compensation provided
       for in Section 4  of  this  Agreement, Employee shall receive an
       automobile allowance in  the  amount  of  $275.00  per month and
       shall have  the  right  to  participate  in  any profit-sharing,
       pension, life, health and  accident insurance, or other employee
       benefit  plans  presently  adopted  or  which  hereafter  may be
       adopted by the Company in  a  manner comparable to those offered
       or available to other  comparatively  situated executives of the
       Company.  Employee shall be  entitled  to three (3) weeks annual
       vacation time, during which  time  his compensation will be paid
       in full.  Unused  vacation  days  in  any year(s) may be carried
       over to a subsequent year(s) provided, however, the cumulative 
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       number of vacation days  which  may  be  carried over in any one
       year shall not exceed three (3) weeks.
            6.   EXPENSES.    The   Company  shall  promptly  reimburse
       Employee for  all  reasonable  travel,  hotel, entertainment and
       other  expenses  incurred  by   Employee  in  the  discharge  of
       Employee's duties  hereunder,  including  parking,  the  cost of
       purchase,  installation  and  operation  of  a  car  phone, upon
       receipt from Employee of  vouchers, receipts or other reasonable
       substantiation of such expenses acceptable to the Company.
            7.   TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.   The term of employment hereunder
       shall be for a period  of  two  (2)  years, commencing as of the
       date of  this  Agreement,  unless  earlier  terminated as herein
       provided.  This Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of
       any of the following events:
            (a)  The death of Employee;
            (b)  Employee voluntarily leaves the employ of the Company,
       with or without the consent of the Company;
            (c)  The Incapacity of Employee;
            (d)  The Company terminates this Agreement for Cause;
            (e)  The Company terminates  this  Agreement for any reason
       other than as set forth  in  Sections 7(a), 7(c) or 7(d) hereof;
       or
            (f)  The appointment of a  trustee  for the Company for the
       purpose of liquidating and  winding  up  the Company pursuant to
       Chapter 7 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
            Subject to the provisions of 7(a) through (f) above, in the
       event the Company,  in  its  sole  discretion,  wishes to engage
       Employee's services  beyond  the  term  of  this  Agreement, the
       Company agrees to notify Employee,  in writing, no less than 120
       days prior to the expiration  of  the  term hereof, of the terms
       and conditions of such proposed ongoing employment.
            8.   COMPENSATION UPON  TERMINATION.    In  the  event this
       Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall
       pay to Employee  such  compensation  as  Employee is entitled to
       receive pursuant to Section 4 and vacation benefits pursuant to 
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       Section 5, prorated through  the  date  of said termination.  In
       the event  that  such  termination  arises  under  Section 7(a),
       Employee's  estate  shall  be   entitled  to  receive  severance
       compensation equal  to  such  amount  of  Employee's annual base
       salary as would have been  paid  over  a thirty (30) day period.
       In the event that  such  termination  arises under Section 7(e),
       (i)  prior  to  the  first  anniversary  of  the  date  of  this
       Agreement,  Employee  shall  be  entitled  to  receive severance
       compensation  in  an  amount  equal  to  Employee's  annual base
       salary; or (ii) on or after the first anniversary of the date of
       this Agreement, Employee shall  be entitled to receive severance
       compensation equal to the amount  of the remainder of Employee's
       annual base salary as  would  have  been paid had this Agreement
       not been terminated which amount shall  in no event be less than
       Employee's annual base for a six (6) month period.  In the event
       that  this  Agreement  is  terminated  by  the  Company  or  its
       successor in interest in connection  with,  or as a result of, a
       Change in Control or for any  reason  other than as set forth in
       Sections 7(a) - (d) hereof within  six (6) months of a Change in
       Control,  Employee  shall  be   entitled  to  receive  severance
       compensation  in  an  amount  equal  to  Employee's  annual base
       salary.  Any  and  all  severance  amounts  paid pursuant to the
       provisions of this  Section  8  shall  be  paid  in one lump sum
       installment.  The treatment of Employee's Stock Options shall be
       governed by the terms of  Maxicare's  1990 Stock Option Plan and
       the Stock Option Agreement.
            9.   COVENANT  NOT  TO  COMPETE.    Employee  covenants and
       agrees that during  the  term  of  this  Agreement  he will not,
       directly or indirectly, own,  manage,  operate, join, control or
       become employed  by,  or  render  any  services  of any advisory
       nature  or   otherwise,   or   participate   in  the  ownership,
       management, operation or control of, any business which competes
       with the business  of  the  Company  or  any  of its affiliates.
       Notwithstanding the foregoing,  Employee  shall not be prevented
       from investing his assets in such form or manner as will not 
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       require any services on the part of Employee in the operation of
       the affairs of a company in which investments are made, provided
       such company is not  engaged  in  a  business competitive to the
       Company, or if it is  in  competition with the Company, provided
       its stock is publicly  traded  and  Employee  owns less than one
       percent (1%) of the outstanding stock of that company.
            10.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Employee  covenants  and agrees that
       he will not at any time  during  or after the termination of his
       employment by the Company reveal,  divulge  or make known to any
       person, firm or corporation  any  information, knowledge or data
       of a proprietary nature relating  to the business of the Company
       or any  of  its  affiliates  which  is  not  or  has  not become
       generally known or public.   Employee shall hold, in a fiduciary
       capacity, for  the  benefit  of  the  Company,  all information,
       knowledge or  data  of  a  proprietary  nature,  relating  to or
       concerned with, the  operations, customers, developments, sales,
       business and affairs of the  Company and its affiliates which is
       not generally known to the  public  and which is or was obtained
       by the Employee during his  employment by the Company.  Employee
       recognizes and acknowledges that all such information, knowledge
       or data is  a  valuable  and  unique  asset  of  the Company and
       accordingly he will not discuss or divulge any such information,
       knowledge or data to  any person, firm, partnership, corporation
       or organization  other  than  to  the  Company,  its affiliates,
       designees, assignees or successors or except as may otherwise be
       required by the law, as ordered by a court or other governmental
       body  of  competent  jurisdiction,  or  in  connection  with the
       business and affairs of the Company.
            11.  EQUITABLE REMEDIES.    In  the  event  of  a breach or
       threatened breach by Employee  of  any  of his obligations under
       Sections 9 and 10 hereof, Employee acknowledges that the Company
       may not have  an  adequate  remedy  at  law  and therefore it is
       mutually  agreed  between  Employee  and  the  Company  that  in
       addition to any other  remedies  at  law  or in equity which the
       Company may have, the Company shall be entitled to seek in a 
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       court  of  law  and/or   equity  a  temporary  and/or  permanent
       injunction restraining Employee from any continuing violation or
       breach of this Agreement.
            12.  MISCELLANEOUS.
            (a)  This Agreement shall be binding  upon and inure to the
       benefit of the Company and  any  successor of the Company.  This
       Agreement  shall  not   be   terminated   by  the  voluntary  or
       involuntary  dissolution  of  the  Company  or  by  any  merger,
       reorganization or other transaction in  which the Company is not
       the surviving or resulting  corporation  or upon any transfer of
       all or substantially all of  the  assets of Company in the event
       of any such merger, or  transfer  of  assets.  The provisions of
       this Agreement shall  be  binding  upon  and  shall inure to the
       benefit of the surviving business  entity or the business entity
       to which such assets shall be transferred in the same manner and
       to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
       it if no such transaction had taken place.
            Neither this Agreement nor any rights arising hereunder may
       be assigned or pledged  by  Employee.   Employee's rights to the
       compensation provided for under Section  4 of this Agreement (as
       may be  limited  by  Section  8  of  the  Agreement)  and to the
       reimbursement  for  expenses  under   Section  6  hereof,  shall
       continue,  despite  the  fact  that  Employee  may  cease  to be
       employed by the Company,  and  shall  survive the termination of
       this Agreement regardless of cause.   This Agreement shall inure
       to the benefit of and  be  enforceable by Employee's personal or
       legal  representatives,  executors,  administrators, successors,
       heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
            (b)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law  or elsewhere
       herein, Employee shall be entitled  to all benefits as set forth
       herein notwithstanding the occurrence of the following events:
                 (i)    any act of  force  majeure which materially and
       adversely  affect   the   Company's   business  and  operations,
       including but not  limited  to,  the  Company having sustained a
       material loss, whether or not insured, by reason of fire, 
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       earthquake, flood,  epidemic,  explosion,  accident, calamity or
       other act of God;
                 (ii)   any  strike  or  labor   dispute  or  court  or
       government action, order or decree;
                 (iii)  a banking  moratorium  having  been declared by
       federal or state authorities;
                 (iv)   an outbreak of  major armed conflict, blockade,
       embargo, or  other  international  hostilities  or restraints or
       orders of  civic,  civil  defense,  or  military authorities, or
       other national or international calamity having occurred;
                 (v)    any  act  of   public   enemy,  riot  or  civil
       disturbance or threat thereof; or
                 (vi)   a pending or  threatened  legal or governmental
       proceeding  or  action  relating   generally  to  the  Company's
       business, or a notification having  been received by the Company
       of the threat  of  any  such  proceeding  or action, which could
       materially adversely affect the Company.
            (c)  Except as  expressly  provided  herein, this Agreement
       contains  the  entire  understanding  between  the  parties with
       respect to the subject matter  hereof,  and may not be modified,
       altered or amended except by  an instrument in writing signed by
       the  parties  hereto.    This  Agreement  supersedes  all  prior
       agreements of the  parties  with  respect  to the subject matter
       hereof.  In the event  of  termination of employment of Employee
       pursuant to this  Agreement,  the  arrangements  provided for by
       this Agreement, by any  Stock  Option Agreement or other written
       agreement between  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates and
       Employee in effect  at  the  time,  and  by any other applicable
       benefit plan of  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates, will
       constitute the entire obligation of  the Company to the Employee
       and performance  thereof  by  the  Company  will constitute full
       settlement of any and all  claims,  whether in contract or tort,
       that Employee might otherwise assert  against the Company or any
       of its affiliates on account of such termination.
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            (d)  This Agreement shall  be  construed in accordance with
       the laws of  the  State  of  California applicable to agreements
       made and to be performed  entirely within such state and without
       regard to the conflict of law principals thereof.
            (e)  Nothing in the  Agreement  is  intended  to require or
       shall be construed as requiring the  Company to do or fail to do
       any act in violation of applicable law.  The Company's inability
       pursuant to court order  to  perform  its obligations under this
       Agreement shall not constitute a  breach  of this Agreement.  If
       any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the
       remainder of this  Agreement  shall  nevertheless remain in full
       force  and  effect.    If  any  provision  is  held  invalid  or
       unenforceable  with  respect  to  particular  circumstances,  it
       shall, nevertheless, remain  in  full  force  and  effect in all
       other circumstances.
            (f)  With the exception of  disputes  arising under or with
       respect to  Sections  9  or  10  hereof,  any  and  all disputes
       hereunder shall be resolved  by  arbitration.   Any party hereto
       electing to commence an action  shall give written notice to the
       other parties hereto of  such  election.    The dispute shall be
       settled by arbitration in accordance  with the then rules of the
       American  Arbitration  Association;  provided,  however,  in the
       event the parties are  unable  to  agree on an arbitrator within
       twenty (20) days after  receipt  of the aforementioned notice of
       arbitration, a single arbitrator shall  be selected by the Chief
       Judge of the Superior Court  of  the State of California for the
       County of Los Angeles.    The  award  of  such arbitrator may be
       confirmed or enforced  in  any  court of competent jurisdiction.
       The  costs  and  expenses   of  the  arbitrator,  including  the
       attorney's fees and  costs  of  each  of  the  parties, shall be
       apportioned between the parties  by  such arbitrator, based upon
       such  arbitrator's  determination   of   the   merits  of  their
       respective positions.   With  respect  to  such arbitration, the
       parties shall have those rights  of  discovery as may be granted
       by the arbitrator in accordance with California law.
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            (g)  Any  notice  to  the  Company  required  or  permitted
       hereunder shall be given  in  writing  to the Company, either by
       personal  service,  telex,  telecopier   or,   if  by  mail,  by
       registered or certified  mail  return receipt requested, postage
       prepaid, duly addressed to the  Secretary  of the Company at its
       then principal place of business.    Any such notice to Employee
       shall be  given  in  a  like  manner,  and  if  mailed  shall be
       addressed to Employee at  Employee's  home address then shown in
       the files  of  the  Company.    For  the  purpose of determining
       compliance with any time limit  herein, a notice shall be deemed
       given on the fifth day following the postmarked date, if mailed,
       or the date of delivery if personally delivered.
            (h)  A waiver by either party  of  any term or condition of
       this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, shall
       not be deemed  or  construed  to  be  a  waiver  of such term or
       condition or of any subsequent breach thereof.
            (i)  The paragraph and  subparagraph  headings contained in
       this Agreement  are  solely  for  convenience  and  shall not be
       considered in its interpretation.
            (j)  This  Agreement  may  be   executed  in  one  or  more
       counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the  parties  hereto have executed this
       Employment Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
        
                                     COMPANY:
                                     MAXICARE, a California Corporation
        
                                     By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                     Title:  Chairman, President
                                     and Chief Executive Officer
        
                                     EMPLOYEE:
        
                                         /s/ William B. Caswell
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                                                         Exhibit 10.51c
        
        
        
                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
        
        
            This Employment Agreement ("Agreement"), dated as of January
       1, 1994, is made by  and  between  Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a
       Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  and  Robert  Landis, an
       individual ("Employee").
        
        
                                R E C I T A L S
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            WHEREAS,  Employee  is  knowledgeable  and  skillful  in the
       Company's business;
            WHEREAS,  the  Company  wishes  to  retain  the  services of
       Employee as Treasurer of the  Company  and Employee has agreed to
       render services as such;
            WHEREAS, Employee is willing  to  be employed by the Company
       under the terms and conditions set forth herein;
            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions
       hereinafter  set  forth,   and   for   other  good  and  valuable
       consideration, the receipt  of  which  is hereby acknowledged the
       parties hereto agree as follows:
            1.   DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Agreement, the following
       capitalized terms  shall  have  the  following  meanings, unless
       otherwise expressly  provided  or  unless  the context otherwise
       requires:
            (a)  "Board of Directors" means  the  Board of Directors of
       the Company.
            (b)  "Cause" means, as used with respect to the involuntary
       termination of Employee:
                 (i)    The willful and  continued  failure by Employee
       to substantially perform  his  duties  pursuant  to the terms of
       this Agreement without good cause; or
                 (ii)   The willful engaging  by Employee in misconduct
       or inaction materially injurious to the Company; or
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                 (iii)  The conviction of Employee for a felony or of a
       crime involving moral turpitude.
            No act, or failure to act,  on the Employee's part shall be
       considered "willful"  if  done  or  omitted  to  be  done by the
       Employee in  good  faith  and  with  reasonable  belief that the
       Employee's action or omission  was  in  the best interest of the
       Company.
            (c)  "Change  of   Control"   means   (i)   the  merger  or
       consolidation of the Company  with  or  into any other person or
       entity other than an affiliate  or  subsidiary of the Company if
       upon  the  consummation  of  the  transaction,  holders  of  the
       Company's  equity   securities,   immediately   prior   to  such
       transaction own less than fifty  percent (50%) of the equity; or
       (ii) the sale or transfer by the Company of all or substantially
       all of its assets.
            (d)  "Incapacity" means the  absence  of  the Employee from
       his employment  or  the  inability  of  Employee  to perform his
       duties  pursuant  to  this  Agreement  by  reason  of  mental or
       physical illness,  disability  or  incapacity  for  a  period of
       thirty (30) consecutive  days  and  such  determination is based
       upon a certificate  as  to  such  mental  or physical disability
       issued by a licensed physician  and/or psychiatrist, as the case
       may be, employed by the Company.
            2.   EMPLOYMENT, SERVICES AND  DUTIES.   The Company hereby
       employs  Employee  as  Treasurer.    Subject  to  his  continued
       employment as such  by  the  Board  of Directors, Employee shall
       have and perform the duties  and  have the powers, authority and
       responsibilities ordinarily  associated  with  a  person in such
       position and shall be subject  to the direction of the Company's
       Board of Directors.  Employee  shall render his services at such
       locations as the Company's Board of Directors may designate.
            3.   ACCEPTANCE OF  EMPLOYMENT.    Employee  hereby accepts
       employment hereunder and agrees to  devote  his full time to the
       Company's business and shall in no way be involved in any 
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       activities whatsoever which might  interfere with his employment
       with the Company.
            4.   COMPENSATION.  As compensation  for all services to be
       rendered by Employee  hereunder,  the  Company agrees to provide
       Employee with the following:
            (a)  BASE SALARY.  The Company shall pay to Employee a base
       salary at the rate of $150,000.00 per annum, with such increases
       and bonuses, as may be determined from time to time by the Chief
       Executive Officer of the Company.   Said salary shall be payable
       in equal semi-monthly installments or in such other installments
       as may be agreed upon between the parties.
            (b)  STOCK OPTIONS.  The Company shall grant to Employee an
       option (the "Stock  Option")  to  purchase  10,000 shares of the
       Company's Common  Stock.    The  Stock  Option  shall be granted
       pursuant to the terms  of  the  Company's 1990 Stock Option Plan
       and a Stock  Option  Agreement  in  the  form attached hereto as
       Exhibit A.  Employee  acknowledges  that  he is entitled to only
       one  such  Stock  Option   grant  pursuant  to  this  Agreement.
       Employee's interest in and rights to the Stock Option shall vest
       in accordance with the terms of the Stock Option Agreement.
            5.   BENEFITS.  In  addition  to  the compensation provided
       for in Section  4  of  this  Agreement,  Employee shall have the
       right  to  participate  in  any  profit-sharing,  pension, life,
       health and accident insurance,  or  other employee benefit plans
       presently adopted  or  which  hereafter  may  be  adopted by the
       Company in a manner comparable  to those offered or available to
       other employees of the Company.    Employee shall be entitled to
       four (4)  weeks  annual  vacation  time,  during  which time his
       compensation will be paid in full.   Unused vacation days in any
       year(s) may be carried  over  to  a subsequent year(s) provided,
       however, the cumulative  number  of  vacation  days which may be
       carried over in any one year shall not exceed four (4) weeks.
            6.   EXPENSES.    The   Company  shall  promptly  reimburse
       Employee for  all  reasonable  travel,  hotel, entertainment and
       other expenses incurred by Employee in the discharge of 
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       Employee's  duties  hereunder,  upon  receipt  from  Employee of
       vouchers, receipts or  other  reasonable  substantiation of such
       expenses acceptable to the Company.
            7.   TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.   The term of employment hereunder
       shall be for a period of one (1) year, commencing as of the date
       of this Agreement, unless earlier terminated as herein provided.
       This Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the
       following events:
            (a)  The death of Employee;
            (b)  Employee voluntarily leaves the employ of the Company,
       with or without the consent of the Company;
            (c)  The Incapacity of Employee;
            (d)  The Company terminates this Agreement for Cause;
            (e)  The Company terminates  this  Agreement for any reason
       other than as set forth  in  Sections 7(a), 7(c) or 7(d) hereof;
       or
            (f)  The appointment of a  trustee  for the Company for the
       purpose of liquidating and  winding  up  the Company pursuant to
       Chapter 7 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
            8.   COMPENSATION UPON  TERMINATION.    In  the  event this
       Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall
       pay to Employee  such  compensation  as  Employee is entitled to
       receive pursuant to Section 4, prorated through the date of said
       termination.  In the  event  that  such termination arises under
       Section 7(a), Employee's  estate  shall  be  entitled to receive
       severance compensation equal to such amount of Employee's annual
       base salary as  would  have  been  paid  over  a thirty (30) day
       period.  In the event that such termination arises under Section
       7(e),  Employee   shall   be   entitled   to  receive  severance
       compensation in an  amount  equal  to  such amount of Employee's
       annual base salary as would have been paid over a four (4) month
       period.  In the event  that  this Agreement is terminated by the
       Company or its successor in interest in connection with, or as a
       result of, a Change in Control  or  for any reason other than as
       set forth in Sections 7(a) - (d) hereof within six (6) months of 
       <PAGE>
       a Change in Control,  Employee  shall,  in lieu of any severance
       compensation  payable  pursuant  to  the  immediately  preceding
       sentence, be entitled  to  receive  severance compensation in an
       amount equal to such amount  of Employee's annual base salary as
       would have been paid over a four  (4) month period.  Any and all
       severance  amounts  paid  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this
       Section 8 shall  be  paid  in  one  lump  sum  installment.  The
       treatment of Employee's Stock  Options  shall be governed by the
       terms of the  Company's  1990  Stock  Option  Plan and the Stock
       Option Agreement.
            9.   COVENANT  NOT  TO  COMPETE.    Employee  covenants and
       agrees that during the  term  of  his  employment by the Company
       pursuant to this Agreement he  will not, directly or indirectly,
       own, manage, operate, join,  control  or  become employed by, or
       render any services  of  any  advisory  nature  or otherwise, or
       participate in the  ownership,  management, operation or control
       of, any business which competes with the business of the Company
       or  any  of  its  affiliates.    Notwithstanding  the foregoing,
       Employee shall not  be  prevented  from  investing his assets in
       such form or manner as will not require any services on the part
       of Employee in the  operation  of  the  affairs  of a company in
       which investments are made, provided such company is not engaged
       in a  business  competitive  to  the  Company,  or  if  it is in
       competition with the  Company,  provided  its  stock is publicly
       traded and Employee  owns  less  than  one  percent  (1%) of the
       outstanding stock of that company.
            10.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Employee  covenants  and agrees that
       he will not at any time  during  or after the termination of his
       employment by the Company reveal,  divulge  or make known to any
       person, firm or corporation  any  information, knowledge or data
       of a proprietary nature relating  to the business of the Company
       or any  of  its  affiliates  which  is  not  or  has  not become
       generally known or public.   Employee shall hold, in a fiduciary
       capacity, for  the  benefit  of  the  Company,  all information,
       knowledge or data of a proprietary nature, relating to or 
       <PAGE>
       concerned with, the  operations, customers, developments, sales,
       business and affairs of the  Company and its affiliates which is
       not generally known to the  public  and which is or was obtained
       by the Employee during his  employment by the Company.  Employee
       recognizes and acknowledges that all such information, knowledge
       or data is  a  valuable  and  unique  asset  of  the Company and
       accordingly he will not discuss or divulge any such information,
       knowledge or data to  any person, firm, partnership, corporation
       or organization  other  than  to  the  Company,  its affiliates,
       designees, assignees or successors or except as may otherwise be
       required by the law, as ordered by a court or other governmental
       body  of  competent  jurisdiction,  or  in  connection  with the
       business and affairs of the Company.
            11.  EQUITABLE REMEDIES.    In  the  event  of  a breach or
       threatened breach by Employee  of  any  of his obligations under
       Sections 9 and 10 hereof, Employee acknowledges that the Company
       may not have  an  adequate  remedy  at  law  and therefore it is
       mutually  agreed  between  Employee  and  the  Company  that  in
       addition to any other  remedies  at  law  or in equity which the
       Company may have, the  Company  shall  be  entitled to seek in a
       court  of  law  and/or   equity  a  temporary  and/or  permanent
       injunction restraining Employee from any continuing violation or
       breach of this Agreement.
            12.  MISCELLANEOUS.
            (a)  This Agreement shall be binding  upon and inure to the
       benefit of the Company and  any  successor of the Company.  This
       Agreement  shall  not   be   terminated   by  the  voluntary  or
       involuntary  dissolution  of  the  Company  or  by  any  merger,
       reorganization or other transaction in  which the Company is not
       the surviving or resulting  corporation  or upon any transfer of
       all or substantially all of  the  assets of Company in the event
       of any such merger, or  transfer  of  assets.  The provisions of
       this Agreement shall  be  binding  upon  and  shall inure to the
       benefit of the surviving business  entity or the business entity
       to which such assets shall be transferred in the same manner and 
       <PAGE>
       to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
       as if no such transaction had taken place.
            Neither this Agreement nor any rights arising hereunder may
       be assigned or pledged  by  Employee.   Employee's rights to the
       compensation provided for under Section  4 of this Agreement (as
       may be  limited  by  Section  8  of  the  Agreement)  and to the
       reimbursement  for  expenses  under   Section  6  hereof,  shall
       continue,  despite  the  fact  that  Employee  may  cease  to be
       employed by the Company,  and  shall  survive the termination of
       this Agreement regardless of cause.   This Agreement shall inure
       to the benefit of and  be  enforceable by Employee's personal or
       legal  representatives,  executors,  administrators, successors,
       heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
            (b)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law  or elsewhere
       herein, Employee shall be entitled  to all benefits as set forth
       herein notwithstanding the occurrence of the following events:
                 (i)    any act of  force  majeure which materially and
       adversely  affect   the   Company's   business  and  operations,
       including but not  limited  to,  the  Company having sustained a
       material loss,  whether  or  not  insured,  by  reason  of fire,
       earthquake, flood,  epidemic,  explosion,  accident, calamity or
       other act of God;
                 (ii)   any  strike  or  labor   dispute  or  court  or
       government action, order or decree;
                 (iii)  a banking  moratorium  having  been declared by
       federal or state authorities;
                 (iv)   an outbreak of  major armed conflict, blockade,
       embargo, or  other  international  hostilities  or restraints or
       orders of  civic,  civil  defense,  or  military authorities, or
       other national or international calamity having occurred;
                 (v)    any  act  of   public   enemy,  riot  or  civil
       disturbance or threat thereof; or
                 (vi)   a pending or  threatened  legal or governmental
       proceeding  or  action  relating   generally  to  the  Company's
       business, or a notification having been received by the Company 
       <PAGE>
       of the threat  of  any  such  proceeding  or action, which could
       materially adversely affect the Company.
            (c)  Except as  expressly  provided  herein, this Agreement
       contains  the  entire  understanding  between  the  parties with
       respect to the subject matter  hereof,  and may not be modified,
       altered or amended except by  an instrument in writing signed by
       the  parties  hereto.    This  Agreement  supersedes  all  prior
       agreements of the  parties  with  respect  to the subject matter
       hereof.  In the event  of  termination of employment of Employee
       pursuant to this  Agreement,  the  arrangements  provided for by
       this Agreement, by any  Stock  Option Agreement or other written
       agreement between  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates and
       Employee in effect  at  the  time,  and  by any other applicable
       benefit plan of  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates, will
       constitute the entire obligation of  the Company to the Employee
       and performance  thereof  by  the  Company  will constitute full
       settlement of any and all  claims,  whether in contract or tort,
       that Employee might otherwise assert  against the Company or any
       of its affiliates on account of such termination.
            (d)  This Agreement shall  be  construed in accordance with
       the laws of  the  State  of  California applicable to agreements
       made and to be performed  entirely within such state and without
       regard to the conflict of law principals thereof.
            (e)  Nothing in the  Agreement  is  intended  to require or
       shall be construed as requiring the  Company to do or fail to do
       any act in violation of applicable law.  The Company's inability
       pursuant to court order  to  perform  its obligations under this
       Agreement shall not constitute a  breach  of this Agreement.  If
       any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the
       remainder of this  Agreement  shall  nevertheless remain in full
       force  and  effect.    If  any  provision  is  held  invalid  or
       unenforceable  with  respect  to  particular  circumstances,  it
       shall, nevertheless, remain  in  full  force  and  effect in all
       other circumstances.
       <PAGE>
            (f)  With the exception of  disputes  arising under or with
       respect to  Sections  9  or  10  hereof,  any  and  all disputes
       hereunder shall be resolved  by  arbitration.   Any party hereto
       electing to commence an action  shall give written notice to the
       other parties hereto of  such  election.    The dispute shall be
       settled by arbitration in accordance  with the then rules of the
       American  Arbitration  Association;  provided,  however,  in the
       event the parties are  unable  to  agree on an arbitrator within
       twenty (20) days after  receipt  of the aforementioned notice of
       arbitration, a single arbitrator shall  be selected by the Chief
       Judge of the Superior Court  of  the State of California for the
       County of Los Angeles.    The  award  of  such arbitrator may be
       confirmed or enforced  in  any  court of competent jurisdiction.
       The  costs  and  expenses   of  the  arbitrator,  including  the
       attorney's fees and  costs  of  each  of  the  parties, shall be
       apportioned between the parties  by  such arbitrator, based upon
       such  arbitrator's  determination   of   the   merits  of  their
       respective positions.   With  respect  to  such arbitration, the
       parties shall have those rights  of  discovery as may be granted
       by the arbitrator in accordance with California law.
            (g)  Any  notice  to  the  Company  required  or  permitted
       hereunder shall be given  in  writing  to the Company, either by
       personal  service,  telex,  telecopier   or,   if  by  mail,  by
       registered or certified  mail  return receipt requested, postage
       prepaid, duly addressed to the  Secretary  of the Company at its
       then principal place of business.    Any such notice to Employee
       shall be  given  in  a  like  manner,  and  if  mailed  shall be
       addressed to Employee at  Employee's  home address then shown in
       the files  of  the  Company.    For  the  purpose of determining
       compliance with any time limit  herein, a notice shall be deemed
       given on the fifth day following the postmarked date, if mailed,
       or the date of delivery if personally delivered.
            (h)  A waiver by either party  of  any term or condition of
       this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, shall 
       <PAGE>
       not be deemed  or  construed  to  be  a  waiver  of such term or
       condition or of any subsequent breach thereof.
            (i)  The paragraph and  subparagraph  headings contained in
       this Agreement  are  solely  for  convenience  and  shall not be
       considered in its interpretation.
            (j)  This  Agreement  may  be   executed  in  one  or  more
       counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the  parties  hereto have executed this
       Employment Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
        
                                       COMPANY:
                                       MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.,
                                       a Delaware corporation
        
                                       By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                       Title:  Chairman, President and 
                                               Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                       EMPLOYEE:
        
                                           /s/ Robert Landis
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                                                       Exhibit 10.54
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the  "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  5th  day of

       November, 1993, to Florence  Courtright (the "Optionee"), an

       option to purchase a maximum  of 10,000 shares of its common

       stock (the  "Common  Stock"),  at  a  price  per  share (the

       "Exercise Price") of $10.88 per share (the "Option"), on the

       following terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.   As  an officer, employee, or

       director with the Company,  the  Optionee's rights in and to

       the Option  shall  vest  as  of  the  date  hereof,  and the

       Optionee may, subject  to  Section  13 hereof, exercise this

       Option immediately for up to  the total number of shares set

       forth in the first sentence of this Agreement.

       <PAGE>

        

       While  the  Optionee  continues  to  serve  as  an  officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be), the Option may be exercised up

       to and including the earlier of the date which is five years

       from the date this Option is granted (the "Fifth Anniversary

       Date").    For  purposes  of  this  Agreement,  any  accrued

       installment   shall   be   referred   to   as   an  "Accrued

       Installment".  All of  the  foregoing  rights are subject to

       Sections 3 and  4  hereof,  as  appropriate, if the Optionee

       ceases to serve as an  officer,  director or employee of the

       Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as  the  case may be) or

       becomes  disabled  or  dies  while  serving  as  an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall  expire  and  become  unexercisable  as  of the

       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option shall become exercisable.  The 

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       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or  (iii)  the  first  anniversary  date  of the

       termination  of  employment  or  directorship  by  reason of

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a deceased Optionee may be exercised prior to their 

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       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

        

            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

       <PAGE>

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been  registered  under  the   1933  Act  or  registered  or

       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not, and Optionee covenants and agrees that 

       <PAGE>

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by  the  Optionee  and  if  the  Optionee shall so

       request in  the  notice  exercising  this  Option,  shall be

       registered in the name of the Optionee and another person 

       <PAGE>

       jointly, with right of  if  Optionee is entitled to exercise

       any unexercised  if  Optionee  is  entitled  to exercise any

       unexercised survivorship) and shall  be delivered to or upon

       the written order of  the  person or persons exercising this

       Option.   In  the  event  this  Option  shall  be exercised,

       pursuant to Section 4 hereof, by any person or persons other

       than the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall  be  accompanied by

       appropriate proof of the right  of such person or persons to

       exercise this Option.   All  shares  that shall be purchased

       upon the exercise of this Option as provided herein shall be

       fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated  to  continue  to  employ Optionee and

       neither the Plan nor this Option shall otherwise interfere 

       <PAGE>

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however, 

       <PAGE>

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to the Optionee's exercise of any 

       <PAGE>

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each  of  which shall be deemed to

       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Florence Courtright
       <PAGE>
                                                       Exhibit 10.55
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993,  to  Vicki  F.  Perry  (the  "Optionee"), an

       option to purchase a maximum  of  7,500 shares of its common

       stock (the  "Common  Stock"),  at  a  price  per  share (the

       "Exercise Price") of $9.63 per  share (the "Option"), on the

       following terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.  If the Optionee has continued

       to  serve  in  the  capacity  of  an  officer,  employee, or

       director with the Company  (or  a subsidiary thereof, as the

       case may  be)  on  the  following  dates,  the Optionee may,

       subject to Section 13  hereof,  exercise this Option for the

       portion of the total number of shares subject to this Option

       set opposite the applicable date:

       <PAGE>

        

            Less than one year from the       -       0 shares
            date hereof
            One year but less than two years  -   2,500 shares
            from the date hereof
            Two years but less than three     -   2,500 shares
            years from the date hereof
            Three years but less than four    -   2,500 shares
            years from the date hereof
        
        
       The foregoing rights are  cumulative and, while the Optionee

       continues to serve as  an  officer,  director or employee of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       may be exercised up to and including the earlier of the date

       which is five years  from  the  date  this Option is granted

       (the  "Fifth  Anniversary  Date").    For  purposes  of this

       Agreement, any accrued installment  shall  be referred to as

       an "Accrued Installment".   All  of the foregoing rights are

       subject to Sections 3 and  4  hereof, as appropriate, if the

       Optionee ceases to serve as an officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be)

       or becomes disabled  or  dies  while  serving as an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall expire and become unexercisable as of the 

       <PAGE>

       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or (iii) the first anniversary date of the 

       <PAGE>

       termination  of  employment  or  directorship  by  reason of

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

       <PAGE>

        

            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

       <PAGE>

       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by  the  Optionee  and  if  the  Optionee shall so

       request in the notice exercising this Option, shall be 

       <PAGE>

       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  survivorship) and shall be delivered

       to or  upon  the  written  order  of  the  person or persons

       exercising this Option.  In  the  event this Option shall be

       exercised, pursuant to Section  4  hereof,  by any person or

       persons  other  than  the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall be

       accompanied by appropriate proof of the right of such person

       or persons to exercise this  Option.   All shares that shall

       be purchased upon the  exercise  of  this Option as provided

       herein shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated  to  continue  to  employ Optionee and

       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

       <PAGE>

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however,

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option including all unaccrued 

       <PAGE>

       installments thereof which  would,  but  for this subsection

       13(a),  not  yet   be   exercisable.    Notwithstanding  the

       foregoing, in the  event  that  any transaction causing such

       termination is  not  consummated,  any unexercised unaccrued

       installments that had become exercisable solely by reason of

       the provisions of this  subsection  13(a) shall again become

       unaccrued and unexercisable as  of  said termination of such

       transaction, subject, however, to such installments accruing

       pursuant to  the  normal  accrual  schedule  provided in the

       terms under which the Option was granted.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

       <PAGE>

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to  the  Optionee's exercise of any

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to 

       <PAGE>

       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Vicki F. Perry
       <PAGE>
                                                        Exhibit 10.56
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993, to Alan D. Bloom (the "Optionee"), an option

       to purchase a maximum  of  7,500  shares of its common stock

       (the "Common Stock"), at  a  price  per share (the "Exercise

       Price") of $9.63 per share  (the "Option"), on the following

       terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.  If the Optionee has continued

       to  serve  in  the  capacity  of  an  officer,  employee, or

       director with the Company  (or  a subsidiary thereof, as the

       case may  be)  on  the  following  dates,  the Optionee may,

       subject to Section 13  hereof,  exercise this Option for the

       portion of the total number of shares subject to this Option

       set opposite the applicable date:

       <PAGE>

        

            Less than one year from the       -       0 shares
            date hereof
            One year but less than two years  -   2,500 shares
            from the date hereof
            Two years but less than three     -   2,500 shares
            years from the date hereof
            Three years but less than four    -   2,500 shares
            years from the date hereof
        
        
       The foregoing rights are  cumulative and, while the Optionee

       continues to serve as  an  officer,  director or employee of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       may be exercised up to and including the earlier of the date

       which is five years  from  the  date  this Option is granted

       (the  "Fifth  Anniversary  Date").    For  purposes  of this

       Agreement, any accrued installment  shall  be referred to as

       an "Accrued Installment".   All  of the foregoing rights are

       subject to Sections 3 and  4  hereof, as appropriate, if the

       Optionee ceases to serve as an officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be)

       or becomes disabled  or  dies  while  serving as an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall expire and become unexercisable as of the 

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       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or (iii) the first anniversary date of the 

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       termination  of  employment  or  directorship  by  reason of

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

       <PAGE>

        

            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

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       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by  the  Optionee  and  if  the  Optionee shall so

       request in the notice exercising this Option, shall be 

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       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  survivorship) and shall be delivered

       to or  upon  the  written  order  of  the  person or persons

       exercising this Option.  In  the  event this Option shall be

       exercised, pursuant to Section  4  hereof,  by any person or

       persons  other  than  the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall be

       accompanied by appropriate proof of the right of such person

       or persons to exercise this  Option.   All shares that shall

       be purchased upon the  exercise  of  this Option as provided

       herein shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated  to  continue  to  employ Optionee and

       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

       <PAGE>

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however,

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option including all unaccrued 

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       installments thereof which  would,  but  for this subsection

       13(a),  not  yet   be   exercisable.    Notwithstanding  the

       foregoing, in the  event  that  any transaction causing such

       termination is  not  consummated,  any unexercised unaccrued

       installments that had become exercisable solely by reason of

       the provisions of this  subsection  13(a) shall again become

       unaccrued and unexercisable as  of  said termination of such

       transaction, subject, however, to such installments accruing

       pursuant to  the  normal  accrual  schedule  provided in the

       terms under which the Option was granted.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

       <PAGE>

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to  the  Optionee's exercise of any

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to 

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       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Alan D. Bloom
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                                                     Exhibit 10.57
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993, to Richard  Link (the "Optionee"), an option

       to purchase a maximum  of  5,000  shares of its common stock

       (the "Common Stock"), at  a  price  per share (the "Exercise

       Price") of $9.63 per share  (the "Option"), on the following

       terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.  If the Optionee has continued

       to  serve  in  the  capacity  of  an  officer,  employee, or

       director with the Company  (or  a subsidiary thereof, as the

       case may  be)  on  the  following  dates,  the Optionee may,

       subject to Section 13  hereof,  exercise this Option for the

       portion of the total number of shares subject to this Option

       set opposite the applicable date:

       <PAGE>

        

            Less than one year from the       -       0 shares
            date hereof
            One year but less than two years  -   1,667 shares
            from the date hereof
            Two years but less than three     -   1,667 shares
            years from the date hereof
            Three years but less than four    -   1,666 shares
            years from the date hereof
        
        
       The foregoing rights are  cumulative and, while the Optionee

       continues to serve as  an  officer,  director or employee of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       may be exercised up to and including the earlier of the date

       which is five years  from  the  date  this Option is granted

       (the  "Fifth  Anniversary  Date").    For  purposes  of this

       Agreement, any accrued installment  shall  be referred to as

       an "Accrued Installment".   All  of the foregoing rights are

       subject to Sections 3 and  4  hereof, as appropriate, if the

       Optionee ceases to serve as an officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be)

       or becomes disabled  or  dies  while  serving as an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall expire and become unexercisable as of the 

       <PAGE>

       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or (iii) the first anniversary date of the 

       <PAGE>

       termination  of  employment  or  directorship  by  reason of

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

       <PAGE>

        

            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

       <PAGE>

       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by  the  Optionee  and  if  the  Optionee shall so

       request in the notice exercising this Option, shall be 

       <PAGE>

       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  survivorship) and shall be delivered

       to or  upon  the  written  order  of  the  person or persons

       exercising this Option.  In  the  event this Option shall be

       exercised, pursuant to Section  4  hereof,  by any person or

       persons  other  than  the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall be

       accompanied by appropriate proof of the right of such person

       or persons to exercise this  Option.   All shares that shall

       be purchased upon the  exercise  of  this Option as provided

       herein shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated  to  continue  to  employ Optionee and

       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

       <PAGE>

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however,

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option including all unaccrued 

       <PAGE>

       installments thereof which  would,  but  for this subsection

       13(a),  not  yet   be   exercisable.    Notwithstanding  the

       foregoing, in the  event  that  any transaction causing such

       termination is  not  consummated,  any unexercised unaccrued

       installments that had become exercisable solely by reason of

       the provisions of this  subsection  13(a) shall again become

       unaccrued and unexercisable as  of  said termination of such

       transaction, subject, however, to such installments accruing

       pursuant to  the  normal  accrual  schedule  provided in the

       terms under which the Option was granted.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

       <PAGE>

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to  the  Optionee's exercise of any

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each  of  which shall be deemed to

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       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Richard Link
       <PAGE>
        
                                                       Exhibit 10.58
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993,  to  Aivars  Jerumanis  (the "Optionee"), an

       option to purchase a maximum  of  5,000 shares of its common

       stock (the  "Common  Stock"),  at  a  price  per  share (the

       "Exercise Price") of $9.63 per  share (the "Option"), on the

       following terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.  If the Optionee has continued

       to  serve  in  the  capacity  of  an  officer,  employee, or

       director with the Company  (or  a subsidiary thereof, as the

       case may  be)  on  the  following  dates,  the Optionee may,

       subject to Section 13  hereof,  exercise this Option for the

       portion of the total number of shares subject to this Option

       set opposite the applicable date:

       <PAGE>

        

            Less than one year from the       -       0 shares
            date hereof
            One year but less than two years  -   1,667 shares
            from the date hereof
            Two years but less than three     -   1,667 shares
            years from the date hereof
            Three years but less than four    -   1,666 shares
            years from the date hereof
        
        
       The foregoing rights are  cumulative and, while the Optionee

       continues to serve as  an  officer,  director or employee of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       may be exercised up to and including the earlier of the date

       which is five years  from  the  date  this Option is granted

       (the  "Fifth  Anniversary  Date").    For  purposes  of this

       Agreement, any accrued installment  shall  be referred to as

       an "Accrued Installment".   All  of the foregoing rights are

       subject to Sections 3 and  4  hereof, as appropriate, if the

       Optionee ceases to serve as an officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be)

       or becomes disabled  or  dies  while  serving as an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall expire and become unexercisable as of the 

       <PAGE>

       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or (iii) the first anniversary date of the 

       <PAGE>

       termination  of  employment  or  directorship  by  reason of

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

       <PAGE>

        

            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

       <PAGE>

       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by  the  Optionee  and  if  the  Optionee shall so

       request in the notice exercising this Option, shall be 

       <PAGE>

       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  survivorship) and shall be delivered

       to or  upon  the  written  order  of  the  person or persons

       exercising this Option.  In  the  event this Option shall be

       exercised, pursuant to Section  4  hereof,  by any person or

       persons  other  than  the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall be

       accompanied by appropriate proof of the right of such person

       or persons to exercise this  Option.   All shares that shall

       be purchased upon the  exercise  of  this Option as provided

       herein shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated  to  continue  to  employ Optionee and

       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

       <PAGE>

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however,

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option including all unaccrued 

       <PAGE>

       installments thereof which  would,  but  for this subsection

       13(a),  not  yet   be   exercisable.    Notwithstanding  the

       foregoing, in the  event  that  any transaction causing such

       termination is  not  consummated,  any unexercised unaccrued

       installments that had become exercisable solely by reason of

       the provisions of this  subsection  13(a) shall again become

       unaccrued and unexercisable as  of  said termination of such

       transaction, subject, however, to such installments accruing

       pursuant to  the  normal  accrual  schedule  provided in the

       terms under which the Option was granted.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

       <PAGE>

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to  the  Optionee's exercise of any

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to 

       <PAGE>

       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Aivars Jerumanis
       <PAGE>
                                                    Exhibit 10.59
        
        
        
                       MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                         STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993, to Robert Landis (the "Optionee"), an option

       to purchase a maximum of  10,000  shares of its common stock

       (the "Common Stock"), at  a  price  per share (the "Exercise

       Price") of $9.63 per share  (the "Option"), on the following

       terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.  If the Optionee has continued

       to  serve  in  the  capacity  of  an  officer,  employee, or

       director with the Company  (or  a subsidiary thereof, as the

       case may  be)  on  the  following  dates,  the Optionee may,

       subject to Section 13  hereof,  exercise this Option for the

       portion of the total number of shares subject to this Option

       set opposite the applicable date:

       <PAGE>

        

            Less than one year from the       -       0 shares
            date hereof
            One year but less than two years  -   3,333 shares
            from the date hereof
            Two years but less than three     -   3,333 shares
            years from the date hereof
            Three years but less than four    -   3,334 shares
            years from the date hereof
        
        
       The foregoing rights are  cumulative and, while the Optionee

       continues to serve as  an  officer,  director or employee of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       may be exercised up to and including the earlier of the date

       which is five years  from  the  date  this Option is granted

       (the  "Fifth  Anniversary  Date").    For  purposes  of this

       Agreement, any accrued installment  shall  be referred to as

       an "Accrued Installment".   All  of the foregoing rights are

       subject to Sections 3 and  4  hereof, as appropriate, if the

       Optionee ceases to serve as an officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be)

       or becomes disabled  or  dies  while  serving as an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall expire and become unexercisable as of the 

       <PAGE>

       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or (iii) the first anniversary date of the 

       <PAGE>

       termination  of  employment  or  directorship  by  reason of

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

       <PAGE>

        

            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

       <PAGE>

       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by  the  Optionee  and  if  the  Optionee shall so

       request in the notice exercising this Option, shall be 

       <PAGE>

       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  survivorship) and shall be delivered

       to or  upon  the  written  order  of  the  person or persons

       exercising this Option.  In  the  event this Option shall be

       exercised, pursuant to Section  4  hereof,  by any person or

       persons  other  than  the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall be

       accompanied by appropriate proof of the right of such person

       or persons to exercise this  Option.   All shares that shall

       be purchased upon the  exercise  of  this Option as provided

       herein shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated  to  continue  to  employ Optionee and

       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

       <PAGE>

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however,

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option including all unaccrued 

       <PAGE>

       installments thereof which  would,  but  for this subsection

       13(a),  not  yet   be   exercisable.    Notwithstanding  the

       foregoing, in the  event  that  any transaction causing such

       termination is  not  consummated,  any unexercised unaccrued

       installments that had become exercisable solely by reason of

       the provisions of this  subsection  13(a) shall again become

       unaccrued and unexercisable as  of  said termination of such

       transaction, subject, however, to such installments accruing

       pursuant to  the  normal  accrual  schedule  provided in the

       terms under which the Option was granted.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

       <PAGE>

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to  the  Optionee's exercise of any

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to 

       <PAGE>

       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Robert Landis
       <PAGE>
                                                      Exhibit 10.60
        
        
        
                       MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                         STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993,  to  William  Caswell  (the  "Optionee"), an

       option to purchase a maximum  of 10,000 shares of its common

       stock (the  "Common  Stock"),  at  a  price  per  share (the

       "Exercise Price") of $9.63 per  share (the "Option"), on the

       following terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.  If the Optionee has continued

       to  serve  in  the  capacity  of  an  officer,  employee, or

       director with the Company  (or  a subsidiary thereof, as the

       case may  be)  on  the  following  dates,  the Optionee may,

       subject to Section 13  hereof,  exercise this Option for the

       portion of the total number of shares subject to this Option

       set opposite the applicable date:

       <PAGE>

        

            Less than one year from the       -       0 shares
            date hereof
            One year but less than two years  -   3,333 shares
            from the date hereof
            Two years but less than three     -   3,333 shares
            years from the date hereof
            Three years but less than four    -   3,334 shares
            years from the date hereof
        
        
       The foregoing rights are  cumulative and, while the Optionee

       continues to serve as  an  officer,  director or employee of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       may be exercised up to and including the earlier of the date

       which is five years  from  the  date  this Option is granted

       (the  "Fifth  Anniversary  Date").    For  purposes  of this

       Agreement, any accrued installment  shall  be referred to as

       an "Accrued Installment".   All  of the foregoing rights are

       subject to Sections 3 and  4  hereof, as appropriate, if the

       Optionee ceases to serve as an officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be)

       or becomes disabled  or  dies  while  serving as an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall expire and become unexercisable as of the 

       <PAGE>

       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or (iii) the first anniversary date of the 

       <PAGE>

       termination  of  employment  or  directorship  by  reason of

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

       <PAGE>

        

            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

       <PAGE>

       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by  the  Optionee  and  if  the  Optionee shall so

       request in the notice exercising this Option, shall be 

       <PAGE>

       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  survivorship) and shall be delivered

       to or  upon  the  written  order  of  the  person or persons

       exercising this Option.  In  the  event this Option shall be

       exercised, pursuant to Section  4  hereof,  by any person or

       persons  other  than  the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall be

       accompanied by appropriate proof of the right of such person

       or persons to exercise this  Option.   All shares that shall

       be purchased upon the  exercise  of  this Option as provided

       herein shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated  to  continue  to  employ Optionee and

       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

       <PAGE>

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however,

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option including all unaccrued 

       <PAGE>

       installments thereof which  would,  but  for this subsection

       13(a),  not  yet   be   exercisable.    Notwithstanding  the

       foregoing, in the  event  that  any transaction causing such

       termination is  not  consummated,  any unexercised unaccrued

       installments that had become exercisable solely by reason of

       the provisions of this  subsection  13(a) shall again become

       unaccrued and unexercisable as  of  said termination of such

       transaction, subject, however, to such installments accruing

       pursuant to  the  normal  accrual  schedule  provided in the

       terms under which the Option was granted.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

       <PAGE>

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to  the  Optionee's exercise of any

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to 

       <PAGE>

       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ William Caswell
       <PAGE>
                                                        Exhibit 10.61
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993, to Thomas W. Field, Jr. (the "Optionee"), an

       option to purchase a maximum  of 10,000 shares of its common

       stock (the  "Common  Stock"),  at  a  price  per  share (the

       "Exercise Price") of $9.63 per  share (the "Option"), on the

       following terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.   As  an officer, employee, or

       director with the Company,  the  Optionee's rights in and to

       the Option  shall  vest  as  of  the  date  hereof,  and the

       Optionee may, subject to Section 13 hereof, exercise this 

       <PAGE>

       Option immediately for up to  the total number of shares set

       forth in the first sentence of this Agreement.

        

       While  the  Optionee  continues  to  serve  as  an  officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be), the Option may be exercised up

       to and including the earlier of the date which is five years

       from the date this Option is granted (the "Fifth Anniversary

       Date").    For  purposes  of  this  Agreement,  any  accrued

       installment   shall   be   referred   to   as   an  "Accrued

       Installment".  All of  the  foregoing  rights are subject to

       Sections 3 and  4  hereof,  as  appropriate, if the Optionee

       ceases to serve as an  officer,  director or employee of the

       Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as  the  case may be) or

       becomes  disabled  or  dies  while  serving  as  an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall  expire  and  become  unexercisable  as  of the

       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment 

       <PAGE>

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or  (iii)  the  first  anniversary  date  of the

       termination of employment or directorship by reason of 

       <PAGE>

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

        

       <PAGE>

            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

       <PAGE>

       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by the Optionee and if the Optionee shall so 

       <PAGE>

       request in  the  notice  exercising  this  Option,  shall be

       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  if  Optionee is entitled to exercise

       any unexercised  if  Optionee  is  entitled  to exercise any

       unexercised survivorship) and shall  be delivered to or upon

       the written order of  the  person or persons exercising this

       Option.   In  the  event  this  Option  shall  be exercised,

       pursuant to Section 4 hereof, by any person or persons other

       than the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall  be  accompanied by

       appropriate proof of the right  of such person or persons to

       exercise this Option.   All  shares  that shall be purchased

       upon the exercise of this Option as provided herein shall be

       fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated to continue to employ Optionee and 

       <PAGE>

       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however, 

       <PAGE>

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to the Optionee's exercise of any 

       <PAGE>

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each  of  which shall be deemed to

       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

       <PAGE>

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Thomas W. Field, Jr.
       <PAGE>
                                                      Exhibit 10.62
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993, to Dr. Charles E. Lewis (the "Optionee"), an

       option to purchase a maximum  of 10,000 shares of its common

       stock (the  "Common  Stock"),  at  a  price  per  share (the

       "Exercise Price") of $9.63 per  share (the "Option"), on the

       following terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.   As  an officer, employee, or

       director with the Company,  the  Optionee's rights in and to

       the Option  shall  vest  as  of  the  date  hereof,  and the

       Optionee may, subject to Section 13 hereof, exercise this 

       <PAGE>

       Option immediately for up to  the total number of shares set

       forth in the first sentence of this Agreement.

        

       While  the  Optionee  continues  to  serve  as  an  officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be), the Option may be exercised up

       to and including the earlier of the date which is five years

       from the date this Option is granted (the "Fifth Anniversary

       Date").    For  purposes  of  this  Agreement,  any  accrued

       installment   shall   be   referred   to   as   an  "Accrued

       Installment".  All of  the  foregoing  rights are subject to

       Sections 3 and  4  hereof,  as  appropriate, if the Optionee

       ceases to serve as an  officer,  director or employee of the

       Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as  the  case may be) or

       becomes  disabled  or  dies  while  serving  as  an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall  expire  and  become  unexercisable  as  of the

       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment 

       <PAGE>

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or  (iii)  the  first  anniversary  date  of the

       termination of employment or directorship by reason of 

       <PAGE>

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

        

       <PAGE>

            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

       <PAGE>

       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by the Optionee and if the Optionee shall so 

       <PAGE>

       request in  the  notice  exercising  this  Option,  shall be

       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  if  Optionee is entitled to exercise

       any unexercised  if  Optionee  is  entitled  to exercise any

       unexercised survivorship) and shall  be delivered to or upon

       the written order of  the  person or persons exercising this

       Option.   In  the  event  this  Option  shall  be exercised,

       pursuant to Section 4 hereof, by any person or persons other

       than the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall  be  accompanied by

       appropriate proof of the right  of such person or persons to

       exercise this Option.   All  shares  that shall be purchased

       upon the exercise of this Option as provided herein shall be

       fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated to continue to employ Optionee and 

       <PAGE>

       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however, 

       <PAGE>

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to the Optionee's exercise of any 

       <PAGE>

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each  of  which shall be deemed to

       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

       <PAGE>

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Dr. Charles E. Lewis
       <PAGE>
                                                       Exhibit 10.63
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993, to Claude  S.  Brinegar (the "Optionee"), an

       option to purchase a maximum  of 10,000 shares of its common

       stock (the  "Common  Stock"),  at  a  price  per  share (the

       "Exercise Price") of $9.63 per  share (the "Option"), on the

       following terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.   As  an officer, employee, or

       director with the Company,  the  Optionee's rights in and to

       the Option  shall  vest  as  of  the  date  hereof,  and the

       Optionee may, subject to Section 13 hereof, exercise this 

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       Option immediately for up to  the total number of shares set

       forth in the first sentence of this Agreement.

        

       While  the  Optionee  continues  to  serve  as  an  officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be), the Option may be exercised up

       to and including the earlier of the date which is five years

       from the date this Option is granted (the "Fifth Anniversary

       Date").    For  purposes  of  this  Agreement,  any  accrued

       installment   shall   be   referred   to   as   an  "Accrued

       Installment".  All of  the  foregoing  rights are subject to

       Sections 3 and  4  hereof,  as  appropriate, if the Optionee

       ceases to serve as an  officer,  director or employee of the

       Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as  the  case may be) or

       becomes  disabled  or  dies  while  serving  as  an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall  expire  and  become  unexercisable  as  of the

       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment 

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       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or  (iii)  the  first  anniversary  date  of the

       termination of employment or directorship by reason of 

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       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

        

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            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

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       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by the Optionee and if the Optionee shall so 

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       request in  the  notice  exercising  this  Option,  shall be

       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  if  Optionee is entitled to exercise

       any unexercised  if  Optionee  is  entitled  to exercise any

       unexercised survivorship) and shall  be delivered to or upon

       the written order of  the  person or persons exercising this

       Option.   In  the  event  this  Option  shall  be exercised,

       pursuant to Section 4 hereof, by any person or persons other

       than the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall  be  accompanied by

       appropriate proof of the right  of such person or persons to

       exercise this Option.   All  shares  that shall be purchased

       upon the exercise of this Option as provided herein shall be

       fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated to continue to employ Optionee and 

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       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however, 

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       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to the Optionee's exercise of any 

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       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each  of  which shall be deemed to

       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Claude S. Brinegar
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                                                       Exhibit 10.64
        
        
        
                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
        
        
            This Employment Agreement ("Agreement"), dated as of January
       1, 1994, is made by  and  between  Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a
       Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  and  David  Hammons, an
       individual ("Employee").
        
        
                                R E C I T A L S
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            WHEREAS,  Employee  is  knowledgeable  and  skillful  in the
       Company's business;
            WHEREAS,  the  Company  wishes  to  retain  the  services of
       Employee  as  Vice  President,  Administrative  Services  of  the
       Company and Employee has agreed to render services as such;
            WHEREAS, Employee is willing  to  be employed by the Company
       under the terms and conditions set forth herein;
            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions
       hereinafter  set  forth,   and   for   other  good  and  valuable
       consideration, the receipt  of  which  is hereby acknowledged the
       parties hereto agree as follows:
            1.   DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Agreement, the following
       capitalized terms  shall  have  the  following  meanings, unless
       otherwise expressly  provided  or  unless  the context otherwise
       requires:
            (a)  "Board of Directors" means  the  Board of Directors of
       the Company.
            (b)  "Cause" means, as used with respect to the involuntary
       termination of Employee:
                 (i)    The willful and  continued  failure by Employee
       to substantially perform  his  duties  pursuant  to the terms of
       this Agreement without good cause; or
                 (ii)   The willful engaging  by Employee in misconduct
       or inaction materially injurious to the Company; or
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                 (iii)  The conviction of Employee for a felony or of a
       crime involving moral turpitude.
            No act, or failure to act,  on the Employee's part shall be
       considered "willful"  if  done  or  omitted  to  be  done by the
       Employee in  good  faith  and  with  reasonable  belief that the
       Employee's action or omission  was  in  the best interest of the
       Company.
            (c)  "Change  of   Control"   means   (i)   the  merger  or
       consolidation of the Company  with  or  into any other person or
       entity other than an affiliate  or  subsidiary of the Company if
       upon  the  consummation  of  the  transaction,  holders  of  the
       Company's  equity   securities,   immediately   prior   to  such
       transaction own less than fifty  percent (50%) of the equity; or
       (ii) the sale or transfer by the Company of all or substantially
       all of its assets.
            (d)  "Incapacity" means the  absence  of  the Employee from
       his employment  or  the  inability  of  Employee  to perform his
       duties  pursuant  to  this  Agreement  by  reason  of  mental or
       physical illness,  disability  or  incapacity  for  a  period of
       thirty (30) consecutive  days  and  such  determination is based
       upon a certificate  as  to  such  mental  or physical disability
       issued by a licensed physician  and/or psychiatrist, as the case
       may be, employed by the Company.
            2.   EMPLOYMENT, SERVICES AND  DUTIES.   The Company hereby
       employs  Employee  as   Senior  Vice  President,  Administrative
       Services.  Subject to  his  continued  employment as such by the
       Board of Directors, Employee  shall  have and perform the duties
       and have the  powers,  authority and responsibilities ordinarily
       associated with a person in  such  position and shall be subject
       to the direction of the  Company's Board of Directors.  Employee
       shall render his  services  at  such  locations as the Company's
       Board of Directors may designate.
            3.   ACCEPTANCE OF  EMPLOYMENT.    Employee  hereby accepts
       employment hereunder and agrees to  devote  his full time to the
       Company's business and shall in no way be involved in any 
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       activities whatsoever which might  interfere with his employment
       with the Company.
            4.   COMPENSATION.  As compensation  for all services to be
       rendered by Employee  hereunder,  the  Company agrees to provide
       Employee with the following:
            (a)  BASE SALARY.  The Company shall pay to Employee a base
       salary at the rate of $134,000.00 per annum, with such increases
       and bonuses, as may be determined from time to time by the Chief
       Executive Officer of the Company.   Said salary shall be payable
       in equal semi-monthly installments or in such other installments
       as may be agreed upon between the parties.
            (b)  STOCK OPTIONS.  The Company shall grant to Employee an
       option (the "Stock  Option")  to  purchase  5,000  shares of the
       Company's Common  Stock.    The  Stock  Option  shall be granted
       pursuant to the terms  of  the  Company's 1990 Stock Option Plan
       and a Stock  Option  Agreement  in  the  form attached hereto as
       Exhibit A.  Employee  acknowledges  that  he is entitled to only
       one  such  Stock  Option   grant  pursuant  to  this  Agreement.
       Employee's interest in and rights to the Stock Option shall vest
       in accordance with the terms of the Stock Option Agreement.
            5.   BENEFITS.  In  addition  to  the compensation provided
       for in Section  4  of  this  Agreement,  Employee shall have the
       right  to  participate  in  any  profit-sharing,  pension, life,
       health and accident insurance,  or  other employee benefit plans
       presently adopted  or  which  hereafter  may  be  adopted by the
       Company in a manner comparable  to those offered or available to
       other employees of the Company.    Employee shall be entitled to
       four (4)  weeks  annual  vacation  time,  during  which time his
       compensation will be paid in full.   Unused vacation days in any
       year(s) may be carried  over  to  a subsequent year(s) provided,
       however, the cumulative  number  of  vacation  days which may be
       carried over in any one year shall not exceed four (4) weeks.
            6.   EXPENSES.    The   Company  shall  promptly  reimburse
       Employee for  all  reasonable  travel,  hotel, entertainment and
       other expenses incurred by Employee in the discharge of 
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       Employee's  duties  hereunder,  upon  receipt  from  Employee of
       vouchers, receipts or  other  reasonable  substantiation of such
       expenses acceptable to the Company.
            7.   TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.   The term of employment hereunder
       shall be for a period of one (1) year, commencing as of the date
       of this Agreement, unless earlier terminated as herein provided.
       This Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the
       following events:
            (a)  The death of Employee;
            (b)  Employee voluntarily leaves the employ of the Company,
       with or without the consent of the Company;
            (c)  The Incapacity of Employee;
            (d)  The Company terminates this Agreement for Cause;
            (e)  The Company terminates  this  Agreement for any reason
       other than as set forth  in  Sections 7(a), 7(c) or 7(d) hereof;
       or
            (f)  The appointment of a  trustee  for the Company for the
       purpose of liquidating and  winding  up  the Company pursuant to
       Chapter 7 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
            8.   COMPENSATION UPON  TERMINATION.    In  the  event this
       Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall
       pay to Employee  such  compensation  as  Employee is entitled to
       receive pursuant to Section 4, prorated through the date of said
       termination.  In the  event  that  such termination arises under
       Section 7(a), Employee's  estate  shall  be  entitled to receive
       severance compensation equal to such amount of Employee's annual
       base salary as  would  have  been  paid  over  a thirty (30) day
       period.  In the event that such termination arises under Section
       7(e),  Employee   shall   be   entitled   to  receive  severance
       compensation in an  amount  equal  to  such amount of Employee's
       annual base salary as would have been paid over a four (4) month
       period.  In the event  that  this Agreement is terminated by the
       Company or its successor in interest in connection with, or as a
       result of, a Change in Control  or  for any reason other than as
       set forth in Sections 7(a) - (d) hereof within six (6) months of 
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       a Change in Control,  Employee  shall,  in lieu of any severance
       compensation  payable  pursuant  to  the  immediately  preceding
       sentence, be entitled  to  receive  severance compensation in an
       amount equal to such amount  of Employee's annual base salary as
       would have been paid over a four  (4) month period.  Any and all
       severance  amounts  paid  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this
       Section 8 shall  be  paid  in  one  lump  sum  installment.  The
       treatment of Employee's Stock  Options  shall be governed by the
       terms of the  Company's  1990  Stock  Option  Plan and the Stock
       Option Agreement.
            9.   COVENANT  NOT  TO  COMPETE.    Employee  covenants and
       agrees that during the  term  of  his  employment by the Company
       pursuant to this Agreement he  will not, directly or indirectly,
       own, manage, operate, join,  control  or  become employed by, or
       render any services  of  any  advisory  nature  or otherwise, or
       participate in the  ownership,  management, operation or control
       of, any business which competes with the business of the Company
       or  any  of  its  affiliates.    Notwithstanding  the foregoing,
       Employee shall not  be  prevented  from  investing his assets in
       such form or manner as will not require any services on the part
       of Employee in the  operation  of  the  affairs  of a company in
       which investments are made, provided such company is not engaged
       in a  business  competitive  to  the  Company,  or  if  it is in
       competition with the  Company,  provided  its  stock is publicly
       traded and Employee  owns  less  than  one  percent  (1%) of the
       outstanding stock of that company.
            10.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Employee  covenants  and agrees that
       he will not at any time  during  or after the termination of his
       employment by the Company reveal,  divulge  or make known to any
       person, firm or corporation  any  information, knowledge or data
       of a proprietary nature relating  to the business of the Company
       or any  of  its  affiliates  which  is  not  or  has  not become
       generally known or public.   Employee shall hold, in a fiduciary
       capacity, for  the  benefit  of  the  Company,  all information,
       knowledge or data of a proprietary nature, relating to or 
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       concerned with, the  operations, customers, developments, sales,
       business and affairs of the  Company and its affiliates which is
       not generally known to the  public  and which is or was obtained
       by the Employee during his  employment by the Company.  Employee
       recognizes and acknowledges that all such information, knowledge
       or data is  a  valuable  and  unique  asset  of  the Company and
       accordingly he will not discuss or divulge any such information,
       knowledge or data to  any person, firm, partnership, corporation
       or organization  other  than  to  the  Company,  its affiliates,
       designees, assignees or successors or except as may otherwise be
       required by the law, as ordered by a court or other governmental
       body  of  competent  jurisdiction,  or  in  connection  with the
       business and affairs of the Company.
            11.  EQUITABLE REMEDIES.    In  the  event  of  a breach or
       threatened breach by Employee  of  any  of his obligations under
       Sections 9 and 10 hereof, Employee acknowledges that the Company
       may not have  an  adequate  remedy  at  law  and therefore it is
       mutually  agreed  between  Employee  and  the  Company  that  in
       addition to any other  remedies  at  law  or in equity which the
       Company may have, the  Company  shall  be  entitled to seek in a
       court  of  law  and/or   equity  a  temporary  and/or  permanent
       injunction restraining Employee from any continuing violation or
       breach of this Agreement.
            12.  MISCELLANEOUS.
            (a)  This Agreement shall be binding  upon and inure to the
       benefit of the Company and  any  successor of the Company.  This
       Agreement  shall  not   be   terminated   by  the  voluntary  or
       involuntary  dissolution  of  the  Company  or  by  any  merger,
       reorganization or other transaction in  which the Company is not
       the surviving or resulting  corporation  or upon any transfer of
       all or substantially all of  the  assets of Company in the event
       of any such merger, or  transfer  of  assets.  The provisions of
       this Agreement shall  be  binding  upon  and  shall inure to the
       benefit of the surviving business  entity or the business entity
       to which such assets shall be transferred in the same manner and 
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       to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
       as if no such transaction had taken place.
            Neither this Agreement nor any rights arising hereunder may
       be assigned or pledged  by  Employee.   Employee's rights to the
       compensation provided for under Section  4 of this Agreement (as
       may be  limited  by  Section  8  of  the  Agreement)  and to the
       reimbursement  for  expenses  under   Section  6  hereof,  shall
       continue,  despite  the  fact  that  Employee  may  cease  to be
       employed by the Company,  and  shall  survive the termination of
       this Agreement regardless of cause.   This Agreement shall inure
       to the benefit of and  be  enforceable by Employee's personal or
       legal  representatives,  executors,  administrators, successors,
       heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
            (b)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law  or elsewhere
       herein, Employee shall be entitled  to all benefits as set forth
       herein notwithstanding the occurrence of the following events:
                 (i)    any act of  force  majeure which materially and
       adversely  affect   the   Company's   business  and  operations,
       including but not  limited  to,  the  Company having sustained a
       material loss,  whether  or  not  insured,  by  reason  of fire,
       earthquake, flood,  epidemic,  explosion,  accident, calamity or
       other act of God;
                 (ii)   any  strike  or  labor   dispute  or  court  or
       government action, order or decree;
                 (iii)  a banking  moratorium  having  been declared by
       federal or state authorities;
                 (iv)   an outbreak of  major armed conflict, blockade,
       embargo, or  other  international  hostilities  or restraints or
       orders of  civic,  civil  defense,  or  military authorities, or
       other national or international calamity having occurred;
                 (v)    any  act  of   public   enemy,  riot  or  civil
       disturbance or threat thereof; or
                 (vi)   a pending or  threatened  legal or governmental
       proceeding  or  action  relating   generally  to  the  Company's
       business, or a notification having been received by the Company 
       <PAGE>
       of the threat  of  any  such  proceeding  or action, which could
       materially adversely affect the Company.
            (c)  Except as  expressly  provided  herein, this Agreement
       contains  the  entire  understanding  between  the  parties with
       respect to the subject matter  hereof,  and may not be modified,
       altered or amended except by  an instrument in writing signed by
       the  parties  hereto.    This  Agreement  supersedes  all  prior
       agreements of the  parties  with  respect  to the subject matter
       hereof.  In the event  of  termination of employment of Employee
       pursuant to this  Agreement,  the  arrangements  provided for by
       this Agreement, by any  Stock  Option Agreement or other written
       agreement between  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates and
       Employee in effect  at  the  time,  and  by any other applicable
       benefit plan of  the  Company  or  any  of  its affiliates, will
       constitute the entire obligation of  the Company to the Employee
       and performance  thereof  by  the  Company  will constitute full
       settlement of any and all  claims,  whether in contract or tort,
       that Employee might otherwise assert  against the Company or any
       of its affiliates on account of such termination.
            (d)  This Agreement shall  be  construed in accordance with
       the laws of  the  State  of  California applicable to agreements
       made and to be performed  entirely within such state and without
       regard to the conflict of law principals thereof.
            (e)  Nothing in the  Agreement  is  intended  to require or
       shall be construed as requiring the  Company to do or fail to do
       any act in violation of applicable law.  The Company's inability
       pursuant to court order  to  perform  its obligations under this
       Agreement shall not constitute a  breach  of this Agreement.  If
       any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the
       remainder of this  Agreement  shall  nevertheless remain in full
       force  and  effect.    If  any  provision  is  held  invalid  or
       unenforceable  with  respect  to  particular  circumstances,  it
       shall, nevertheless, remain  in  full  force  and  effect in all
       other circumstances.
       <PAGE>
            (f)  With the exception of  disputes  arising under or with
       respect to  Sections  9  or  10  hereof,  any  and  all disputes
       hereunder shall be resolved  by  arbitration.   Any party hereto
       electing to commence an action  shall give written notice to the
       other parties hereto of  such  election.    The dispute shall be
       settled by arbitration in accordance  with the then rules of the
       American  Arbitration  Association;  provided,  however,  in the
       event the parties are  unable  to  agree on an arbitrator within
       twenty (20) days after  receipt  of the aforementioned notice of
       arbitration, a single arbitrator shall  be selected by the Chief
       Judge of the Superior Court  of  the State of California for the
       County of Los Angeles.    The  award  of  such arbitrator may be
       confirmed or enforced  in  any  court of competent jurisdiction.
       The  costs  and  expenses   of  the  arbitrator,  including  the
       attorney's fees and  costs  of  each  of  the  parties, shall be
       apportioned between the parties  by  such arbitrator, based upon
       such  arbitrator's  determination   of   the   merits  of  their
       respective positions.   With  respect  to  such arbitration, the
       parties shall have those rights  of  discovery as may be granted
       by the arbitrator in accordance with California law.
            (g)  Any  notice  to  the  Company  required  or  permitted
       hereunder shall be given  in  writing  to the Company, either by
       personal  service,  telex,  telecopier   or,   if  by  mail,  by
       registered or certified  mail  return receipt requested, postage
       prepaid, duly addressed to the  Secretary  of the Company at its
       then principal place of business.    Any such notice to Employee
       shall be  given  in  a  like  manner,  and  if  mailed  shall be
       addressed to Employee at  Employee's  home address then shown in
       the files  of  the  Company.    For  the  purpose of determining
       compliance with any time limit  herein, a notice shall be deemed
       given on the fifth day following the postmarked date, if mailed,
       or the date of delivery if personally delivered.
            (h)  A waiver by either party  of  any term or condition of
       this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, shall 
       <PAGE>
       not be deemed  or  construed  to  be  a  waiver  of such term or
       condition or of any subsequent breach thereof.
            (i)  The paragraph and  subparagraph  headings contained in
       this Agreement  are  solely  for  convenience  and  shall not be
       considered in its interpretation.
            (j)  This  Agreement  may  be   executed  in  one  or  more
       counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the  parties  hereto have executed this
       Employment Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
        
                                       COMPANY:
                                       MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.,
                                       a Delaware corporation
        
                                       By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                       Title:  Chairman, President and 
                                               Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                       EMPLOYEE:
        
                                           /s/ David Hammons
       <PAGE>
                                                          Exhibit 10.65
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the

       "Company"), hereby grants as of  this  20th  day of May, 1991, to

       Dave Hammons (the "Optionee"), an option to purchase a maximum of

       10,000 shares of  its  common  stock  (the  "Common Stock"), at a

       price per share  (the  "Exercise  Price")  equal  to the weighted

       average price per share for  the  first twenty trading days after

       December 5, 1990, of (i)  the  closing bid price of the Company's

       Common stock in  the  principal  national  securities exchange in

       which the Common Stock is traded, or (ii) if the Company's Common

       Stock is not traded on  a  national securities exchange, the last

       reported sale price of  the  Common  Stock on the NASDAQ National

       Market List, or (iii) if the  common stock is not reported on the

       NASDAQ National Market List, the closing bid price (or average of

       bid prices) last quoted  by  an established quotation service for

       over-the-counter  securities  (the  "Option"),  on  the following

       terms and conditions:

        

                1.    GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    This  Option is

       granted pursuant to and is  governed  by the Company's 1990 Stock

       Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the  context otherwise

       requires, terms used and/or  defined  herein  shall have the same

       meaning as in the Plan.    Determinations made in connection with

       this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be governed by the Plan as

       it exists on this date.

        

       <PAGE>

                2.    EXTENT OF OPTION.   If  the Optionee has continued

       to serve the Company in the  capacity of an officer, employee, or

       director with the Company  on  the  following dates, the Optionee

       may, subject to Section 13  hereof,  exercise this Option for the

       portion of the  total  number  of  shares  set forth opposite the

       applicable date:

        

                December 5, 1992       One-third  (1/3)   of  the  total
                                       number of shares  subject to this
                                       option
        
                December 5, 1993       An additional one  third (1/3) of
                                       the   total   number   of  shares
                                       subject to this option
        
                December 5, 1994       An additional  one-third (1/3) of
                                       the   total   number   of  shares
                                       subject to this option
        

       The  foregoing  right  are  cumulative  and,  while  the Optionee

       continues to serve as  an  officer,  director  or employee of the

       Company, may be exercised up to  and including the earlier of the

       date which is 5  years  from  December  5, 1990 or the expiration

       date of the Plan  (the  earlier  of  such dates being hereinafter

       referred to as the  "Option  Expiration  Date").  For purposes of

       this Agreement, any accrued  installment  shall be referred to as

       "Accrued Installment".  All  of  the foregoing rights are subject

       to Sections 3  and  4  hereof,  as  appropriate,  if the Optionee

       ceases to  serve  as  an  officer,  director  or  employee of the

       Company or becomes disabled or  dies while serving as an officer,

       director or employee of the Company.

        

                3.    TERMINATION  OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.    If the

       Optionee ceases to remain an officer, director or employee of the

       Company, other than by reason  of  death or disability as defined

       in Section 4, any unexercised  Accrued Installments of the Option

       <PAGE>

       shall expire and become  unexercisable  as  of the earlier of (i)

       the Option Expiration Date,  or  (ii)  thirty (30) days following

       the  termination  of  Optionee's  employment  or  termination  of

       Optionee's directorship.  No  further  installment of this Option

       shall become exercisable.  The  Board of Directors of the Company

       may extend such thirty (30) day period for a period not to exceed

       one (1) year following the  Termination  Date, (as defined in the

       Plan), but in no  event  beyond  the applicable Option Expiration

       Date.  In such a case, the Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are  properly  exercised before the termination of

       this Option.  Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires hereunder

       shall remain unexercisable and  be  of no effect whatsoever after

       such  expiration  notwithstanding  that   such  Optionee  may  be

       reemployed by, or again become a director of, the Company.

        

                4.    DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In the event of the death of

       the Optionee  while  an  officer,  employee  or  director  of the

       Company,  or  in  the  event  of  termination  of  employment  or

       directorship by reason of  the  Optionee's Disability (as defined

       in the Plan), any unexercised  Accrued Installments of the Option

       granted to the Optionee shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Option  Expiration Date, or (ii) the

       first anniversary date of the Optionee's death (if applicable) or

       (iii) the first anniversary date of the termination of employment

       or directorship by  reason  of  Disability  (if applicable).  Any

       such Accrued Installments of a deceased Optionee may be exercised

       prior to their expiration by (and  only by) the person or persons

       to whom the Optionee's Option rights shall pass by will or by the

       laws of  descent  and  distribution.    Any  installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that have not accrued as of the date 

       <PAGE>

       of his/her death shall expire and become unexercisable as of said

       date of death.    For  purposes  of  this Agreement, the Optionee

       shall be deemed  employed  by  the  Company  during any period of

       leave of absence  from  active  employment  as  authorized by the

       Company.

        

                5.    PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise  of  this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be made  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above  limits, except that this Option may

       be exercised for a fraction of a share.  Upon the exercise of the

       final installment of this Option,  the Optionee shall be entitled

       to receive cash with respect  to  the  value of any fraction of a

       share (in lieu of any said fractional share).

        

                6.    PAYMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE.   The Exercise Price is

       payable in United States Dollars  and  may  be paid in cash or by

       certified  or  cashier's  check,   or   any  combination  of  the

       foregoing, equal in the amount to the Exercise Price.

        

                7.    INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;    RESTRICTIONS   ON

       TRANSFER.

        

                (a)   The Optionee represents, warrants and covenants to

       the Company that:

        

                (i)   Any Common  Stock  acquired  by  the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be  acquired  of the Optionee's own

       account  and  not  with  a  view  of  resale  or  distribution in

       violation of the Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the "1933

       Act").

        

       <PAGE>

                (ii)  The Optionee has such  knowledge and experience in

       business and financial matters as  to be capable of utilizing the

       information which is available  to  the  Optionee to evaluate the

       merits and risks of  an  investment  in  the Common Stock, and is

       able to tear the  economic  risks  of  any  Common Stock or other

       securities which the Optionee  may  acquire  upon exercise of the

       Option.

        

                (iii) The Optionee understands  that  neither the Option

       nor the Common Stock  to  be  issued  upon exercise of the Option

       have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the "1933 Act"), that  the  Option  has  been, and the shares of

       Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Option will be, issued

       in reliance upon certain  exemptions  contained therein, and that

       the  Company's  reliance  on  such  exemption  is  predicated  on

       Optionee's  representations  set  forth  herein.    The  Optionee

       further understands  that  because  neither  the  Option  nor the

       shares of Common Stock to be  issued up on exercise of the Option

       have been registered under the 1993 Act, the Optionee may not and

       Optionee covenants and agrees that Optionee will not, sell, offer

       to sell or otherwise dispose  of any such securities in violation

       of the 1933 Act or any applicable "blue sky" or securities law of

       any  state.    The  Optionee  acknowledges  and  understands that

       Optionee has  no  independent  right  to  require  the Company to

       register the  Option  or  the  Common  Stock  to  be  issued upon

       exercise of the Option.

        

       <PAGE>

                (b)   The   Optionee   consents   to   the   placing  of

       restrictive legends in  substantially  the  following form on any

       stock  certificate(s)  representing   Common  Stock  issued  upon

       exercise of the Option:

        

                      "The   Shares    represented   by   this
                Certificate have not been registered under the
                Securities Act  of  1933,  as  amended, or the
                blue sky laws of any state.  These shares have
                been acquired for  investment  and  not with a
                view to distribution or resale, and may not be
                sold,  mortgaged,   pledged,  hypothecated  or
                otherwise  transferred  without  an  effective
                registration statement  for  such shares under
                the Securities  Act  of  1933,  as amended, or
                until the issuer  has  been  furnished with an
                opinion of counsel for the registered owner of
                these  shares,   reasonably   satisfactory  to
                counsel  for  the  issurer,  that  such  sale,
                transfer or  disposition  is  exempt  from the
                registration  or  qualification  provisions of
                the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
                blue   sky   laws    of   any   state   having
                jurisdiction."
        

                (c)   The Optionee also  hereby  consents  and agrees to

       the placing of stop  transfer instructions against any subsequent

       transfer(s) of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the

       Option.  The Company hereby agrees  to remove the legend and stop

       transfer instructions upon receipt of  an opinion of counsel from

       the registered owner of  the  shares  of Common Stock issued upon

       exercises of the  Option,  in  form  and  substance acceptable to

       counsel for the Company, to  the  effect  that such shares may be

       transferred without violation of  the  1933  Act  or the blue sky

       laws of any state having jurisdiction.

        

                8.    METHOD OF EXERCISING  OPTION.    No  Option may be

       exercised in whole or in part  until two (2) years after December

       5, 1990.  Subject to the  terms and conditions of this Agreement,

       this Option may be exercised by written notice to the Company, at

       <PAGE>

       the  principal  executive  office  of  the  Company,  or  to such

       transfer agent as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall

       state the election  to  exercise  this  Option  and the number of

       shares in respect of  which  it  is  being exercised and shall be

       signed by  the  Optionee  or  person  or  persons  entitled to so

       exercise this  Option.    Such  notice  shall  be  accompanied by

       payment of  the  full  Exercise  Price  of  such  shares, and the

       Company shall deliver a  certificate or certificates representing

       such shares as soon as  practicable after the notice is received.

       The certificate or certificates for  the  shares as to which this

       Option shall have been  so  exercised  shall be registered in the

       name of the person or  persons  so exercising this Option (or, if

       this Option  shall  be  exercised  by  the  Optionee  and  if the

       Optionee shall so request  in  the notice exercising this Option,

       shall be registered  in  the  name  of  the  Optionee and another

       person  jointly,  with  right   of  survivorship)  and  shall  be

       delivered to or upon the  written  order of the person or persons

       exercising this  Option.    In  the  event  this  Option shall be

       exercised, pursuant to Section 4 hereof, by any person or persons

       other than the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall  be accompanied by

       appropriate proof of  the  right  of  such  person  or persons to

       exercise this Option.   All  shares  that shall be purchased upon

       the exercise of this  Option  as  provided  herein shall be fully

       paid and non-assessable.

        

                9.    OPTION NOT TRANSFERABLE; TRANSFER  OF STOCK.  This

       Option is not transferable or assignable except by will or by the

       laws  of  descent  and   distribution.    During  the  Optionee's

       lifetime, only the  Optionee  may  exercise  this Option.  Common

       Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of this Option or any 

       <PAGE>

       interest in such  Common  Stock,  may  be sold, assigned, gifted,

       pledged, hypothecated,  encumbered  or  otherwise  transferred to

       alienated  in  any  manner  by  the  holder(s)  thereof, subject,

       however,  to  the   provisions   of   the   Plan,  including  any

       representations or warranties requested under Section 22 thereof,

       and also  subject  to  compliance  with  any  applicable federal,

       state, local or other law, regulations or rule governing the sale

       or transfer of stock or securities, and provided, further than in

       all cases, the Optionee may not sell or otherwise transfer shares

       acquired upon the exercise of an  Option  for a period of six (6)

       months following the date  of  acquisition (within the meaning of

       Section 16-b (3) of the  Security  Exchange  Act of 1934) of such

       Option without the prior written consent of the Board.

        

                10.   NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE  OPTION.   The grant and

       acceptance of this Option  imposes  no obligation on the Optionee

       to exercise it.

        

                11.   NO OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT.  The Company

       is not by the Plan or this Option obligated to continue to employ

       Optionee and neither  the  Plan  nor  this Option shall otherwise

       interfere with the  Company's  right  to  discharge or retire any

       employee, including Optionee, at any time.

        

                12.   NO RIGHTS  AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.   The

       Optionee shall have no  rights  as  a stockholder with respect to

       shares  subject  to  this  Agreement  until  a  stock certificate

       therefore has been issued to the  Optionee and is fully paid for.

       Except as is expressly provided in the Plan with respect to 

       <PAGE>

       certain  changes  in  the   capitalization  of  the  Company,  no

       adjustment shall be  made  for  dividends  or  similar rights for

       which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate

       is issued.

        

                13.   REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

                (a)   Upon the dissolution or liquidation of Company, or

       upon a reorganization, merger or  consolidation of the Company as

       a result  of  which  the  Company's  outstanding  Common Stock is

       changed into or exchanged for  cash or property or securities not

       of the Company's issue, or  upon  a  sale of all or substantially

       all property of the  Company  to,  or  the  acquisition of all or

       substantially all of the  stock  of  the Company then outstanding

       by, another corporation or person,  the Plan shall terminate, and

       the Option granted hereunder  shall terminate; provided, however,

       if Optionee is entitled  to  exercise any unexercised installment

       of the Option then outstanding,  then  Optionee may, at such time

       prior  to  the  consummation  of  the  transaction  causing  such

       termination  as  the   Company   shall  designate,  exercise  the

       unexercised installments of  the  Option  including all unaccrued

       installments thereof which would,  but for this subsection 13(a),

       not yet be exercisable.    Notwithstanding  the foregoing, in the

       event  that  any  transaction  causing  such  termination  is not

       consummated,  any  unexercised  unaccrued  installments  that had

       become exercisable solely  by  reason  of  the provisions of this

       subsection 13(a) shall  again  become unaccrued and unexercisable

       as of said termination of  such transaction, subject, however, to

       such  installments  accruing  pursuant   to  the  normal  accrual

       schedule  provided  in  the  terms  under  which  the  Option was

       granted.

       <PAGE>

                (b)   In addition to  and  not  in  lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions shall

       be made in writing  in  connection  with such transaction for the

       continuance  of  the  Plan   and/or  the  assumption  of  options

       theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution  for  such options of

       options covering the  stock  of  the  successor corporation, or a

       parent or subsidiary thereof  with  appropriate adjustments as to

       the number and kind of  shares and prices, the unexercised Option

       shall continue in the manner and under the terms so provided.

        

                (c)   The Company shall  have  no  obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or  substitution  of the Plan or

       the Option by any  successor  corporation or parent or subsidiary

       thereof.

        

                14.   WITHHOLDING TAXES.    The  Optionee  hereby agrees

       that the Company may withhold  from the Optionee's wages or other

       remuneration the appropriate amount  of  federal, state and local

       taxes attributable to the  Optionee's exercise of any installment

       of this Option.  The Optionee further agrees that, if the Company

       does not withhold an  amount  from  the Optionee's wages or other

       remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the  Company's withholding

       obligation, the Optionee will reimburse the Company on demand, in

       cash, for the amount underwithheld.

        

                15.   GOVERNING LAW.   This  Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with  the  laws of the State of

       California applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be performed

       entirely within such State and  without regard to the conflict of

       law principals thereof.

        

       <PAGE>

                16.   AMENDMENTS.       No    amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be

       effective unless the  same  shall  be  in  writing  signed by all

       parties hereto.

        

                17.   COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be signed in one

       or more counterparts, each  of  which  shall  be  deemed to be an

       original, but all of which  together shall constitute one and the

       same instrument.

        

                18.   SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS.  All representations,

       covenants and warranties of the  parties hereto shall survive the

       execution of this Agreement.

        

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and  the Optionee have

       caused this  instrument  to  be  executed  as  of  the date first

       written above, and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears below

       acknowledges receipt of a copy  of  the Plan and acceptance of an

       original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
        
                                        President and Chief
                                        Executive Officer
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Dave Hammons
       <PAGE>
                                                        Exhibit 10.66
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the

       "Company"), hereby grants as of  this 20th day of December, 1991,

       to Dave Hammons (the "Optionee"), an option to purchase a maximum

       of 5,000 shares of its  common  stock  (the "Common Stock"), at a

       price per share (the  "Exercise  Price")  of $8.25 per share (the

       "Option"), on the following terms and conditions:

        

                1.    GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    This  Option is

       granted pursuant to and is  governed  by the Company's 1990 Stock

       Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the  context otherwise

       requires, terms used and/or  defined  herein  shall have the same

       meaning as in the Plan.    Determinations made in connection with

       this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be governed by the Plan as

       it exists on this date.   This  Option  is not intended to be and

       shall not be treated as  an  incentive stock option under Section

       422 of the Internal Revenue Code.

        

                2.    EXTENT OF OPTION.   If  the Optionee has continued

       to serve the Company in the  capacity of an officer, employee, or

       director with the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) on the following dates, the Optionee may, subject to 

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       Section 13 hereof, exercise  this  Option  for the portion of the

       total number of shares set opposite the applicable date:

        

          Less than one year from the date hereof   -     0
        
          One year but less than two years from
            the date hereof                         - 1,667
        
          Two years but less than three years
            from the date hereof                    - 1,667
        
          Three years but less than four years
            from the date hereof                    - 1,666
        
        
       The  foregoing  right  are  cumulative  and,  while  the Optionee

       continues to serve as  an  officer,  director  or employee of the

       Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as  the  case may be), may be

       exercised up to and including  the  earlier  of the date which is

       five years from  the  date  this  Option  is  granted (the "Fifth

       Anniversary Date").  For purposes  of this Agreement, any accrued

       installment shall be referred  to  as "Accrued Installment".  All

       of the foregoing rights are  subject  to Sections 3 and 4 hereof,

       as appropriate, if the  Optionee  ceases  to serve as an officer,

       director or employee of the  Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as

       the case may be) or becomes  disabled or dies while serving as an

       officer, director or  employee  of  the  Company (or a subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

                3.    TERMINATION  OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.    If the

       Optionee ceases to remain an officer, director or employee of the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be), other than

       by reason of death  or  disability  as  defined in Section 4, any

       unexercised Accrued Installments of  the  Option shall expire and

       become  unexercisable  as  of  the  earlier  of  (i)  the  Option

       Expiration Date, or (ii) thirty (30) days following the 

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       termination of Optionee's employment or termination of Optionee's

       directorship.  No further installment of this Option shall become

       exercisable.  The Board  of  Directors  of the Company may extend

       such thirty (30) day period  for  a  period not to exceed one (1)

       year following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event beyond  the  applicable  Option  Expiration Date.  In

       such a case, the Optionee's  only rights hereunder shall be those

       which are  properly  exercised  before  the  termination  of this

       Option.  Any portion  of  an  Option that expires hereunder shall

       remain unexercisable and be  of  no  effect whatsoever after such

       expiration notwithstanding that  such  Optionee may be reemployed

       by, or again become a  director  of, the Company (or a subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

                4.    DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In the event of the death of

       the Optionee  while  an  officer,  employee  or  director  of the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as  the case may be), or in the

       event of termination of  employment  or directorship by reason of

       the  Optionee's  Disability  (as   defined   in  the  Plan),  any

       unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of   the  Option  granted  to

       Optionee shall expire and become  unexercisable as of the earlier

       of (i) the Fifth Anniversary  Date, or (ii) the first anniversary

       date of the Optionee's death  (if  applicable) or (iii) the first

       anniversary date of the termination of employment or directorship

       by reason  of  Disability  (if  applicable).    Any  such Accrued

       Installments of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be exercised prior to

       their expiration by (and only  by)  the person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights shall pass by will or by the laws of

       descent and  distribution.    Any  installments  under a deceased

       Optionee's Option that have not accrued as of the date of his/her 

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       death shall expire and  become  unexercisable  as of said date of

       death.  For purposes  of  this  Agreement,  the Optionee shall be

       deemed employed by the Company  (or  a subsidiary thereof, as the

       case may be) during any  period  of  leave of absence from active

       employment as authorized by the Company (or a subsidiary thereof,

       as the case may be).

        

                5.    PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise  of  this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be made  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above  limits, except that this Option may

       be exercised for a fraction of a share.  Upon the exercise of the

       final installment of this Option,  the Optionee shall be entitled

       to receive cash with respect  to  the  value of any fraction of a

       share (in lieu of any said fractional share).

        

                6.    PAYMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE.   The Exercise Price is

       payable in United States Dollars  and  may  be paid in cash or by

       certified  or  cashier's  check,   or   any  combination  of  the

       foregoing, equal in the amount to the Exercise Price.

        

                7.    INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;    RESTRICTIONS   ON

       TRANSFER.

        

                (a)   The Optionee represents, warrants and covenants to

       the Company that:

        

                (i)   Any Common  Stock  acquired  by  the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be  acquired  of the Optionee's own

       account  and  not  with  a  view  of  resale  or  distribution in

       violation of the Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the "1933

       Act").

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                (ii)  The Optionee has such  knowledge and experience in

       business and financial matters as  to be capable of utilizing the

       information which is available  to  the  Optionee to evaluate the

       merits and risks of  an  investment  in  the Common Stock, and is

       able to tear the  economic  risks  of  any  Common Stock or other

       securities which the Optionee  may  acquire  upon exercise of the

       Option.

        

                (iii) The Optionee understands  that  neither the Option

       nor the Common Stock  to  be  issued  upon exercise of the Option

       have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the "1933 Act"), that  the  Option  has  been, and the shares of

       Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Option will be, issued

       in reliance upon certain  exemptions  contained therein, and that

       the  Company's  reliance  on  such  exemption  is  predicated  on

       Optionee's  representations  set  forth  herein.    The  Optionee

       further understands  that  because  neither  the  Option  nor the

       shares of Common Stock to be  issued up on exercise of the Option

       have been registered under the 1993 Act, the Optionee may not and

       Optionee covenants and agrees that Optionee will not, sell, offer

       to sell or otherwise dispose  of any such securities in violation

       of the 1933 Act or any applicable "blue sky" or securities law of

       any  state.    The  Optionee  acknowledges  and  understands that

       Optionee has  no  independent  right  to  require  the Company to

       register the  Option  or  the  Common  Stock  to  be  issued upon

       exercise of the Option.

        

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                (b)   The   Optionee   consents   to   the   placing  of

       restrictive legends in  substantially  the  following form on any

       stock  certificate(s)  representing   Common  Stock  issued  upon

       exercise of the Option:

        

                      "The   Shares    represented   by   this
                Certificate have not been registered under the
                Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended. These
                shares have been  acquired  for investment and
                not with a view to distribution or resale, and
                may   not   be   sold,   mortgaged,   pledged,
                hypothecated or  otherwise transferred without
                an effective  registration  statement for such
                shares under the  Securities  Act  of 1933, as
                amended,  or   until   the   issuer  has  been
                furnished with an  opinion  of counsel for the
                registered owner  of  these shares, reasonably
                satisfactory to counsel  for  the issuer, that
                such sale, transfer  or  disposition is exempt
                from   the   registration   or   qualification
                provisions of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as
                amended."
        

                (c)   The Optionee also  hereby  consents  and agrees to

       the placing of stop  transfer instructions against any subsequent

       transfer(s) of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the

       Option.  The Company hereby agrees  to remove the legend and stop

       transfer instructions upon receipt of  an opinion of counsel from

       the registered owner of  the  shares  of Common Stock issued upon

       exercises of the  Option,  in  form  and  substance acceptable to

       counsel for the Company, to  the  effect  that such shares may be

       transferred without violation of the 1933 Act. 

        

                8.    METHOD OF EXERCISING OPTION.  Subject to the terms

       and conditions of this Agreement, this Option may be exercised by

       written notice to the Company,  at the principal executive office

       of the Company, or to  such  transfer  agent as the Company shall

       designate.  Such notice shall state the election to exercise this 

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       Option and the number of shares  in  respect of which it is being

       exercised and  shall  be  signed  by  the  Optionee  or person or

       persons entitled to so exercise  this  Option.  Such notice shall

       be accompanied by  payment  of  the  full  Exercise Price of such

       shares,  and  the   Company   shall   deliver  a  certificate  or

       certificates representing  such  shares  as  soon  as practicable

       after the notice is  received.    The certificate or certificates

       for the  shares  as  to  which  this  Option  shall  have been so

       exercised shall  be  registered  in  the  name  of  the person or

       persons so exercising this  Option  (or,  if this Option shall be

       exercised by the Optionee and if the Optionee shall so request in

       the notice exercising  this  Option,  shall  be registered in the

       name of the Optionee  and  another  person jointly, with right of

       survivorship) and shall be delivered to or upon the written order

       of the person or persons  exercising  this  Option.  In the event

       this Option shall be exercised,  pursuant to Section 4 hereof, by

       any person or persons other  than the Optionee, such notice shall

       be accompanied by appropriate proof  of  the right of such person

       or persons to exercise  this  Option.    All shares that shall be

       purchased upon the  exercise  of  this  Option as provided herein

       shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

        

                9.    OPTION NOT TRANSFERABLE; TRANSFER  OF STOCK.  This

       Option is not transferable or assignable except by will or by the

       laws  of  descent  and   distribution.    During  the  Optionee's

       lifetime, only the  Optionee  may  exercise  this Option.  Common

       Stock issued pursuant  to  the  exercise  of  this  Option or any

       interest in such  Common  Stock,  may  be sold, assigned, gifted,

       pledged, hypothecated,  encumbered  or  otherwise  transferred to

       alienated in any manner by the holder(s) thereof, subject, 

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       however,  to  the   provisions   of   the   Plan,  including  any

       representations or warranties requested under Section 22 thereof,

       and also  subject  to  compliance  with  any  applicable federal,

       state, local or other law, regulations or rule governing the sale

       or transfer of stock or securities, and provided, further than in

       all cases, the Optionee may not sell or otherwise transfer shares

       acquired upon the exercise of an  Option  for a period of six (6)

       months following the date  of  acquisition (within the meaning of

       Section 16-b (3) of the  Security  Exchange  Act of 1934) of such

       Option without the prior written consent of the Board.

        

                10.   NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE  OPTION.   The grant and

       acceptance of this Option  imposes  no obligation on the Optionee

       to exercise it.

        

                11.   NO OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT.  Neither the

       Company nor any subsidiary thereof is  by the Plan or this Option

       obligated to continue to employ Optionee and neither the Plan nor

       this Option shall otherwise interfere with the Company's right to

       discharge or  retire  any  employee,  including  Optionee, at any

       time.

        

                12.   NO RIGHTS  AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.   The

       Optionee shall have no  rights  as  a stockholder with respect to

       shares  subject  to  this  Agreement  until  a  stock certificate

       therefore has been issued to the  Optionee and is fully paid for.

       Except as is  expressly  provided  in  the  Plan  with respect to

       certain  changes  in  the   capitalization  of  the  Company,  no

       adjustment shall be  made  for  dividends  or  similar rights for

       which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate

       is issued.

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                13.   REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

                (a)   Upon the dissolution or liquidation of Company, or

       upon a reorganization, merger or  consolidation of the Company as

       a result  of  which  the  Company's  outstanding  Common Stock is

       changed into or exchanged for  cash or property or securities not

       of the Company's issue, or  upon  a  sale of all or substantially

       all property of the  Company  to,  or  the  acquisition of all or

       substantially all of the  stock  of  the Company then outstanding

       by, another corporation or person,  the Plan shall terminate, and

       the Option granted hereunder  shall terminate; provided, however,

       if Optionee is entitled  to  exercise any unexercised installment

       of the Option then outstanding,  then  Optionee may, at such time

       prior  to  the  consummation  of  the  transaction  causing  such

       termination  as  the   Company   shall  designate,  exercise  the

       unexercised installments of  the  Option  including all unaccrued

       installments thereof which would,  but for this subsection 13(a),

       not yet be exercisable.    Notwithstanding  the foregoing, in the

       event  that  any  transaction  causing  such  termination  is not

       consummated,  any  unexercised  unaccrued  installments  that had

       become exercisable solely  by  reason  of  the provisions of this

       subsection 13(a) shall  again  become unaccrued and unexercisable

       as of said termination of  such transaction, subject, however, to

       such  installments  accruing  pursuant   to  the  normal  accrual

       schedule  provided  in  the  terms  under  which  the  Option was

       granted.

        

                (b)   In addition to  and  not  in  lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions shall

       be made in writing in connection with such transaction for the 

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       continuance  of  the  Plan   and/or  the  assumption  of  options

       theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution  for  such options of

       options covering the  stock  of  the  successor corporation, or a

       parent or subsidiary thereof  with  appropriate adjustments as to

       the number and kind of  shares and prices, the unexercised Option

       shall continue in the manner and under the terms so provided.

        

                (c)   The Company shall  have  no  obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or  substitution  of the Plan or

       the Option by any  successor  corporation or parent or subsidiary

       thereof.

        

                14.   WITHHOLDING TAXES.    The  Optionee  hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be)

       may withhold from the Optionee's  wages or other remuneration the

       appropriate amount of federal, state and local taxes attributable

       to the Optionee's  exercise  of  any  installment of this Option.

       The Optionee further agrees that, if the Company (or a subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be) does not withhold an amount from the

       Optionee's wages or other  remuneration sufficient to satisfy the

       Company's (or any such  subsidiary's) withholding obligation, the

       Optionee will reimburse the  Company  (or any such subsidiary) on

       demand, in cash, for the amount underwithheld.

        

                15.   GOVERNING LAW.   This  Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with  the  laws of the State of

       California applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be performed

       entirely within such State and  without regard to the conflict of

       law principals thereof.

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                16.   AMENDMENTS.       No    amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be

       effective unless the  same  shall  be  in  writing  signed by all

       parties hereto.

        

                17.   COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be signed in one

       or more counterparts, each  of  which  shall  be  deemed to be an

       original, but all of which  together shall constitute one and the

       same instrument.

        

                18.   SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS.  All representations,

       covenants and warranties of the  parties hereto shall survive the

       execution of this Agreement.

        

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and  the Optionee have

       caused this  instrument  to  be  executed  as  of  the date first

       written above, and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears below

       acknowledges receipt of a copy  of  the Plan and acceptance of an

       original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, Chief Executive
                                            Officer and President
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ Dave Hammons
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                                                        Exhibit 10.67
        
        
        
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
                            STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
        
        
            Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware corporation

       (the "Company"),  hereby  grants  as  of  this  20th  day of

       December, 1993, to David Hammons (the "Optionee"), an option

       to purchase a maximum  of  5,000  shares of its common stock

       (the "Common Stock"), at  a  price  per share (the "Exercise

       Price") of $9.63 per share  (the "Option"), on the following

       terms and conditions:

        

            1.     GRANT UNDER  1990  STOCK  PLAN.    The Option is

       granted pursuant to and  is  governed  by the Company's 1990

       Stock Option  Plan  (the  "Plan")  and,  unless  the context

       otherwise requires, terms  used  and/or defined herein shall

       have the same meaning as  in  the Plan.  Determinations made

       in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan shall be

       governed by the Plan as it exists on this date.  This Option

       is not  intended  to  be  and  shall  not  be  treated as an

       incentive stock option  under  Section  422  of the Internal

       Revenue Code.

        

            2.     EXTENT OF OPTION.  If the Optionee has continued

       to  serve  in  the  capacity  of  an  officer,  employee, or

       director with the Company  (or  a subsidiary thereof, as the

       case may  be)  on  the  following  dates,  the Optionee may,

       subject to Section 13  hereof,  exercise this Option for the

       portion of the total number of shares subject to this Option

       set opposite the applicable date:

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            Less than one year from the       -       0 shares
            date hereof
            One year but less than two years  -   1,667 shares
            from the date hereof
            Two years but less than three     -   1,667 shares
            years from the date hereof
            Three years but less than four    -   1,666 shares
            years from the date hereof
        
        
       The foregoing rights are  cumulative and, while the Optionee

       continues to serve as  an  officer,  director or employee of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       may be exercised up to and including the earlier of the date

       which is five years  from  the  date  this Option is granted

       (the  "Fifth  Anniversary  Date").    For  purposes  of this

       Agreement, any accrued installment  shall  be referred to as

       an "Accrued Installment".   All  of the foregoing rights are

       subject to Sections 3 and  4  hereof, as appropriate, if the

       Optionee ceases to serve as an officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be)

       or becomes disabled  or  dies  while  serving as an officer,

       director  or  employee  of  the  Company  (or  a  subsidiary

       thereof, as the case may be).

        

            3.     TERMINATION OF  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP.   If the

       Optionee ceases to remain  an  officer, director or employee

       of the Company (or subsidiary  thereof, as the case may be),

       other than by reason  of  death  or disability as defined in

       Section  4,  any  unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the

       Option shall expire and become unexercisable as of the 

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       earlier of (i) the  Fifth  Anniversary  Date, or (ii) thirty

       (30) days following the termination of Optionee's employment

       or  termination  of  Optionee's  directorship.    No further

       installments of this Option  shall  become exercisable.  The

       Board of Directors  of  the  Company  may extend such thirty

       (30) day period for  a  period  not  to  exceed one (1) year

       following the Termination Date (as defined in the Plan), but

       in no event  beyond  the  applicable Fifth Anniversary Date.

       In such a case,  the  Optionee's only rights hereunder shall

       be those which are properly exercised before the termination

       of this Option.    Any  portion  of  an  Option that expires

       hereunder shall remain  unexercisable  and  be  of no effect

       whatsoever after such  expiration  notwithstanding that such

       Optionee may be reemployed  by,  or  again become a director

       of, the Company (or  a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be).

        

            4.     DEATH OR DISABILITY.  In  the event of the death

       of the Optionee while  an  officer,  employee or director of

       the Company (or a subsidiary  thereof,  as the case may be),

       or in the event of termination of employment or directorship

       by reason of the  Optionee's  Disability  (as defined in the

       Plan), any unexercised  Accrued  Installments  of the Option

       granted to Optionee shall expire and become unexercisable as

       of the earlier of  (i)  the  Fifth Anniversary Date, or (ii)

       the first  anniversary  date  of  the  Optionee's  death (if

       applicable) or (iii) the first anniversary date of the 

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       termination  of  employment  or  directorship  by  reason of

       Disability (if applicable).    Any such Accrued Installments

       of a  deceased  Optionee  may  be  exercised  prior to their

       expiration by (and only  by)  the  person or persons to whom

       the Optionee's Option rights  shall  pass  by will or by the

       laws of descent and distribution.   Any installments under a

       deceased Optionee's Option that  have  not accrued as of the

       date of his death  shall  expire and become unexercisable as

       of said date of death.   For purposes of this Agreement, the

       Optionee shall  be  deemed  employed  by  the  Company (or a

       subsidiary thereof, as the case may be) during any period of

       leave of absence from active employment as authorized by the

       Company (or a subsidiary thereof, as the case may be).

        

            5.     PARTIAL EXERCISE.  Exercise of this Option up to

       the extent above stated may be  in part at any time and from

       time to time with the  above limits, except that this Option

       may not be exercised for  a  fraction  of a share.  Upon the

       exercise  of  the  final  installment  of  this  Option, the

       Optionee shall be entitled  to  receive cash with respect to

       the value of any fraction  of  a  share (in lieu of any said

       fractional share).

        

            6.     PAYMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE.   The Exercise Price

       is payable in United States dollars  and may be paid in cash

       or by certified or  cashier's  check,  or any combination of

       the foregoing, equal in amount to the Exercise Price.

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            7.     INVESTMENT   REPRESENTATIONS;   RESTRICTIONS  ON

       TRANSFER.

        

            (a)    The Optionee represents,  warrants and covenants

       to the Company that:

        

            (i)    Any Common Stock  acquired  by the Optionee upon

       exercise of the Option  will  be acquired for the Optionee's

       own account and not with a view to resale on distribution in

       violation of the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended (the

       "1933 Act").

        

            (ii)   The Optionee has  such  knowledge and experience

       in business  and  financial  matters  as  to  be  capable of

       utilizing the information which is available to the Optionee

       to evaluate the merits  and  risks  of  an investment in the

       Common Stock, and is able to  bear the economic risks of any

       Common Stock  or  other  securities  which  the Optionee may

       acquire upon exercise of the Option.

        

            (iii)  The Optionee understands that the Option has not

       been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

       (the  "1933  Act"),  that  the  Option  has  been  issued in

       reliance upon  certain  exemptions  contained  therein.  The

       Optionee further understands that because the Option has not

       been registered under the 1933 Act or registered or 

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       qualified pursuant to  applicable  "blue  sky" statutes, the

       Optionee may not,  and  Optionee  covenants  and agrees that

       Optionee will not, sell, offer  to sell or otherwise dispose

       of any such  Option  in  violation  of  the  1933 Act or any

       applicable "blue sky" or securities  law  of any state.  The

       Optionee acknowledges and  understands  that Optionee has no

       independent right to  require  the  Company  to register the

       Option.

        

            8.     METHOD OF  EXERCISING  OPTION.    Subject to the

       terms and conditions of  this  Agreement, this Option may be

       exercised by written notice to the Company, at the principal

       executive office of the  Company,  or to such transfer agent

       as the Company shall designate.  Such notice shall state the

       election to exercise this Option and the number of shares in

       respect of which it is  being  exercised and shall be signed

       by the Optionee or person or persons entitled to so exercise

       this Option.  Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of

       the full Exercise  Price  of  such  shares,  and the Company

       shall deliver  a  certificate  or  certificates representing

       such shares  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the notice is

       received.  The certificate or certificates for the shares as

       to which this Option shall  have  been so exercised shall be

       registered  in  the  name  of   the  person  or  persons  so

       exercising  this  Option  (or,   if  this  Option  shall  be

       exercised by  the  Optionee  and  if  the  Optionee shall so

       request in the notice exercising this Option, shall be 

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       registered in the name  of  the  Optionee and another person

       jointly, with right of  survivorship) and shall be delivered

       to or  upon  the  written  order  of  the  person or persons

       exercising this Option.  In  the  event this Option shall be

       exercised, pursuant to Section  4  hereof,  by any person or

       persons  other  than  the  Optionee,  such  notice  shall be

       accompanied by appropriate proof of the right of such person

       or persons to exercise this  Option.   All shares that shall

       be purchased upon the  exercise  of  this Option as provided

       herein shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

        

            9.     OPTION  NOT  TRANSFERABLE;  TRANSFER  OF  STOCK.

       This Option is not transferable or assignable except by will

       or by the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.  During the

       Optionee's lifetime,  only  the  Optionee  may exercise this

       Option.

        

            10.    NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION.  The grant and

       acceptance of  this  Option  imposes  no  obligation  on the

       Optionee to exercise it.

        

            11.    NO OBLIGATION TO  CONTINUE  EMPLOYMENT.  Neither

       the Company nor any  subsidiary  thereof  is  by the Plan or

       this Option obligated  to  continue  to  employ Optionee and

       neither the Plan nor  this  Option shall otherwise interfere

       with the  Company's  or  any  of  the Company's subsidiary's

       right  to  discharge  or   retire  any  employee,  including

       Optionee, at any time.

       <PAGE>

        

            12.    NO RIGHTS AS  STOCKHOLDER  UNTIL  EXERCISE.  The

       Optionee shall have no rights  as a stockholder with respect

       to  shares  subject   to   this   Agreement  until  a  stock

       certificate therefore has been issued to the Optionee and is

       fully paid for.  Except as is expressly provided in the Plan

       with respect to certain changes in the capitalization of the

       Company,  no  adjustment  shall  be  made  for  dividends or

       similar rights for which  the  record  date  is prior to the

       date such stock certificate is issued.

        

            13.    REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

        

            (a)    Upon  the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of  the

       Company, or upon  a  reorganization, merger or consolidation

       of  the  Company  as   a   result  of  which  the  Company's

       outstanding Common Stock  is  changed  into or exchanged for

       cash or property or  securities  not of the Company's issue,

       or upon a sale of  all  or substantially all property of the

       Company to, or the  acquisition  of all or substantially all

       of the stock  of  the  Company  then outstanding by, another

       corporation or person,  the  Plan  shall  terminate, and the

       Option granted hereunder shall terminate; provided, however,

       Optionee shall  be  entitled,  at  such  time  prior  to the

       consummation of the transaction  causing such termination as

       the Company  shall  designate,  to  exercise the unexercised

       installments of the Option including all unaccrued 

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       installments thereof which  would,  but  for this subsection

       13(a),  not  yet   be   exercisable.    Notwithstanding  the

       foregoing, in the  event  that  any transaction causing such

       termination is  not  consummated,  any unexercised unaccrued

       installments that had become exercisable solely by reason of

       the provisions of this  subsection  13(a) shall again become

       unaccrued and unexercisable as  of  said termination of such

       transaction, subject, however, to such installments accruing

       pursuant to  the  normal  accrual  schedule  provided in the

       terms under which the Option was granted.

        

            (b)    In addition to and  not  in lieu of those rights

       granted pursuant to  subsection  13(a)  above, if provisions

       shall be made in writing in connection with such transaction

       for the continuance  of  the  Plan  and/or the assumption of

       options theretofore granted,  or  the  substitution for such

       options of  options  covering  the  stock  of  the successor

       corporation,  or  a   parent   or  subsidiary  thereof  with

       appropriate adjustments as to the  number and kind of shares

       and prices, the  unexercised  Option  shall  continue in the

       manner and under the terms so provided.

        

            (c)    The Company shall have  no obligation to provide

       for the continuance, assumption  or substitution of the Plan

       or the Option  by  any  successor  corporation  or parent or

       subsidiary thereof.

        

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            14.    WITHHOLDING TAXES.   The  Optionee hereby agrees

       that the Company (or a  subsidiary  thereof, as the case may

       be)  may  withhold  from   the  Optionee's  wages  or  other

       remuneration the appropriate  amount  of  federal, state and

       local taxes attributable to  the  Optionee's exercise of any

       installment of this  Option.    The  Optionee further agrees

       that, if the Company (or  a  subsidiary thereof, as the case

       may be) does  not  withhold  an  amount  from the Optionee's

       wages  or  other  remuneration  sufficient  to  satisfy  the

       Company's (or any such subsidiary's) withholding obligation,

       the  Optionee  will  reimburse  the  Company  (or  any  such

       subsidiary)   on   demand,   in   cash,   for   the   amount

       underwithheld.

        

            15.    GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed

       by and interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State

       of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made  and  to be

       performed entirely within such  State  and without regard to

       the conflict of law principals thereof.

        

            16.    AMENDMENTS.      No   amendment,   modification,

       termination or waiver  of  any  provision  of this Agreement

       shall be  effective  unless  the  same  shall  be in writing

       signed by all parties hereto.

        

            17.    COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be signed in

       one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to 

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       be an original, but  all  of which together shall constitute

       one and the same instrument.

        

            18.    SURVIVAL     OF     REPRESENTATIONS.         All

       representations, covenants  and  warranties  of  the parties

       hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement.

        

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the  Company  and the Optionee have

       caused this instrument to be  executed  as of the date first

       written above,  and  the  Optionee  whose  signature appears

       below  acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan and

       acceptance of an original copy of this Agreement.

        

                                    THE COMPANY:
        
                                    MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
        
        
                                    By: /s/ Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
        
        
                                    OPTIONEE:
        
                                        /s/ David Hammons
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                                                      Exhibit 21
        
        
        
        
        
                    SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
        
        
        
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       <CAPTION>
        
                                                    JURISDICTION OF
       NAME                                          INCORPORATION 
       <S>                                         <C>
       HEALTH CARE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.          CAYMAN ISLANDS
       MAXICARE                                     CALIFORNIA
       MAXICARE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY            WISCONSIN
       MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS OF THE MIDWEST, INC.   ILLINOIS
       MAXICARE INDIANA, INC.                       INDIANA
       MAXICARE LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY   MISSOURI
       MAXICARE LOUISIANA, INC.                     LOUISIANA
       MAXICARE NORTH CAROLINA, INC.                NORTH CAROLINA
       MAXICARE PHARMACIES, INC.                    CALIFORNIA
       MAXICARE SOUTHEAST HEALTH PLANS, INC.        GEORGIA
       </TABLE>
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                                                      Exhibit 23.1
        
        
        
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
        
        
        
       We hereby consent to  the  incorporation by reference in the
       Registration  Statement  on  Form   S-8  (No.  33-50508)  of
       Maxicare Health Plans,  Inc.  of  our  report dated March 4,
       1994 appearing on page 37 of this Form 10-K.
        
        
        
        
        
       PRICE WATERHOUSE
        
       Los Angeles, California
       March 25, 1994


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