MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS INC
10-K, 1996-04-01
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,
           1995; 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)

                         Exhibit Index page 81 of 130
                                  1 of 130

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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.


                                   -----


           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 22, 1996:


                    Common Stock, $.01 par value - $457,722,000


           The number  of  shares  outstanding  of  each  of  the issuer's
       classes of capital stock, as of March 22, 1996:


                    Common Stock, $.01 par value - 17,510,652 shares


           As of March 22, 1996,  Registrant  had 636,112 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 ("MHP"), is a
       holding company which owns  various  subsidiaries, primarily in the
       field of managed health care.  MHP and subsidiaries (the "Company")
       have a combined enrollment of  approximately 361,000 as of February
       29,  1996.    MHP  owns  and  operates  a  system  of  seven health
       maintenance   organizations   ("HMOs")   in   California,  Indiana,
       Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina,  South Carolina, and Wisconsin
       and  additionally  operates  Maxicare  Life  and  Health  Insurance
       Company  ("MLH")  and  HealthAmerica  Corporation.    Through these
       subsidiaries, the  Company  offers  an  array  of  employee benefit
       packages, including  group,  Medicaid  and  Medicare HMO, preferred
       provider  organization  ("PPO"),  exclusive  provider organization,
       group  life  and  accidental  death  and  dismemberment  insurance,
       administrative services only  programs, wellness programs, outcomes
       measures and high dollar claims  audits.   In addition, the Company
       offers a number  of  pharmacy  programs,  including benefit design,
       formulary management, claims processing and mail order services for
       employers and their employees.

       Through its HMO operations the Company arranges for the delivery of
       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  provided  to  members,  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 health  care  providers,  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.
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       History
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       The Company's HMO business  originated  in  California in 1973. 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 USA Inc.
       ("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 served by the
       Company.  

       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
       downturn  in  the  Company's  operating  performance  and financial
       condition.  As a result of the 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, were discharged upon emergence from Chapter 11 on December
       5, 1990, the "Effective  Date"  of  the plan of reorganization (the
       "Reorganization Plan").  

       As of January 31, 1996,  approximately $88.6 million in cash, $39.7
       million principal amount of Senior  Notes, $19.2 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"),  9.8  million shares of Common
       Stock  (including  approximately  420,000  shares  of  Common Stock
       issued pursuant to the  exercise  of Warrants) had been distributed
       to holders of allowed claims and interests under the Reorganization
       Plan.   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, 1996, $9.6 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.

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       Pursuant to the Reorganization  Plan,  the  Company was 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").  The  Company  has made distributions of $2.0
       million and $1.0 million related  to the periods ended December 31,
       1991  and  1992,  respectively.    The  committee  representing the
       creditors (the "New Committee") has  stated  it does not agree with
       the  Company's  interpretation  of   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,  on  a  number  of  occasions,  responded  to various
       questions raised by and  inquiries  of  the New Committee regarding
       this matter and  believes  that  its  position  in this matter will
       ultimately prevail.    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  related  to  this  matter  (see  "Item  8. Financial
       Statements  and  Supplementary  Data  -  Note  3  to  the Company's
       Consolidated Financial Statements").

       The United States Bankruptcy Court (the "Bankruptcy Court") retains
       jurisdiction  over   implementation   and   interpretation  of  the
       Reorganization Plan and, pursuant  to  a stipulation with the South
       Carolina Department of Insurance, over  the operations of the South
       Carolina HMO, until  all  regulatory  approvals  regarding this HMO
       have  been   obtained   (see   "Item   1.   Business  -  Government
       Regulation").

       Preferred Stock Redemption
       --------------------------

       On February 13, 1995 the Company announced that it would redeem all
       of its 2.29 million outstanding  shares  of Series A Stock on March
       14, 1995.  Holders of Series  A  Stock were entitled to either have
       their shares redeemed by  the  Company  at  $25.4625 per share (the
       "Redemption  Price"),  which  represents  the  redemption  price of
       $25.00 per share plus  accrued  and  unpaid dividends of $.4625 per
       share, or convert their Series  A  Stock  into 2.7548 shares of the
       Company's Common Stock for each  share of Series A Stock converted.
       Holders of Series A Stock  who  wished to convert their shares into
       Common Stock  were  required  to  deliver  written  notice of their
       election to convert  and  tender  the  Series  A Stock certificates
       properly endorsed to the  Redemption Agent, American Stock Transfer
       & Trust Company, no later than 5:00 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) on
       March 9, 1995.   Holders  of  approximately  2.27 million shares of
       Series A  Stock  converted  their  shares  into  approximately 6.25
       million shares of Common  Stock.    The remaining holders of 21,000
       shares  of  Series  A  Stock  were  entitled  to  receive  only the
       Redemption Price without additional interest thereon upon surrender
       of  the  Series  A  Stock  certificates  properly  endorsed  to the
       Redemption Agent.


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       Overview of Managed Health Care Services
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       HMO.  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 a 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 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  claim  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, has an incentive
       to keep  its  members  healthy  and  to  manage  its  costs through
       measures such as  the  monitoring  of  hospital  admissions and the
       review of specialist  referrals  by  primary  care physicians.  The
       HMO's goal is to  combine  the  delivery  of  and access to quality
       health care services with effective management controls in order to
       make the most cost-effective use of health care resources.

       Although HMOs have been  operating  in  the  United States for over
       half of a century, their  popularity  began increasing in the 1970s
       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").

       The four  basic  organizational  models  utilized  by  HMOs 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 nature  and  amount  of  services provided to the
       member.  Under the  independent practice association ("IPA") 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 primarily on a capitated
       basis, as in the group model,  but medical care is usually provided
       in the physician's own  facilities.    The Company's HMOs primarily
       utilize network, group and independent practice association models.

       PPO.  PPO  products  include  certain  attributes  of managed care;
       however, a PPO is similar  to conventional health insurance in that
       it provides a member with  the unrestricted flexibility to choose a
       physician or other health care provider.    In a PPO, the member is
       encouraged, through financial and other incentives, to
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       use participating health care  providers which have contracted with
       the PPO to provide services  at  discounted  rates.  In the event a
       member elects not to use  a participating health care provider, the
       member may be required to pay  a  portion of the provider's fees as
       in a conventional indemnity plan.  The Company's PPO business began
       in Indiana in  the  fourth  quarter  of  1989  and  has expanded to
       California, Louisiana, Illinois and  North Carolina.  The Company's
       PPO line of business  comprised  approximately  one percent (1%) of
       the Company's combined enrollment at February 29, 1996.

       Medicaid.  Medicaid is a state-operated program which utilizes both
       state and  federal  funding  to  provide  health  care  services to
       qualified low-income residents.  A Medicaid managed care initiative
       developed by a state must  be  approved by the federal government's
       Health Care Financing Administration  ("HCFA").  HCFA requires that
       Medicaid managed care plans meet federal standards and cost no more
       than the amount that would have been spent on a comparable fee-for-
       service basis.    Under  the  contract  with  a  state, the Company
       receives a  fixed  monthly  payment  for  which  it  is required to
       provide  managed  health  care  services  to  a  member.   Medicaid
       beneficiaries do not pay any premiums, deductibles or co-payments.

       The Company began providing HMO  services to Medicaid recipients in
       Indiana in May of 1995 under the  terms of a two year contract with
       that state.  The Company  has    contracted for one year terms with
       the states of California and  Wisconsin  to provide HMO services to
       the respective state's  Medicaid  recipients  since  1994 and 1984,
       respectively.   As  of  February  29,  1996,  the Medicaid programs
       comprised approximately  fourteen  percent  (14%)  of the Company's
       total enrollment.

       Medicare.  The  Company  has  entered  into federally sponsored one
       year  Medicare  contracts  to  provide  HMO  services  to  Medicare
       beneficiaries in California and  Indiana.    The programs, known as
       MAX 65 Plus,  provide  Medicare  recipients  with  a choice between
       standard Medicare coverage or MAX  65 Plus which has no deductibles
       and  minimal  copayments.    The  MAX  65  Plus  programs comprised
       approximately one percent (1%) of the Company's total enrollment as
       of February 29, 1996.

       Specialty Managed Care and  Other  Insurance Services.  In addition
       to its core HMO operations, the Company offers a range of specialty
       managed care and other insurance  services.  The Company operates a
       24 hour managed care program ("Max at Work") in conjunction with an
       independent workers' compensation insurance carrier, which provides
       HMO and  workers'  compensation  coverage  in  one  coordinated and
       comprehensive  managed  care  system.    Under  this  program, both
       occupational and nonoccupational injuries and health care needs are
       covered by benefit  packages  administered  on a coordinated basis.
       The Company also  offers  a  number  of pharmacy programs including
       benefit design, formulary  management,  claims  processing and mail
       order services for employers and their employees.  Through MLH, the
       Company offers group  life  and  accidental death and dismemberment
       insurance products.
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       Health Care Services
       --------------------

       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 additional cost. 

       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 Services  -  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,  MRI  and
           therapeutic radiological procedures.

           Other  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  inpatient psychiatric care,
       hearing aids, durable medical  supplies and equipment, dental care,
       vision care, chiropractic care and prescription drug services.

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       Delivery of Health Care Services
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       The Company's HMOs arrange for the delivery of health care services
       to their members by contracting with physicians, either directly or
       through IPAs and medical  groups,  hospitals  and other health care
       providers.  The Company's  HMOs  typically  pay to the physicians a
       monthly capitation fee for each member assigned to the physician or
       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  physicians  provide  professional services to
       members, including laboratory services and X-rays.  

       Members select a primary care  physician to serve as their personal
       physician from the contracting physician  or 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 physicians  and  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 requiring medical
       care by physicians or  hospitals  not affiliated with the Company's
       HMOs arise, the Company's  HMOs assume financial responsibility for
       the cost of such care.

       Quality Assurance
       -----------------

       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.  Among the means
       used to gauge  the  quality  and  appropriateness  of care are: the
       performance  of  periodic  medical  care  evaluation  studies,  the
       analysis  of   monthly   utilization   of   certain  services,  the
       performance of periodic member  satisfaction studies and the review
       and response 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 participating
       physicians and physician groups.

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       The Company's  HMOs  have  member  services  departments which deal
       directly  with  members  concerning  their  health  care questions,
       comments, concerns  or  grievances.    The  Company conducts annual
       surveys among members concerning  their  level of satisfaction with
       the services they receive.    Management  reviews any problems that
       are raised by members concerning  the  delivery of medical care and
       receives periodic reports summarizing member grievances.

       Premium Structure and Cost Control
       ----------------------------------

       The  Company  generally  sets  its  membership  fees,  or premiums,
       pursuant to a community  rating  system,  thereby charging 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 manages health care costs primarily through contractual
       arrangements with health  care  providers  which  share the risk of
       certain health care costs.   The  Company's HMOs arrange for health
       care services  primarily  through  capitation  arrangements.  Under
       capitation contracts,  the  HMO  pays  the  IPA,  medical  group or
       hospital a fixed amount per enrollee per month to cover the payment
       of all or most medical  services regardless of utilization, thereby
       transferring the risk of certain  health care costs to the provider
       organization.  For the year  ended  December 31, 1995 physician and
       hospital capitation represented 65% of total health care costs.

       The focus for cost control and medical utilization in the Company's
       HMOs is the primary  care  physician  or group who provide services
       and control  utilization  of  services  by  directing  or approving
       hospitalization and referrals  to  specialists and other providers.
       In order to manage  costs  in  situations where the Company assumes
       the financial responsibility for  specialist referrals and hospital
       utilization, the Company  provides  additional incentives to health
       care providers for appropriate utilization of these services.

       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  encourage  appropriate utilization.  These
       programs and procedures are intended  to address the 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  are
       appropriately 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 monitors the terms
       and  procedures  of  its  pharmacy  plan,  incorporating  such cost
       containment  features  as  drug  formularies  (a  Company-developed
       listing of preferred, cost-effective drugs).


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       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.

       Marketing
       ---------

       The Company markets  to  employers  or  other groups through direct
       selling efforts and  through  contacts  with  insurance brokers and
       consultants.  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 indemnity health
       insurance coverage or coverage  with  PPOs  and  HMOs such as those
       operated by the Company.  The Company's PPO and HMO agreements with
       employers are generally for a  term of 12 months, and automatically
       renew unless a termination  notice  is  given.   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.    As  of  January  31,  1996,  approximately  57%  of the
       Company's members had selected  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, 1995, the Company's
       HMOs were offered by approximately 1,345 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 an
       individual  HMO  level,   giving   the   multi-state  employer  the
       opportunity  to  monitor  individual  geographic  areas  among  its
       employer  population.    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.

       The Company markets its Medicaid  and Medicare programs to eligible
       individuals  through  direct  solicitation,  radio  advertising and
       cooperative advertising with participating medical groups. Medicaid
       and Medicare beneficiaries  may  disenroll  for  any reason upon 30
       days notice.


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       Management Information Systems
       ------------------------------

       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  distribute  management,  accounting  and  health care
       services  reports  (including   eligibility,  billing,  capitation,
       claims information and  utilization  reports)  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. 

       Competition
       -----------

       Both the health  care  industry  as  a  whole  and the managed care
       industry in particular are becoming increasingly competitive in all
       markets.    The  HMO  industry  continues  to  gain  market  share,
       particularly at the  expense  of  indemnity  carriers.  The Company
       competes in its  regional  markets  for  employers and members with
       other HMOs, indemnity 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
       relative market share of  indemnity  insurance,  HMO and PPO health
       care services offered.    The  Company  also faces competition from
       hospitals and other  health  care  providers  who have combined and
       formed their own networks to contract directly with employer groups
       and other prospective  customers  for  the  delivery of health care
       services.

       The Company believes that the  principal competitive factors in the
       managed health care industry are  health  care costs to members and
       employers, the quality  and  accessibility 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  place  limitations  upon the growth
       potential  of  HMOs  in  any  particular  market.    Employers, for
       example, are increasingly cost  sensitive  in selecting health care
       coverage  for  their  employees,  providing  an  incentive  for the
       Company to keep its rates  competitive.   In addition to the above,
       the Company has  recently  faced  increased competition from health
       care providers offering not only HMO services but PPO and indemnity
       health care services as well.   In an effort to remain competitive,
       the Company offers  a  variety  of  health care services, including
       PPOs,  and  is  actively  exploring  offering  additional  PPO  and
       indemnity services through joint ventures or other arrangements.  



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       Competition may also be affected by mergers and acquisitions in the
       managed care and general  health  care industries as companies seek
       to expand their operating territories,  gain economies of scale and
       increase market share.

       Government Regulation
       ---------------------

       The federal government and each of  the states in which the Company
       conducts its business have adopted laws and regulations that govern
       the business activities of  the  Company  to  varying degrees.  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.  

       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 health  benefits plans 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 the 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
       regulating them.  

       All  of  the  Company's   HMOs   are  subject  to  extensive  state
       regulations which require periodic financial reports and compliance
       with minimum equity, capital,  deposit and/or reserve requirements.
       These  and  other  requirements  limit   the  ability  of  the  HMO
       subsidiaries to transfer funds to MHP.  The Company has implemented
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       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's HMOs which  have  Medicare risk contracts are subject
       to regulation by HCFA, a branch  of the United States Department of
       Health and Human  Services.    HCFA  has  the  right  to audit HMOs
       operating under  Medicare  risk  contracts  to determine compliance
       with contract terms,  regulations  and  the  quality  of care being
       rendered to the HMO's  enrollees.    The  Company's HMOs which have
       Medicaid contracts are subject to both federal and state regulation
       regarding services to  be  provided  to Medicaid enrollees, payment
       for those services and other attributes of the Medicaid program.

       All of the Company's HMOs have contracts with the Federal Employees
       Health Benefit Plan  ("FEHBP").    These  contracts  are subject to
       extensive  regulation  including  complex  rules  relating  to  the
       premium  rates  charged.      The   FEHBP   has  the  authority  to
       retroactively audit the premium  rates and seek adjustments thereto
       in accordance with specified guidelines.

       With the exception of the Company's  South Carolina HMO, all of the
       Company's  operational  HMOs   are   licensed  by  pertinent  state
       authorities.  Since the confirmation of the Reorganization Plan the
       Company's  South  Carolina  HMO   has   been  operating  under  the
       jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court  while it has been negotiating
       jurisdictional and licensing  issues  with various state regulatory
       bodies.  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.  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.

       The issue of health care reform continues to undergo discussion and
       examination within both the  public  and private sectors.  Although
       the concept of managed care appears  to be an integral part of many
       proposals, the Company cannot  determine  the effect, if any, these
       proposals or other reforms, if enacted, may have on the business or
       operations of the Company. 

       The Company believes  that  it  is  currently  in compliance in all
       material respects with  the  various  federal and state regulations
       and contractual requirements applicable to its current operations.

       Employees
       ---------

       As of December  31,  1995,  the  Company employed approximately 510
       full-time  employees.    None   of   the  Company's  employees  are
       represented by a labor union  or covered by a collective bargaining
       arrangement.  The Company believes  that its employee relations are
       good.
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       Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
       --------------------------------------------------

       The directors and executive officers of the Company at December 31,
       1995 were as follows:


       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
            Name                     Age               Position
       <S>                           <C>     <C>
       Peter J. Ratican               52      Chairman of the Board of
                                              Directors, Chief Executive
                                              Officer and President

       Eugene L. Froelich             54      Chief Financial Officer,
                                              Executive Vice President -
                                              Finance and Administration
                                              and Director

       Alan D. Bloom                  50      Senior Vice President,
                                              Secretary and General
                                              Counsel

       Aivars L. Jerumanis            57      Senior Vice President -
                                              Management Information
                                              Systems and Chief
                                              Information Officer

       Richard A. Link                41      Chief Accounting Officer
                                              and Senior Vice President -
                                              Accounting

       Warren D. Foon                 39      Vice President, General
                                              Manager - Maxicare
                                              California

       David J. Hammons               45      Vice President -
                                              Administrative Services,
                                              Chief Actuary

       Robert J. Landis               36      Treasurer

       Vicki F. Perry                 43      Vice President, General
                                              Manager - Maxicare Indiana

       Claude S. Brinegar             69      Director

       Florence F. Courtright         63      Director

       Thomas W. Field, Jr.           62      Director

       Charles E. Lewis, M.D.         67      Director

       Alan S. Manne                  70      Director
       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
       Peter J. Ratican was appointed  Chairman of the Board of Directors,
       Chief Executive Officer  and  President  of  the  Company in August
       1988.  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.  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.    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.    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.  He
       has  a  Bachelor's  degree  in  Business  Administration  from  the
       University  of  Southern  California  and  is  a  certified  public
       accountant.

       Warren D. Foon was appointed Vice President, General Manager of the
       California HMO in May of 1995.   Mr. Foon was Vice President - Plan
       Operations of the Company from March  of 1989 through April of 1995
       and Vice President -  National  Provider  Relations from October of
       1986 through February  of  1989.    Mr.  Foon  received a Doctor of
       Pharmacy and a Masters in Public Administration from the University
       of Southern California and a  Bachelor  of Arts in Biology 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  - Brockport 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  of  the Company since
       November 1988.  Mr. Landis received a Bachelor's degree in Business
       Administration from the University of Southern California, a
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       <PAGE>
       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 of the Company.    Ms.  Perry  has been with the Company
       since 1982.  Ms. Perry is a graduate of Indiana University.

       Claude S. Brinegar is  the  retired  Vice  Chairman of the board of
       directors and Chief Financial  Officer  of Unocal Corporation.  Mr.
       Brinegar has been a director of the Company  since 1991 and is also
       a member of the board of  directors of Conrail, Inc. and a visiting
       scholar at Stanford University.

       Florence F. Courtright has  been  a  private  investor for the last
       five years and was elected  a  director  of the Company in November
       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.  Mr. Field has been
       a director of the Company since  April  1992.  Mr. Field also holds
       directorships at Campbell Soup  Company,  Bromar Inc., ABCO Markets
       Foods and Stater Bros. Market.

       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.

       Alan S. Manne is currently  a  professor  emeritus and from 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.   Mr.  Manne  has been a director of
       the Company since January 1994.

       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 1997 annual
       meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly 
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       <PAGE>
       qualified and elected.  Class II directors include Mr. Froelich and
       Ms. Courtright and they will serve until the 1998 annual meeting of
       stockholders and  until  their  successors  are  duly qualified and
       elected.  Class III  directors  include  Mr. Ratican, Mr. Field and
       Mr. Manne and they  will  serve  until  the  1996 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"). 













































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       Item 2.  Properties
                ----------

       The Company's operating facilities are held through leaseholds.  At
       December 31, 1995,  the  Company  or  its HMOs leased approximately
       217,000 square  feet  at  23  locations  with  an aggregate current
       monthly  rental  of  approximately  $180,000.    These  leases have
       remaining  terms  of  up  to  ten  years.    The  Company's  leased
       properties include administrative  locations,  three pharmacies and
       other miscellaneous facilities.

       In June 1994 the  Company  entered  into  a lease for new corporate
       office space in Los Angeles commencing  in that month for a term of
       seventy-two months.  The  lease  is for approximately 83,000 square
       feet with a monthly  base  rental  expense of approximately $72,600
       excluding the Company's percentage  share  of  all increases in the
       landlord's operating cost of the building.  





































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       <PAGE>
       Item 3.  Legal Proceedings
                -----------------

       a.  PENN HEALTH

       During the period March 1, 1986  through June 30, 1989, Penn Health
       Corporation  ("Penn  Health"),   a   subsidiary   of  the  Company,
       contracted with  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  Department of
       Public Welfare (the  "DPW")  to  provide  a  full  range of managed
       health care services to  Medicaid  enrollees under the Pennsylvania
       Medical Assistance Program known as  the HealthPass Program.  These
       services were rendered by providers pursuant to contracts with Penn
       Health (the "Penn Health Providers").  The Company believes that as
       of the Petition Dates the  DPW  owed  Penn  Health in excess of $24
       million plus accrued  interest  in  connection  with the HealthPass
       Program.

       After the Petition Dates,  the  DPW  advanced funds directly to the
       Penn  Health  Providers  for   pre-petition  services  rendered  to
       HealthPass  members.    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
       turnover of property  and  to  assert  objections  to the proofs of
       claim the Penn  Health  Providers  filed  against  Penn Health (the
       "Bankruptcy Action").   Proceedings  in  the Bankruptcy Action have
       been held in abeyance,  although  the Bankruptcy Court continues to
       retain jurisdiction over the action. 

       On February 27, 1991, the Company  filed a petition against the DPW
       in the Pennsylvania Board of Claims (the "Claims Board") seeking in
       excess of $24 million in  damages  for  monies  due from the DPW in
       connection with the HealthPass  Program  plus accrued interest (the
       "Board Action").    The  Claims  Board  has  consolidated the Board
       Action with two separate actions  filed by Penn Health hospital and
       primary care providers against the  DPW to recover payment from the
       DPW for pre-petition services  rendered  to HealthPass members (the
       "Provider Actions").  The  Board  Action  was  set for trial in two
       phases; a liability phase and a damages phase.

       Before  trial  was  held  on  the  liability  phase,  the  hospital
       providers settled their  claims  against  the DPW for approximately
       $23.3  million.    Contractual   issues  pertaining  to  the  DPW's
       liability to the  parties  in  the  consolidated  action were tried
       before the Claims Board in a trial which concluded on July 25, 1994
       (the "Liability  Phase").  On  December  2,  1994  the Claims Board
       issued an order on  the  Liability  Phase  which  found that: (i) a
       contract exists between  Penn  Health  and  the  DPW;  (ii) the DPW
       breached the contract;  and  (iii)  Penn  Health  is an independent
       general contractor and not an agent of the DPW.

       Issues pertaining to  the  parties'  respective  damages were tried
       before the Claims Board in a  trial which concluded on November 30,
       1995 (the "Damages Phase").   The  Company believes it is presently
       entitled  to  damages  of   $42.0  million  (inclusive  of  accrued
       interest) for monies due Penn Health in connection with operation
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       <PAGE>
       of the HealthPass Program through  June  30,  1989.  In the Damages
       Phase the DPW contended that  it  was  entitled  to a credit in the
       approximate  amount  of  $26.1  million  for  certain  pre-petition
       payments the DPW made to Penn  Health Providers and in settling the
       Provider Actions, against the damages to be awarded to Penn Health.
       The Company contends  that  the  DPW  is  not  entitled to a credit
       against any of Penn  Health's  damages.   The parties are presently
       engaged in  the  preparation  and  submission  of  post trial legal
       memorandum  in  connection  with  the  Damages  Phase.  The Company
       believes that its damage  claims  are  meritorious and that it will
       prevail in the Board Action.

       Pre-petition  amounts  due  to  Penn  Health  Providers  and  other
       creditors of  Penn  Health  will  be  satisfied  from Penn Health's
       assets pursuant to the Reorganization  Plan.   In no event will the
       Company be required to  fund  from  its  current cash resources the
       payment of Penn  Health's  pre-petition  claims.    However, in the
       event the DPW prevails on  certain  issues in the Board Action this
       may result  in  a  material  reduction  in  the  Company's recorded
       estimate of amounts due the Company from the DPW.

       b.  OTHER LITIGATION

       The Company is a defendant in a number of other lawsuits arising in
       the ordinary course  from  the  operations  of  the HMOs, including
       cases in which the plaintiffs  assert claims against the Company or
       third parties that 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 seeking
       compensatory and,  in  certain  instances,  punitive  damages in an
       indeterminate amount which may be  material.   The Company does not
       believe that the ultimate determination  of these cases will either
       individually or in the aggregate have a material, adverse effect on
       the Company's business or operations.




















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       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, 1995.

















































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                                     PART II
                                    --------


       Item 5.  Market for the Registrant's Common Stock and Related
                ----------------------------------------------------
                Stockholder Matters
                -------------------

       (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  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                       Sale Price  
                                        ---------------
                                         High     Low
                                        ------   ------
       <S>    <C>                      <C>      <C>
       1994    First quarter            $15.50   $ 9.50

               Second Quarter           $15.25   $11.00

               Third Quarter            $14.13   $11.63

               Fourth Quarter           $16.50   $11.63

       1995    First Quarter            $19.25   $14.75

               Second Quarter           $19.00   $14.00

               Third Quarter            $19.25   $14.25

               Fourth Quarter           $27.75   $16.13
       </TABLE>

       (b) Holders

       The number of holders of  record  of  the Company's Common Stock on
       December 31, 1995 was 10,453.    As  of such date, the Company held
       641,746  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, 1995, 571,713 were held
       for  the  benefit   of   creditors   of   the  Company's  operating
       subsidiaries (Reorganization Plan  classes  5A  through 5H), 38,455
       shares were  held  for  bank  group  creditors (Reorganization Plan
       class 7), and  31,578  shares  were  held  for bondholder creditors
       (Reorganization Plan classes 8A through 8D). As of December 31,
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       <PAGE>
       1995, 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, Field, Lewis and Manne
       and   Ms.   Courtright   (the   "Independent   Directors").     The
       Reorganization Plan provides that  the  Unallocated Shares shall be
       voted in the following manner:

          (i) 571,713 shares which were held in the claims reserves
          as of December 31, 1995 for the holders of Reorganization
          Plan classes 5A through  5H and Reorganization Plan class
          9 allowed 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) 70,033 shares which were held in the claims reserves
          as of December  31,  1995  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 and
       has no intention of doing so in the foreseeable future.

















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       Item 6. Selected Financial Data
               -----------------------

       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                                       At And For The Years Ended December 31,
                                                                       ---------------------------------------
       (Amounts in thousands except per share and 
        membership data)
                                                                  1995       1994      1993       1992       1991
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   --------
       <S>                                                     <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>
       OPERATING REVENUES...................................... $477,344   $432,173  $440,186   $414,454   $388,694
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   --------

       TOTAL HEALTH CARE EXPENSES..............................  414,296    379,608   394,721    362,627    330,529

          Marketing, general and administrative expenses.......   43,993     44,084    40,998     37,930     41,008
          Depreciation and amortization........................    1,245      2,087     4,054      5,238      6,535
          Reorganization expenses..............................                                      895      3,661
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   --------
       TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES................................  459,534    425,779   439,773    406,690    381,733
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   --------
       INCOME FROM OPERATIONS..................................   17,810      6,394       413      7,764      6,961

          Investment income....................................    6,299      3,319     2,636      3,121      4,039
          Interest expense.....................................      (58)       (36)      (32)    (2,773)    (9,570)
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   --------
       INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS......   24,051      9,677     3,017      8,112      1,430

       INCOME TAX BENEFIT......................................    3,625      3,658     2,571      3,058
                                                                --------   --------  --------   ---------  --------
       INCOME BEFORE EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS.......................   27,676     13,335     5,588     11,170      1,430

       EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS (net of income taxes of $0) (1).....                                  (14,241)      (905)
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   --------
       NET INCOME (LOSS).......................................   27,676     13,335     5,588     (3,071)       525

       PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS...............................              (5,280)   (5,400)    (4,350)  
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   --------
       NET INCOME (LOSS) AVAILABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS...... $ 27,676   $  8,055  $    188   $ (7,421)  $    525
                                                                ========   ========  ========   ========   ========

       NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON AND COMMON EQUIVALENT 
         SHARE (2):
       Primary
         Income Before Extraordinary Items..................... $   1.63   $    .73  $    .02   $    .66   $    .14
         Extraordinary Items (1)...............................                                    (1.37)      (.09)
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   --------
         Net Income (Loss)..................................... $   1.63   $    .73  $    .02   $   (.71)  $    .05
                                                                ========   ========  ========   ========   ========
         Weighted average number of common and common
          equivalent shares outstanding........................   16,978     11,064    10,416     10,414     10,253

       Fully Diluted
         Income Before Extraordinary Items..................... $   1.50   $    .73  $    .02   $    .66   $    .14
         Extraordinary Items (1)...............................                                    (1.37)      (.09)
                                                                --------   --------  --------   --------   --------

         Net Income (Loss)..................................... $   1.50   $    .73  $    .02   $   (.71)  $    .05
                                                                ========   ========  ========   ========   ========
         Weighted average number of common and common
          equivalent shares outstanding........................   18,410     11,064    10,416     10,414     10,253

       BALANCE SHEET DATA:
         Total assets.........................................  $162,836   $128,692  $106,807   $ 97,278   $105,922
         Total indebtedness (3)...............................  $ 68,131   $ 63,342  $ 54,422   $ 45,217   $102,874
         Shareholders' equity.................................  $ 94,705   $ 65,350  $ 52,385   $ 52,061   $  3,048

       MEMBERSHIP DATA:
         Number of members....................................   345,000    292,000   308,000    283,000    277,000
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       <PAGE>

                                         Notes to Selected Financial Data



       (1)   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.    (See "Item 8. Financial Statements and
             Supplementary Data - Note 3 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements").

       (2)   For the years ended December 31,  1994,  1993,  1992  and 1991 fully diluted earnings per share
             exceeded primary earnings per share  (i.e.,  the  calculations were "anti-dilutive") so primary
             earnings per share are reported as fully diluted.

       (3)   Includes long-term liabilities of $1,155, $887, $504,  $1,015, and $63,177 in 1995, 1994, 1993,
             1992, and 1991, respectively.

</TABLE>

































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       <PAGE>
       Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
               -----------------------------------------------------------
               and Results of Operations
               -------------------------

       The year ended December 31, 1995 compared to the year ended
       -----------------------------------------------------------
       December 31, 1994.
       ------------------

       The Company reported net income of $27.7 million for the year ended
       December 31, 1995 compared to $13.3  million for the same period of
       1994.   Net  income  per  common  share  on  a  fully diluted basis
       increased to $1.50 for the year ended December 31, 1995 compared to
       $.73 for the same period in 1994.

       For  the  year  ended  December  31,  1995,  the  Company  reported
       operating revenues of $477.3 million,  an increase of $45.1 million
       or 10.4% when compared to the  same  period in 1994.  Of this $45.1
       million increase to operating revenues, $37.5 million resulted from
       an 8.2% increase  in  membership  primarily  generated by growth in
       both the commercial and  Medicaid  lines  of business in California
       and Indiana, as  well  as  a  .5%  increase  in the average premium
       revenue per member per month.   The remaining increase in operating
       revenues was the result of recording  in the fourth quarter of 1995
       additional amounts  due  the  Company  with  respect  to  the prior
       operation of a governmental managed care program.

       Health  care  expenses,  including  increases  in  estimated claims
       payable in the  fourth  quarter  of  1995,  increased 9.1% or $34.7
       million for the year  ended  December  31,  1995 as compared to the
       same period in  1994.    Health  care  expenses  as a percentage of
       operating  revenues  (the  "medical   loss  ratio")  decreased  1.0
       percentage point to 86.8%,  contributing  $4.8 million to the $10.5
       million increase in the Company's gross margin.

       Marketing, general and administrative ("M,G&A") expenses were $44.0
       million for the year ended  December  31, 1995 as compared to $44.1
       million for the year ended  December  31, 1994.  M,G&A expenses for
       1994 included a  $3.0  million  litigation  charge  recorded in the
       second quarter of that  year.    M,G&A  expenses as a percentage of
       operating revenues decreased from 9.5%  to  9.2% for the year ended
       December 31, 1995 as compared to the same period in 1994.

       Depreciation and amortization expense  for  the year ended December
       31, 1995 decreased $.8 million  from  the $2.1 million reported for
       1994 because  of  the  expiration  of  capital  leases  and certain
       equipment that became fully depreciated.

       Investment income for the year ended December 31, 1995 increased by
       $3.0 million to $6.3  million  as  compared  to  the same period in
       1994.  The increased investment income was due to higher investment
       yields  and   larger   cash   and   investment  balances  primarily
       attributable to the 1995 results of operations.
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       <PAGE>

       The Company reported a $3.6 million income tax benefit for the year
       ended December 31, 1995,  primarily  due  to the recognition in the
       fourth quarter of  an  additional  $4.0  million  tax  benefit as a
       result  of  the  Company  increasing  its  deferred  tax  asset  in
       accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109
       "Accounting for Income Taxes".    The  Company also recorded a $4.0
       million increase in its deferred tax asset in the fourth quarter of
       1994. (See "Item 8.  Financial  Statements and Supplementary Data -
       Note 7 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements").

       Maxicare  concluded  the  redemption  of  its  Series  A Cumulative
       Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series  A  Stock") on March 14, 1995.
       As a result of this  redemption,  the Company is no longer required
       to pay Series A Stock dividends and paid no dividends in 1995.  For
       the year ended December 31,  1994  the Company paid $5.3 million in
       dividends.

       The year ended December 31, 1994 compared to the year ended
       -----------------------------------------------------------
       December 31, 1993.
       ------------------

       The Company reported net income of $13.3 million for the year ended
       December 31, 1994 compared to  $5.6  million for the same period of
       1993.  Net income per common  share  increased to $.73 for the year
       ended December 31, 1994  compared  to  $.02  for the same period in
       1993.

       For  the  year  ended  December  31,  1994,  the  Company  reported
       operating revenues of $432.2 million, a 2% decrease from the $440.2
       million reported  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  1993.   The
       decrease in revenues  primarily  resulted  from  a  29% decrease in
       membership in the Indiana HMO offset by membership increases in the
       Illinois and North Carolina HMOs and modest premium rate increases.
       Excluding the  decrease  in  membership  at  the  Indiana  HMO, the
       Company's    remaining  HMOs  experienced  an  aggregate membership
       increase of 9% in 1994.

       The decrease in net membership for 1994 and a $7.0 million one-time
       charge  reported  in  the  third  quarter  of  1993  for previously
       unanticipated actual and projected health care costs contributed to
       the 4% decrease  in  year-to-date  health  care  expenses to $379.6
       million for 1994.  The  medical  loss  ratio decreased to 87.8% for
       fiscal year 1994 as compared to 89.7% for 1993.

       M,G&A expenses increased $3.1 million to $44.1 million for the year
       ended December 31,  1994  as  compared  to  1993  because of a $3.0
       litigation charge recorded in the second quarter of 1994.

       Depreciation and amortization expense  for  the year ended December
       31, 1994 decreased $2.0 million  from the $4.1 million reported for
       1993 because  of  the  expiration  of  capital  leases  and certain
       equipment that became fully depreciated.
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       <PAGE>
       The income tax benefit increased  $1.1  million to $3.7 million for
       the year ended December 31,  1994.   This increase is primarily due
       to the Company increasing its deferred tax asset by $4.0 million in
       the fourth quarter  of  1994  as  compared  to  an  increase in its
       deferred tax asset of $2.8 million in the fourth quarter of 1993.

       Liquidity and Capital Resources

       Certain  of  MHP's  operating  subsidiaries  are  subject  to state
       regulations  which  require   compliance   with  certain  statutory
       deposit, dividend distribution 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, 1995, 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".   Restricted Net Assets of
       these operating subsidiaries  were  $31.5  million  at December 31,
       1995, with deposit  requirements  and  limitations imposed by state
       regulations on  the  distribution  of  dividends representing $12.3
       million  and  $11.2   million   of   the   Restricted  Net  Assets,
       respectively, and  net  worth  requirements  in  excess  of deposit
       requirements and  dividend  limitations  representing the remaining
       $8.0  million.    The  Company's  total  Restricted  Net  Assets at
       December 31, 1995 were $31.8  million.  Approximately $15.1 million
       in  funds  held  by  operating  subsidiaries  could  be  considered
       available for transfer to MHP at December 31, 1995.

       All of MHP's  operational  subsidiaries  are direct subsidiaries of
       MHP.  All of the Company's  HMOs are federally qualified, and, with
       the exception of  the  Company's  South  Carolina  HMO,  all of the
       Company's operating HMOs  are  licensed  in  the  states where they
       primarily operate.  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. The Company  cannot  predict  at  this  time the required
       capital contribution, if any,  which  may  result from the separate
       licensing of the South Carolina HMO  in the state of South Carolina
       or the operation  of  it  as  a  division  of  one of the Company's
       operating HMOs.  If  the  contribution of additional cash resources
       is required to  ensure  compliance  with  statutory deposit and net
       worth requirements,  the  Company  does  not  believe  that  such a
       contribution 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
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       <PAGE>
       sufficient resources  to  fund  ongoing  operations  and  remain in
       compliance with statutory financial requirements.

       With a  current  ratio  (i.e.,  current  assets  divided by current
       liabilities)  of  2.2  and  less  than  $1.2  million  of long-term
       liabilities at December 31, 1995, the Company does not believe that
       it will need additional working  capital to fund its operations for
       the foreseeable future.    Although  the  Company  believes that it
       would be able to raise additional working capital through either an
       equity offering or borrowings if  it so desired, the Company cannot
       state with any degree of  certainty at this time whether additional
       equity capital or working capital would  be available to it, and if
       available, would  be  at  terms  and  conditions  acceptable to the
       Company.








































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       <PAGE>
       Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
               -------------------------------------------




















































                                       31
       <PAGE>
                         REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
                         ------------------------------



       The Board of Directors and Shareholders
       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.


       We have audited  the  accompanying  consolidated  balance sheets of
       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. as  of  December 31, 1995 and 1994, and
       the related  consolidated  statements  of operations, shareholders'
       equity, and cash flows for  the  two  years then ended.  Our audits
       also included the 1995  and  1994  information  with respect to the
       financial statement schedules listed  in  the  index at item 14(a).
       These financial statements and  schedules are the responsibility of
       the Company's management.    Our  responsibility  is  to express an
       opinion on these financial  statements  and  schedules based on our
       audits.  The financial statements  and schedules of Maxicare Health
       Plans, Inc. for the year  ended  December  31, 1993 were audited by
       other auditors  whose  report  dated  March  4,  1994, expressed an
       unqualified opinion on those statements and schedules.

       We conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally accepted
       auditing standards.    Those  standards  require  that  we plan and
       perform the audit to obtain  reasonable assurance about whether the
       consolidated   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.    An  audit  also  includes  assessing  the accounting
       principles used and  significant  estimates  made by management, as
       well as evaluating  the  overall  financial statement presentation.
       We believe that  our  audits  provide  a  reasonable  basis for our
       opinion.

       In our opinion, the 1995 and 1994 consolidated financial statements
       referred to above  present  fairly,  in  all material respects, the
       consolidated financial position of  Maxicare  Health Plans, Inc. at
       December 31, 1995 and  1994,  and  the  consolidated results of its
       operations and its  cash  flows  for  the  two  years then ended in
       conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.  Also, in
       our  opinion,  the  related  financial  statement  schedules,  when
       considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a
       whole, present fairly in  all  material  respects the 1995 and 1994
       information set forth therein.





                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP


       February 6, 1996
       Los Angeles, California
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       <PAGE>
                       MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
                       CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                 (Amounts in thousands except par value)
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>

                                                                          December 31,
                                                                       1995         1994
       CURRENT ASSETS                                               ---------    ---------
        <S>                                                        <C>          <C>
         Cash and cash equivalents - Note 2........................ $  49,170    $  37,858
         Marketable securities - Note 2............................    49,659       43,558
         Accounts receivable, net - Note 2.........................    32,946       18,314
         Deferred tax asset - Note 7...............................    14,000       10,000
         Prepaid expenses..........................................     1,195        2,741
         Other current assets......................................       294          299
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS....................................   147,264      112,770
                                                                    ---------    ---------
       PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
         Leasehold improvements....................................     5,441        5,461
         Furniture and equipment...................................    18,849       26,137
                                                                    ---------    ---------
                                                                       24,290       31,598
           Less accumulated depreciation and amortization..........    21,755       29,077
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           NET PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT..............................     2,535        2,521
                                                                    ---------    ---------
       LONG-TERM ASSETS
         Long-term receivables.....................................       200        2,285
         Restricted investments - Note 2...........................    12,593       10,953
         Intangible assets, net....................................       244          163
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL LONG-TERM ASSETS..................................    13,037       13,401
                                                                    ---------    ---------

           TOTAL ASSETS............................................ $ 162,836    $ 128,692
                                                                    =========    =========
       CURRENT LIABILITIES
         Estimated claims and incentives payable................... $  46,232    $  47,095
         Accounts payable..........................................       689          285
         Deferred income...........................................     5,272        2,338
         Accrued salary expense....................................     3,296        2,709
         Payable to disbursing agent - Note 3......................     6,248        6,248
         Other current liabilities.................................     5,239        3,780
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES...............................    66,976       62,455
       LONG-TERM LIABILITIES.......................................     1,155          887
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES.......................................    68,131       63,342
                                                                    ---------    ---------
       COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Note 5

       SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 
         Preferred stock, $.01 par value - 5,000 shares
           authorized, 1994 - 2,290 shares issued and
           outstanding - Note 6....................................                     23
         Common stock, $.01 par value - 40,000 shares authorized,
           1995 - 17,420 shares and 1994 - 10,850 shares issued and
           outstanding - Note 6....................................       174          108
         Additional paid-in capital................................   247,690      246,054
         Accumulated deficit.......................................  (153,159)    (180,835)
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY..............................    94,705       65,350
                                                                    ---------    ---------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY.............. $ 162,836    $ 128,692
                                                                    =========    =========



                             See notes to consolidated financial statements.
       </TABLE>

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       <PAGE>
                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.  
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                 (Amounts in thousands except per share data)


       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>


                                                                  Years ended December 31,
                                                                1995       1994       1993  
                                                              --------   --------   --------
       <S>                                                   <C>        <C>        <C>    
       OPERATING REVENUES.................................... $477,344   $432,173   $440,186
                                                              --------   --------   --------
       OPERATING EXPENSES
          Physician services.................................  183,918    170,382    170,377
          Hospital services..................................  148,546    128,790    146,998
          Outpatient services................................   67,482     64,145     62,565
          Other health care expense..........................   14,350     16,291     14,781
                                                              --------   --------   --------
            TOTAL HEALTH CARE EXPENSES.......................  414,296    379,608    394,721

          Marketing, general and administrative expenses.....   43,993     44,084     40,998
          Depreciation and amortization......................    1,245      2,087      4,054
                                                              --------   --------   --------
            TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES.........................  459,534    425,779    439,773
                                                              --------   --------   --------
       INCOME FROM OPERATIONS................................   17,810      6,394        413

          Investment income..................................    6,299      3,319      2,636
          Interest expense...................................      (58)       (36)       (32)
                                                              --------   --------   --------
       INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES............................   24,051      9,677      3,017

       INCOME TAX BENEFIT....................................    3,625      3,658      2,571
                                                              --------   --------   --------
       NET INCOME............................................   27,676     13,335      5,588

       PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS.............................              (5,280)    (5,400)
                                                              --------   --------   --------
       NET INCOME AVAILABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS..........  $ 27,676   $  8,055   $    188
                                                              ========   ========   ========

       NET INCOME PER COMMON AND COMMON EQUIVALENT SHARE
          - Note 2:

       Primary
         Primary Earnings Per Common Share................... $   1.63   $    .73   $    .02
                                                              ========   ========   ========
         Weighted average number of common and common
            equivalent shares outstanding....................   16,978     11,064     10,416
                                                              ========   ========   ========

       Fully Diluted
         Fully Diluted Earnings per Common Share............. $   1.50   $    .73   $    .02
                                                              ========   ========   ========
         Weighted average number of common and common
            equivalent shares outstanding....................   18,410     11,064     10,416
                                                              ========   ========   ========





                             See notes to consolidated financial statements.
       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. 
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                            (Amounts in thousands)

       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                                             Years ended December 31,
                                                                           1995       1994        1993
                                                                         ---------  ---------   --------
       <S>                                                              <C>        <C>         <C>
       CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
       Net income ...................................................... $  27,676  $  13,335   $  5,588
       Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
       by operating activities:
         Depreciation and amortization..................................     1,245      2,087      4,054
         (Gain) loss on dispositions of property and equipment..........        (8)                   19
         Provision for long-term receivables valuation allowance........     2,004              
         Benefit from deferred taxes....................................    (4,000)    (4,000)    (2,800)
         Amortization of restricted stock...............................       583
         Changes in assets and liabilities:
           (Increase) decrease in accounts receivable...................   (14,632)       860      1,613
           Increase (decrease) in estimated claims and
             incentives payable.........................................      (863)     8,200      9,909
           Increase in deferred income..................................     2,934       (344)       749
           Changes in other miscellaneous assets and liabilities........     3,353      1,582     (2,015)
                                                                         ---------  ---------   --------
       Net cash provided by operating activities........................    18,292     21,720     17,117
                                                                         ---------  ---------   --------
       CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
         Dispositions of property and equipment.........................         5         15          7
         Purchases of property and equipment............................      (250)      (313)      (457)
         (Increase) decrease in restricted investments..................    (1,640)     2,657       (808)
         Reductions to long-term receivables............................        81         69         32
         Additions to long-term receivables.............................                 (350)          
         Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities....    48,460     78,047     26,245
         Purchases of marketable securities.............................   (54,561)  (102,157)   (18,375)
                                                                         ---------  ---------   --------
       Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities.............    (7,905)   (22,032)     6,644
                                                                         ---------  ---------   --------
       CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
         Payments on capital lease obligations..........................      (171)      (132)      (381)
         Stock options exercised........................................     1,621        717        136
         Redemption of preferred stock..................................      (525)
         Payment of preferred stock dividends...........................               (5,280)    (5,400)
         Warrants exercised.............................................                4,193
         Cash transferred to disbursing agent...........................                            (971)
                                                                         ---------  ---------   --------
       Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities.............       925       (502)    (6,616)
                                                                         ---------  ---------   --------
       Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents.............    11,312       (814)    17,145
       Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period.................    37,858     38,672     21,527
                                                                         ---------  ---------   --------
       Cash and cash equivalents at end of period....................... $  49,170  $  37,858   $ 38,672
                                                                         =========  =========   ========

       Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
           Cash paid during the year for -
             Interest................................................... $      37  $      32   $     31
             Income taxes............................................... $   2,689  $     163   $    284

       Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing activities:
           Capital lease obligations incurred for purchase of property
             and equipment and intangible assets........................ $     963  $     659

           Book value of assets exchanged for assets....................                        $     40
           Fair value of assets exchanged...............................                             (25)
                                                                                                --------
           Loss on assets exchanged.....................................                        $     15
                                                                                                ========

       Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:
           Reclassification of preferred stock capital accounts to common
             stock capital accounts pursuant to the conversion of
             preferred stock to common stock............................ $  53,195  $  2,580
           Issuance of restricted common stock.......................... $   2,096


                                 See notes to consolidated financial statements.
       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
                           MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. 
            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>
       Balances 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
                                           -----       ---      ------       ----    --------    ---------     -------

       Balances at December 31, 1993....   2,400        24      10,033        100     241,151     (188,890)     52,385

           Stock options exercised......                            88          1         716                      717

           Warrants exercised...........                           420          4       4,189                    4,193

           Preferred stock converted
             to common stock............    (110)       (1)        309          3          (2)   

           Preferred stock dividends....                                                            (5,280)     (5,280)

           Net income...................                                                            13,335      13,335
                                           -----       ---      ------       ----    --------    ---------     -------

       Balances at December 31, 1994....   2,290        23      10,850        108     246,054     (180,835)     65,350

           Stock options exercised......                           189          2       1,619                    1,621

           Restricted stock issued......                           130          1          (1)                        

           Restricted stock amortized...                                                  583                      583

           Preferred stock converted
             to common stock............  (2,269)      (23)      6,251         63         (40)                        

           Preferred stock redeemed.....     (21)                                        (525)                    (525)

           Net income...................                                                            27,676      27,676
                                           -----       ---      ------       ----    --------    ---------     -------

       Balances at December 31, 1995....       0       $ 0      17,420       $174    $247,690    $(153,159)    $94,705
                                           =====       ===      ======       ====    ========    =========     =======






                                See notes to consolidated financial statements.
       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. 

                   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")  in  Illinois, Indiana,
       Louisiana, North Carolina and California which constitute less than
       one  percent  (1%)  of  the  consolidated  enrollment  of  MHP  and
       subsidiaries (the "Company") at  December  31,  1995.  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, 1995.

       NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

       Basis of Consolidation

       The  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  include the
       accounts of the Company.  All significant intercompany balances and
       transactions have been eliminated.  

       Use of Estimates

       The  preparation  of  the   consolidated  financial  statements  in
       conformity with generally  accepted  accounting principles requires
       management  to  make  estimates  and  assumptions  that  affect the
       amounts  reported  in  the  consolidated  financial  statements and
       accompanying  notes.    Actual  results  could  differ  from  these
       estimates.

       Cash and Cash Equivalents

       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.



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       <PAGE>
       Cash and cash equivalents consist of the following at December 31:
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>

                                               1995        1994
         (Amounts in thousands)              -------     -------
        <S>                                 <C>         <C>
         Cash..............................  $ 6,160     $ 5,969
         Certificates of deposit...........    8,537       6,531
         Commercial paper..................   10,277       5,983
         Money market funds................    6,093       2,259
         Repurchase agreements.............    8,347      13,718
         U.S. Treasury obligations.........    9,756       3,398
                                             -------     -------
                                             $49,170     $37,858
                                             =======     =======
       </TABLE>


       Investments

       Effective  January  1,  1994,  the  Company  adopted  Statement  of
       Financial Accounting  Standards  ("SFAS")  No.  115 "Accounting for
       Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities".  Realized gains
       and losses and unrealized losses  judged to be other than temporary
       with respect to  available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities
       are included in  the  determination  of  net  income.   The cost of
       securities sold is  based  on  the  specific identification method.
       Fair values of  marketable  securities  are  based  on published or
       quoted market prices.

       The Company has  designated  its  marketable securities included in
       current assets as  available-for-sale.    Such securities have been
       recorded at amortized cost as  the  unrealized gain or loss in such
       securities is immaterial.

       The  Company's   restricted   investments   consist  of  securities
       restricted to specific purposes as required by various governmental
       regulations.  These  securities  have  been  designated as held-to-
       maturity as the Company has the intent and the ability to hold them
       to maturity.  These securities are stated at amortized cost.

       Prior  to  the  adoption  of  SFAS  No.  115,  the  Company carried
       marketable  securities  at  amortized  cost  or  at  the  lower  of
       amortized cost or fair value.  The  adoption of SFAS No. 115 had no
       material effect on the  carrying  value of marketable securities as
       of January 1, 1994.






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       <PAGE>
       The following is a  summary  of  investments  at December 31 (gross
       unrealized gains and losses are immaterial):


       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                               1995                        1994          
                                       ----------------------     -----------------------
                                                    Estimated                   Estimated
                                       Amortized      Fair        Amortized       Fair
       (Amounts in thousands)            Cost         Value         Cost          Value  
                                       ---------    ---------     ---------     ---------
       <S>                            <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>
       Available-for-sale:
         U.S. Government obligations..  $38,834      $39,074       $24,884       $24,753

         Corporate Notes..............   10,763       10,980        13,717        13,617

         Commercial paper.............                               4,902         4,886

         Other........................       62           54            55            47
                                        -------      -------       -------       -------
                                        $49,659      $50,108       $43,558       $43,303
                                        =======      =======       =======       =======
       Held-to-maturity:
         U.S. Government obligations..  $10,268      $10,346       $ 8,778       $ 8,714

         Other........................    2,325        2,325         2,175         2,175
                                        -------      -------       -------       -------
                                        $12,593      $12,671       $10,953       $10,889
                                        =======      =======       =======       =======
       </TABLE>


       The contractual maturities of investments at December 31, 1995 were
       as follows:
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>


                                                             Estimated
                                                 Amortized     Fair
       (Amounts in thousands)                      Cost        Value  
                                                 ---------   ---------
       <S>                                      <C>         <C>
       Available-for-sale:
         Due in one year or less................  $ 9,440     $ 9,424

         Due after one year through five years..   38,151      38,625

         Due after five years through ten years.    2,068       2,059
                                                  -------     -------
                                                  $49,659     $50,108
                                                  =======     =======

       Held-to-maturity:
         Due in one year or less...............   $ 9,198     $ 9,219

         Due after one year through five years..    3,395       3,452
                                                  -------     -------
                                                  $12,593     $12,671
                                                  =======     =======
       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
       Accounts Receivable

       Accounts receivable consisted of the following at December 31:


       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                   1995        1994
         (Amounts in thousands)                  -------     -------
         <S>                                    <C>         <C>
         Premiums receivable.................... $30,886     $19,251
         Allowance for retroactive
           billing adjustments..................  (2,941)     (3,371)
                                                 -------     -------
         Premiums receivable, net...............  27,945      15,880

         Federal income tax refund receivable...   2,200
         Other..................................   2,801       2,434
                                                 -------     -------
         Accounts receivable, net............... $32,946     $18,314
                                                 =======     =======

       </TABLE>

       Premiums receivable include as  of  December  31,  1995 and 1994 an
       estimated $15.0 million and $5.0 million, respectively, for amounts
       due  the  Company  with  respect   to  the  prior  operation  of  a
       governmental managed care program.

       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.

       Intangible Assets

       Intangible assets consist primarily  of purchased computer software
       and are amortized using  the  straight-line method over five years.
       Accumulated amortization of intangible  assets at December 31, 1995
       and 1994 is $1.7 million.

       Revenue Recognition

       Premiums are recorded as revenue  in  the month for which enrollees
       are entitled  to  health  care  services.    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.
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       <PAGE>
       Health Care Expense Recognition

       The cost of health  care  services  is  expensed  in the period the
       Company is obligated to provide  such services.  The Company's HMOs
       arrange for the provision of health care services primarily through
       capitation arrangements.  Under  capitation contracts, the HMO pays
       the health care provider  a  fixed  amount  per member per month to
       cover the payment of  all  or  most  medical services regardless of
       utilization.      Where   the   Company   retains   the   financial
       responsibility for specialist  referrals,  hospital utilization and
       other health care  costs,  the  Company  establishes an accrual for
       estimated  claims  payable  including  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.   Estimated claims payable are
       continually monitored and reviewed  and  as settlements are made or
       accruals adjusted, differences are reflected in current operations.

       Insurance

       The Company's operating entities,  except  in South Carolina, North
       Carolina and  California,  are  self-insured  for  risks on certain
       medical and hospital claims incurred  by  their members.  The South
       Carolina HMO  maintains  medical  and  hospital  claims reinsurance
       coverage with a third party  insurance carrier.  The North Carolina
       HMO maintains medical and hospital claims reinsurance coverage with
       MLH.  The  California  HMO  maintains  medical  and hospital claims
       reinsurance coverage for its Medicaid  line of business with Health
       Care Assurance Company Limited  ("HCAC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary
       of MHP.  

       In addition, the Company's  operating entities are self-insured for
       medical malpractice claims  with  the  exception  of the California
       HMO, which maintains malpractice coverage through HCAC. 

       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.   No  such  deficiencies  exist  at December 31,
       1995.

       Net Income Per Common and Common Equivalent Share

       The Company concluded  the  redemption  of  its Series A Cumulative
       Convertible Preferred Stock  (the  "Series  A  Stock") on March 14,
       1995  (the  "Redemption  Date").    Holders  of  approximately 2.27
       million shares  of  Series  A  Stock  converted  their  shares into
       approximately 6.25 million  shares  of  the Company's Common Stock.
       As a result of the  redemption  of  the  Series A Stock the Company
       paid no preferred  stock  dividends  in  1995, and, accordingly, no
       consideration  is  given  to   preferred  stock  dividends  in  the
       calculation of earnings per share  for  the year ended December 31,
       1995.
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       <PAGE>
       Primary earnings per  share  are  computed  by  dividing net income
       available to common shareholders by  the weighted average number of
       common shares outstanding,  after  giving  effect  to stock options
       with an exercise price less  than  the average market price for the
       period.  Common  shares  issued  upon  the  conversion of preferred
       stock have been included in  the  weighted average number of common
       shares outstanding subsequent to the conversion date.  

       Fully diluted  earnings  per  share  are  computed  by dividing net
       income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding,
       after giving effect to  stock  options  with an exercise price less
       than the market price at the  end  of the period (or average market
       price if use of that price  results in greater dilution) and shares
       assumed to be  issued  upon  conversion  of the Company's preferred
       stock.  Common shares issued upon the conversion of preferred stock
       have been included in the  weighted average number of common shares
       outstanding and the preferred  shares  have  been excluded from the
       weighted average  number  of  common  equivalent shares outstanding
       subsequent to the conversion date. 

       Fully diluted earnings per share  are reported only when the amount
       calculated is less than the  primary  earnings  per share.  For the
       years ended December 31, 1994  and  1993 fully diluted earnings per
       share  exceeded  the   primary   earnings   per  share  (i.e.,  the
       calculations were "anti-dilutive")  so  primary  earnings per share
       are reported as fully diluted.  

       Stock Options

       In October  1995,  SFAS  No.  123  "Accounting  for  Stock  - Based
       Compensation"  was  issued   which   provides   an  alternative  to
       Accounting Principles Board ("APB")  Opinion No. 25 "Accounting for
       Stock Issued to Employees".  SFAS  No. 123 encourages, but does not
       require, that  compensation  expense  for  grants  of  stock, stock
       options and other equity instruments  to  employees be based on the
       fair value of such instrument.  The statement also allows companies
       to continue to  measure  compensation  expense  using the intrinsic
       value method prescribed by APB Opinion No. 25.  The Company intends
       to continue with the intrinsic value based method.

       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.

       Restrictions on Fund Transfers

       Certain of  the  Company's  operating  subsidiaries  are subject to
       state regulations which  require  compliance with certain statutory
       deposit, dividend distribution 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
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       <PAGE>
       (after inter-company eliminations) which, at December 31, 1995, 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".  Restricted Net Assets of
       these operating subsidiaries  were  $31.5  million  at December 31,
       1995, with deposit  requirements  and  limitations imposed by state
       regulations on  the  distribution  of  dividends representing $12.3
       million  and  $11.2   million   of   the   Restricted  Net  Assets,
       respectively, and net worth  requirements  in excess of deposit and
       dividend limitations representing the  remaining $8.0 million.  The
       Company's total Restricted  Net  Assets  at  December 31, 1995 were
       $31.8 million. 

       Concentrations of Credit Risk

       Financial instruments  which  potentially  subject  the  Company to
       concentrations of credit risk  consist  primarily of investments in
       marketable  securities  and  premiums  receivable.    The Company's
       investments  in  marketable  securities  are  managed  by  internal
       investment managers within the  guidelines established by the Board
       of Directors, which, as a matter of policy, limit the amounts which
       may be invested in any  one  issuer.  Concentrations of credit risk
       with respect to premiums  receivable  are  limited due to the large
       number of employer groups  comprising  the Company's customer base.
       As of December 31, 1995 management believes that the Company had no
       significant concentrations of credit risk.

       NOTE 3 - PAYABLE TO DISBURSING AGENT

       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").   The
       Reorganization Plan provided that on  December 31, 1991 and 1992 or
       within  90  days  thereafter,  the  Company  would  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").  Pursuant to
       the  Reorganization  Plan,  40%   of  the  Consolidated  Net  Worth
       Distribution was  to  be  distributed  ratably  to  the  holders of
       certain  allowed  claims  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the
       Reorganization Plan  while  the  remaining  60%  was  to be applied
       ratably  against  mandatory  redemptions  of  certain  Senior Notes
       issued as part of the Reorganization Plan.

       In the first quarter of 1992  MHP issued 2,400,000 shares of Series
       A Stock (see Note 6)  and  redeemed  the Senior Notes.  The Company
       does not believe that   the Reorganization Plan contemplated either
       the issuance of preferred  stock  or  the  redemption of the Senior
       Notes and, accordingly,  believes  that  the Consolidated Net Worth
       Distribution  required  by   the   Reorganization  Plan  should  be
       calculated  as  if  the  sale  of  Series  A  Stock  had  not  been
       consummated and the Senior Notes had not been redeemed. The Company
       thus  determined  the  December  31,  1992  Consolidated  Net Worth
       Distribution amount to be approximately $971,000.  This amount was
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       <PAGE>
       tendered  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 was 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  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.  Any Consolidated
       Net Worth Distribution would  be  made from the Company's available
       cash.

       NOTE 4 - LITIGATION

       The Company is involved in  litigation arising in the normal course
       of business, which, in the  opinion  of management, will not have a
       material adverse  effect  on  the  Company's consolidated financial
       position.

       NOTE 5 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

       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
       expense of $2.5 million, $2.7 million and $2.9 million reported for
       the years ended  December  31,  1995,  1994 and 1993, respectively.
       Sublease  rental  revenue  of  $72,000,  $251,000  and  $209,000 is
       reported for the  years  ended  December  31,  1995, 1994 and 1993,
       respectively.

       Assets held under capital leases  at  December 31, 1995 and 1994 of
       $1.4 million  and  $533,000,  respectively,  (net  of  $253,000 and
       $150,000, respectively, of  accumulated amortization) are comprised
       primarily of equipment  leases.    Amortization expense for capital
       leases is included in depreciation expense. 















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       <PAGE>
       Future  minimum  lease  commitments  for  noncancelable  leases  at
       December 31, 1995 were as follows:

       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                               Operating  Capitalized
                                                Leases      Leases
                (Amounts in thousands)         ---------  -----------
               <S>                            <C>        <C>
                1996..........................  $ 2,226     $  554
                1997..........................    2,053        438
                1998..........................    2,086        439
                1999..........................    1,668         18
                2000..........................      707
                Thereafter....................    1,636
                                                -------     ------
                Total minimum
                  obligations.................  $10,376      1,449
                                                =======

                Less current
                  obligations.................                 554
                Long-term                                   ------
                  obligations.................              $  895
                                                            ======
       </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 were designated Series
       A Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred  Stock,  par  value  $.01 (the
       Series A Stock).  

       Preferred Stock

       On February 13, 1995 the Company announced that it would redeem all
       of its 2.29 million  outstanding  shares  of  the Series A Stock on
       March 14, 1995.  Holders of  Series A Stock were entitled to either
       have their shares redeemed  by  the  Company  at $25.4625 per share
       (the "Redemption Price"), which  represents the redemption price of
       $25.00 per share plus  accrued  and  unpaid dividends of $.4625 per
       share, or convert their Series  A  Stock  into 2.7548 shares of the
       Company's Common Stock for each  share of Series A Stock converted.
       Holders of approximately  2.27  million  shares  of  Series A Stock
       converted their shares  into  approximately  6.25 million shares of
       Common Stock.  As of March 14, 1995, the remaining 21,000 shares of
       Series A Stock are no longer   deemed to be outstanding and holders
       of Series A Stock  certificates  were  entitled to receive only the
       Redemption Price without additional interest thereon upon surrender
       of  the  Series  A  Stock  certificates  properly  endorsed  to the
       Redemption Agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.  
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       <PAGE>
       Common Stock

       The Company is authorized to issue  40.0 million shares of $.01 par
       value Common Stock.    Under  the  Reorganization Plan 10.0 million
       shares of the Company's Common Stock were issued for the benefit of
       holders  of  allowed  claims,  interest  and  equity  claims.    An
       additional 6.6 million shares  were  issued  upon the conversion of
       Series A Stock in 1994 and  1995, and .4 million shares were issued
       in connection with the exercise  of warrants issued pursuant to the
       Reorganization Plan.  As  of  December  31, 1995 approximately 17.4
       million shares of the Company's Common Stock were outstanding.  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,  which  are  all
       currently exercisable, to purchase  up  to 277,778 shares of Common
       Stock at a price of $6.54 per option share.  As of January 1, 1992,
       the  Company  entered   into   employment  agreements  with  Senior
       Management.  Under the  terms  of these employment agreements, each
       member of 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.    All  of  the  options  are  currently
       exercisable.

       In December of 1990,  the  Company  approved  the 1990 Stock Option
       Plan (the "1990 Plan").    Under  the  terms  of  the 1990 Plan, as
       amended, the Company  may  issue  up  to  an aggregate of 1,000,000
       nonqualified  stock  options  to   directors,  officers  and  other
       employees.  The following table summarizes information with respect
       to the 1990 Plan:

       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                          December 31,   December 31, 
                                             1995           1994     
       (Amounts in thousands, except      ------------   ------------
          price range)                       
       <S>                               <C>            <C>
       Outstanding, beginning of year....     860            743
       Granted...........................      20            215
       Exercised.........................    (189)           (88)
       Forfeited.........................     (46)           (10)
                                             ----            ---
       End of year
         Outstanding.....................     645            860
                                             ====            ===
         Exercisable.....................     461            528
         Price Range..................... $8.00-$16.13   $8.00 - $13.25
         Available.......................      45             19
       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
       In July of 1995, the  Company  approved  the 1995 Stock Option Plan
       (the "1995 Plan"). Under the  terms  of  the 1995 Plan, the Company
       may issue up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 nonqualified or incentive
       stock options to  directors,  officers  and  other  employees.  The
       following table summarizes  information  with  respect  to the 1995
       Plan:

       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>

                                          December 31,
                                             1995
       (Amounts in thousands, except      ------------
          price range)
       <S>                               <C>
       Outstanding, beginning of year.... 
       Granted...........................     200
       Exercised......................... 
       Forfeited......................... 
                                              ---
       End of year
         Outstanding.....................     200
                                              ===
         Exercisable..................... 
         Price...........................  $26.50
         Available.......................     800

       </TABLE>

       Under the 1990 Plan  and  1995  Plan,  options granted to date have
       been nonqualified stock options which expire no later than 10 years
       from the date of grant.   Options  granted  to date have been at an
       exercise price equal to 100% of  the fair market value of the stock
       at the date of grant.

       Restricted Stock

       On February 27, 1995 the Board of Directors of the Company approved
       Restricted  Stock  Grant  Agreements   awarding  65,000  shares  of
       Restricted Stock to each  member of Senior Management (individually
       the "Executive").   The  Restricted  Stock  is  subject to complete
       forfeiture should the Executive  to  which  it  has been awarded be
       terminated prior  to  February  27,  1998.    Upon  the   Executive
       remaining in the employ  of  the  Company through February 27, 1998
       the Restricted Stock becomes  fully  vested.  Under certain defined
       circumstances involving a  change  in  control  of  the Company the
       Restricted Stock will vest in full immediately.

       The  Company  has  measured  the  total  compensation  cost  of the
       Restricted Stock awards as the excess of the quoted market price of
       similar but unrestricted shares of stock at the award date over the
       purchase price, if any, of the Restricted Stock.  The quoted market
       price of shares of the Company's  Common Stock at the date of grant
       was $16.125, and the Restricted Stock was awarded to the Executives
       at no cost.  The total compensation cost of the Restricted Stock is
       $2,096,000 and  is  being  amortized  over  the  three year vesting
       period.
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       <PAGE>
       Warrants 

       In accordance  with  the  Reorganization  Plan,  the Company issued
       warrants  (the  "Warrants"),  entitling  the  holders  thereof,  to
       purchase for $9.98 per Warrant, in the aggregate, 555,555 shares of
       Common Stock.  In June 1994  the Company issued a redemption notice
       on the Warrants whereby warrantholders who wished to exercise their
       Warrant had to do so by  July  29, 1994.  Any warrantholder who did
       not  exercise  his  or   her   Warrant  by  tendering  the  Warrant
       certificate for redemption has  received  or is entitled to receive
       the redemption price  of  $.05  per  Warrant.    A total of 420,178
       Warrants were exercised and  the  Company  realized net proceeds of
       approximately $4.2  million.  The  remaining  135,377 Warrants were
       redeemed by the Company.

       NOTE 7 - INCOME TAXES

       The benefit  for  income  taxes  at  December  31  consisted of the
       following:

       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>

                                         1995      1994      1993
       (Amounts in thousands)          -------   -------   -------
       Current:
        <S>                           <C>       <C>       <C>
         Federal...................... $   236   $   219   $   120
         State........................     139       123       109
                                       -------   -------   -------
                                           375       342       229
                                       -------   -------   -------
       Deferred:
         Federal......................  (3,400)   (3,400)   (2,380)
         State........................    (600)     (600)     (420)
                                       -------   -------   -------
                                        (4,000)   (4,000)   (2,800)
                                       -------   -------   -------
       Benefit for income taxes....... $(3,625)  $(3,658)  $(2,571)
                                       =======   =======   =======
       </TABLE>














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       <PAGE>
       The  federal  and  state  deferred  tax  liabilities  (assets)  are
       comprised of the following at December 31:

       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>

                                            1995      1994      1993  
       (Amounts in thousands)             --------  --------  --------
       <S>                               <C>       <C>       <C>
       Loss carryforwards................ $(19,429) $(27,679) $(31,572)
       Depreciation......................   (1,316)   (1,133)     (602)
       Other.............................   (2,568)   (2,465)   (2,137)
                                          --------  --------  --------

       Gross deferred tax assets.........  (23,313)  (31,277)  (34,311)
                                          --------  --------  --------

       Deferred tax assets valuation
         allowance.......................    9,313    21,277    28,311
                                          --------  --------  --------

       Deferred tax asset................ $(14,000) $(10,000) $ (6,000)
                                          ========  ========  ========

       </TABLE>

       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>

                                              1995      1994      1993
       (Amounts in thousands)               -------   -------   -------
       <S>                                 <C>       <C>       <C>
       Tax provision at statutory rate..... $ 8,177   $ 3,290   $ 1,026
       State income taxes..................     139       123       109
       Exercise of nonqualified stock
         options...........................    (577)
       Benefit of NOL carryforwards........  (7,364)   (3,071)     (906)
       Anticipation of future benefit of 
         NOLs..............................  (4,000)   (4,000)   (2,800)
                                            -------   -------   -------

       Benefit for income taxes............ $(3,625)  $(3,658)  $(2,571)
                                            =======   =======   =======

       </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  (the "IRC").  As a result
       of the ownership  change,  the  Company's  pre-change net operating
       loss  carryforwards  ("NOLs")  of  approximately  $325  million are
       subject to limitation under provisions  of  Section 382 of the IRC.
       These NOLs are  subject  to  a  fifteen  year  carryover period and
       expire for federal income  tax  purposes  in the years 2002 through
       2005.   From  the  Effective  Date  through  December  31, 1995 the
       Company has recognized  for  financial statement reporting purposes
       an annual limitation for its NOLs of approximately $6.3 million per
       year and the recognition in 1995 of an additional $10.0 million
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       under other provisions of Section 382 of the IRC.  In the event the
       current limitation 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 limitation under Section  382 of the IRC on NOLs
       would be recalculated.   The  Company  is presently determining the
       possible  availability  of  NOLs   above  the  current  limitation;
       however, the Company is unable to  quantify to what extent, if any,
       the Company may be able  to  fully utilize its remaining pre-change
       NOLs prior to their expiration.

       SFAS No. 109 "Accounting  for  Income  Taxes" 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 $35 million of
       NOLs.   Accordingly,  the  Company  recorded  an  increase  of $4.0
       million in 1995  to  its  deferred  tax  asset,  from $10.0 million
       recorded  as  of  December  31,  1994,  resulting  in  an aggregate
       deferred tax asset of  $14.0  million  recorded  as of December 31,
       1995 for the recognition of anticipated future utilization of NOLs. 

       NOTE 8 - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN

       The  Company  adopted  the  Maxicare  Health  Plans,  Inc.  Savings
       Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in January 1985.  The Plan is a defined
       contribution  401(k)  profit  sharing  plan  covering  employees of
       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and certain participating subsidiaries
       who have  satisfied  the  eligibility  requirements.    The primary
       eligibility requirements are that an employee must be employed at a
       participating company, and must have completed one year of eligible
       service.

       The cost  of  the  Plan  is  shared  by  the  participants  and the
       participating companies.  Eligible  employees  may defer from 1% to
       15% of base compensation on  a  before-tax basis in accordance with
       Section 401(k) of the Internal  Revenue  Code.   The Plan calls for
       the Company to match up to  3% of total compensation, not to exceed
       the employee's contribution.    The Company's contributions totaled
       $262,000, $289,000 and $304,000  for  the  years ended December 31,
       1995, 1994 and 1993, respectively.











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       <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  
                                                  ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------
       1995
       ----
       <S>                                       <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>

       Operating revenues                         $112,355    $113,692    $119,879    $131,418

       Income from operations                     $  4,288    $  4,230    $  4,445    $  4,847

       Net income (1)                             $  4,688    $  4,897    $  7,468    $ 10,623

       Net income available to common
         shareholders                             $  4,688    $  4,897    $  7,468    $ 10,623

       Net income per common share: 
           Primary                                $    .35    $    .27    $    .41    $    .58
           Fully Diluted                          $    .26    $    .27    $    .41    $    .58

       1994
       ----

       Operating revenues                         $106,925    $106,996    $108,301    $109,951

       Income (loss) from operations (2)          $  1,802    $   (700)   $  2,296    $  2,996

       Net income (loss) (1)                      $  2,281    $   (126)   $  3,103    $  8,077

       Net income (loss) available to common
         shareholders                             $    931    $ (1,476)   $  1,811    $  6,789

       Net income (loss) per common share: (3)
           Primary                                $    .09    $   (.14)   $    .16    $    .59
           Fully Diluted                          $    .09    $   (.14)   $    .16    $    .45


       (1) Includes $4.0 million income tax benefits from the recording of a deferred tax asset in the
           fourth quarters of both 1995 and 1994  (see "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
           Data - Note 7 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements").

       (2) Includes a $3.0 million litigation  charge  recorded  in  the  second  quarter of 1994 as a
           result of a judgment awarding financing fees in connection with the Company's 1992 Series A
           Stock offering.

       (3) For each of the three month periods ending  March  31, June 30 and September 30, 1994 fully
           diluted earnings per share exceeded primary earnings per share (i.e., the calculations were
           "anti-dilutive").  Accordingly, primary earnings  per  share for those periods are reported
           as fully diluted.
       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
       Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
                ------------------------------------------------
                Accounting and Financial Disclosures
                ------------------------------------

       None.
















































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       <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.









































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       <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, 1995, 1994  and 1993, of those persons who
       were, at December 31, 1995 (i) the chief executive officer and (ii)
       the other four most  highly  compensated  executive officers of the
       Company (collectively the "Named Officers"):


                               Summary Compensation Table


       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                                                        Long-Term
                                                   Annual Compensation                 Compensation
                                           ----------------------------------     ----------------------
                                                                                  Stock       Restricted
                                                     Reorganization               Options       Stock
                                                         Plan                     Awards        Awards      All Other
       Name and Principal Position  Year    Salary     Bonus(1)      Bonus(2)      (#)           (3)      Compensation(4)
       ---------------------------  ----   --------  --------------  --------    --------     ----------  ---------------
       <S>                         <C>    <C>       <C>             <C>         <C>          <C>         <C>
       Peter J. Ratican             1995   $425,000    $25,278       $356,862                 $1,048,125    $4,500
       Chairman of the Board        1994   $425,000                                                         $5,539
       of Directors, Chief          1993   $425,000    $18,513                                              $7,075
       Executive Officer and
       President

       Eugene L. Froelich           1995   $325,000    $25,278       $356,862                 $1,048,125    $4,500
       Executive Vice President -   1994   $325,000                                                         $5,539
       Finance and Administration,  1993   $325,000    $18,513                                              $7,075
       Chief Financial Officer
       and Director

       Alan D. Bloom                1995   $208,000                                                         $4,500
       Senior Vice President,       1994   $203,000                                 7,500                   $4,697
       Secretary and General        1993   $200,000                                 7,500                   $6,000
       Counsel

       Richard A. Link              1995   $205,000                                10,000                   $4,500
       Senior Vice President -      1994   $197,500                                 5,000                   $4,580
       Accounting and Chief         1993   $195,000                                 5,000                   $5,850
       Accounting Officer

       Aivars L. Jerumanis          1995   $190,000                                 5,000                   $4,500
       Senior Vice President -      1994   $187,000                                 5,000                   $5,250
       Management Information       1993   $173,000                                 5,000                   $4,225
       Systems and Chief
       Information Officer


       (1)  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.

       (2)  These amounts include $256,862 paid in  February 1996 pursuant to employment agreements entered
            into by the Company with the Named Officers.   These employment agreements call for the payment
            of a bonus to  the  Named  Officers  based  upon  the  Company's annual pre-tax earnings before
            extraordinary items.  These amounts also include a $100,000 bonus paid to the Named Officers in
            February 1995 as determined by the Company's Board of Directors.
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       <PAGE>
       (3)  These amounts represent the fair market value  of  65,000 shares of Restricted Stock awarded to
            each of the Named Officers on February  27,  1995,  based  upon the closing market price of the
            Company's Common Stock on that date  ($16.125).    The  Restricted Stock is subject to complete
            forfeiture should the  Named  Officer's  employment  with  the  Company  be terminated prior to
            February 27, 1998.  Upon  the  Named  Officer  remaining  in  the employ of the Company through
            February  27,  1998,  the  Restricted  Stock  becomes  fully  vested.    Under  certain defined
            circumstances involving a change in control  of  the  Company the Restricted Stock will vest in
            full immediately.  Based upon the closing  price  of the Company's Common Stock at December 31,
            1995 ($26.875), the Restricted Stock awarded to  each  Named Officer had a fair market value of
            $1,746,875 at that date.

       (4)  These amounts include contributions made by  the  Company  on behalf of the Named Officer under
            the Company's 401(k) Savings Incentive Plan.
       </TABLE>


       Option Grants
       -------------

       Shown below  is  further  information  on  grants  of stock options
       pursuant to  the  1995  Stock  Option  Plan  during  the year ended
       December 31, 1995, 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 1995     ($/share)(2)         Date             Option Term (3)   
       -------------------      -----------  -------------   ------------   -----------------   ----------------------
                                                                                                   5%            10%
                                                                                                --------      --------
       <S>                     <C>          <C>             <C>            <C>                 <C>           <C>
       Richard A. Link            10,000         4.6%         $26.50        December 19, 2005   $166,657      $422,342
       Aivars L. Jerumanis         5,000         2.3%         $26.50        December 19, 2005   $ 83,329      $211,171


       (1)  The options were granted as of  December  19,  1995  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.
       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
       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 1995 and
       prior years under employment agreements, the 1995 Stock Option Plan
       and the 1990 Stock Option  Plan  to  the Named Officers and held by
       them at December 31, 1995.
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>


                                Number of Unexercised          Value of Unexercised
                                  Options Held At             In-the-Money Options At
                                December 31, 1995 (#)          December 31, 1995 (1)
                              -------------------------     -------------------------
             Name             Exercisable Unexercisable     Exercisable Unexercisable
       -------------------    ----------- -------------     ----------- -------------
       <S>                   <C>                           <C>         <C>     
       Peter J. Ratican        427,778                      $8,479,866
       Eugene L. Froelich      427,778                      $8,479,866
       Alan D. Bloom            17,500        7,500         $  309,038    $111,238
       Richard A. Link          65,001       14,999         $1,210,208    $ 77,892
       Aivars L. Jerumanis      25,001        9,999         $  457,708    $ 76,017


       (1) Based on the closing price on the NASDAQ-NMS on that date ($26.875), net of the option exercise price.

       </TABLE>

       Shown below is information with  respect to stock options exercised
       by Named Officers in 1995.


       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>
                                                                     Number of                  Value of
                                   Shares                      Securities Underlying       Unexercised in-the
                                 Acquired on                    Unexercised Options         Money Options at
                                  Exercise        Value         at December 31, 1995(#)    December 31, 1995($)
              Name                  (#)        Realized ($)   Exercisable/Unexercisable  Exercisable/Unexercisable
       -------------------       -----------   ------------   -------------------------  -------------------------
       <S>                      <C>           <C>            <C>                        <C>
       Richard A. Link             10,000        $ 87,500           65,001/14,999           $1,210,208/$77,892
       Aivars L. Jerumanis         10,000        $123,438           25,001/9,999            $  457,708/$76,017



       </TABLE>
       Employment Agreements
       ---------------------

       As  of  January  1,  1992,   the  Company  entered  into  five-year
       employment agreements with Peter J.  Ratican and Eugene L. Froelich
       ("Senior Management") which  agreements  were  amended by amendment
       dated February  27,  1995  (the  "Employment  Agreements").   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  the  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
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       <PAGE>
       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
       Employment 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 of  Control  of  the  Company,  either  member  may elect to
       terminate the  Employment  Agreement  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  all sources
       (including the value of unexercised  options) from the Company over
       the five year period  through  the  date  of the Change of Control.
       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 Agreements;  (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 the
       Company's 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 Employment 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  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. 


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       <PAGE>
       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,  1995,  the  Company  entered  into  employment
       agreements, effective  through  December  31,  1997,  with  Alan D.
       Bloom, Richard A.  Link  and  Aivars  L.  Jerumanis.  The contracts
       provide minimum base  salaries  of  $208,000, $205,000 and $190,000
       for Messrs. Bloom,  Link  and  Jerumanis,  respectively, subject to
       increases and bonuses, as may  be  determined  from time to time by
       the Chief Executive Officer  of  the  Company.   The contracts with
       Messrs.  Bloom,  Link  and  Jerumanis  provide  that  should  their
       employment be terminated  under  certain  circumstances, they would
       receive up to the equivalent of four (4) months base salary.

       Compensation of Directors
       -------------------------

       During 1995, certain members of the Board received compensation for
       their  services  as  directors.    These  members  were  Claude  S.
       Brinegar, Florence F. Courtright, Thomas  W. Field, Jr., Charles E.
       Lewis and Alan S. Manne.   Messrs. Brinegar, Field, Lewis and Manne
       each received  cash  payments  of  $30,750  during  1995, while Ms.
       Courtright  received  $27,000.    During  1996,  current directors,
       excluding directors who  are  also  officers  of  the Company, will
       receive compensation for their  services  in  the amount of $27,000
       per year, plus $750 per meeting.   In addition, these directors are
       entitled to be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
       incurred in  connection  with  their  service  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, 1995 held by the  directors, the date of grant and the
       exercise price of such options:
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>

                                # of                       Exercise Price
             Director          Options    Date of Grant      Per Share
       ---------------------   -------  -----------------  --------------
       <S>                    <C>      <C>                <C>   
       Claude S. Brinegar       10,000  July 18, 1991         $ 9.25
                                10,000  December 20, 1993     $ 9.63

       Florence F. Courtright   10,000  November 5, 1993      $10.88

       Thomas W. Field          10,000  April 1, 1992         $10.50
                                10,000  December 20, 1993     $ 9.63

       Alan S. Manne            10,000  January 28, 1994      $12.63
       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
       Provided these directors  continue  to  serve  as  directors of the
       Company, the exercise  term  of  these  outstanding options is five
       years.   If  the  directorship  is  terminated,  the options expire
       thirty (30) days from  the  date  of  such  termination.  In August
       1995, Dr. Lewis exercised 10,000 options granted to him on December
       20, 1993.

       Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
       -----------------------------------------------------------

       Peter J.  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, 1995.
       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.




































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       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  owned  beneficially  as  of
       December  31,  1995  by  each  director,  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
                                                Common       of Common
       Name and Address of Person or Group      Stock(2)      Stock(3)
       -----------------------------------     ---------     ----------
       <S>                                    <C>           <C>
       RCM Capital Management (4)              1,646,500       9.5%
         Four Embarcadero Center
         San Francisco, California  94111

       Heartland Advisors, Inc. (5)              938,700       5.4%
         790 North Milwaukee Street
         Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53202

       RCM Capital Funds, Inc. (6)               926,000       5.3%
         Four Embarcadero Center
         San Francisco, California  94111

       Peter J. Ratican (7)                      492,996       3.8%
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015

       Eugene L. Froelich (7)                    492,778       3.8%
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015

       Richard A. Link (8)                        65,022        *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015

       Aivars L. Jerumanis (9)                    31,001        *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015

       </TABLE>
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       <PAGE>
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>

                                                 Amount and Nature of
                                               Beneficial Ownership(1)
                                               ------------------------
                                                             Percentage
                                                Common       of Common
       Name and Address of Person or Group      Stock(2)      Stock(3)
       -----------------------------------     ---------     ----------
       <S>                                    <C>           <C>
       Claude S. Brinegar (10)(11)                21,000         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015

       Thomas W. Field, Jr. (11)(12)              20,000         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015

       Alan D. Bloom (13)                         17,862         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015

       Alan S. Manne (11)(14)                     10,500         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015

       Florence F. Courtright (11)(14)            10,000         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015

       Charles E. Lewis (11)                          16         *
         1149 South Broadway Street
         Los Angeles, California  90015


       All Directors and Executive Officers    
         as a Group (14 persons) (15)          1,300,230        7.0%


       -------------------------
       * - less than one percent

       </TABLE>

       (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
            (the "SEC") and information provided by the record holders.

       (2)  In setting forth "beneficial" ownership,  the rules of the SEC
            require that shares  underlying currently exercisable options,
            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
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       <PAGE>
       not yet outstanding are, if  obtainable  upon exercise of an option
       which is exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60 days,
       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)  Assumes 17,420,116 shares  of  Common  Stock outstanding, and,
            with respect to each listed  beneficial owner, the exercise or
            conversion of any  option  or  right  held  by each such owner
            exercisable or convertible within 60 days.


       (4)  RCM  Capital  Management  ("RCM  Capital")  is  an  investment
            adviser  registered  under  Section   203  of  the  Investment
            Advisors Act of 1940.  RCM Limited L.P. ("RCM Limited") is the
            General Partner of RCM  Capital.    RCM Limited has beneficial
            ownership of these shares  to  the  extent  RCM Limited may be
            deemed to have beneficial  ownership  of securities managed by
            RCM Capital.  RCM  General  Corporation ("RCM General") is the
            General Partner of  RCM  Limited,  the  General Partner of RCM
            Capital.  RCM General has beneficial ownership of these shares
            to the extent RCM  General  may  be  deemed to have beneficial
            ownership  of  securities  managed  by  RCM  Capital.    These
            beneficial owners  have  sole  voting  power  with  respect to
            1,501,500  shares,  sole  dispositive  power  with  respect to
            1,639,500 shares and shared  dispositive power with respect to
            7,000 shares.  The  above  information presented in regards to
            the beneficial ownership of the  Company's Common Stock by RCM
            Capital, RCM Limited and RCM  General is based upon a Schedule
            13G filed jointly by RCM  Capital, RCM Limited and RCM General
            with the SEC on February 6, 1996.

       (5)  Heartland Advisors, Inc.  is  an investment adviser registered
            under Section 203 of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.  All
            shares are held  in  various  investment  advisory accounts of
            Heartland Advisors, Inc.    These  beneficial owners have sole
            voting  power  with  respect   to   929,200  shares  and  sole
            dispositive power with respect  to  938,700 shares.  The above
            information presented in  regards  to the beneficial ownership
            of the Company's Common  Stock  by Heartland Advisors, Inc. is
            based upon a Schedule  13G  filed  by Heartland Advisors, Inc.
            with the SEC on February 16, 1996.

       (6)  RCM  Capital  Funds  is   a  diversified  open-end  management
            investment company registered under the Investment Company Act
            of 1940 and is comprised of  three series of stock funds.  RCM
            Capital Funds  has  retained  RCM  Capital  as  the investment
            manager for all three  series  of  stock funds.  As investment
            manager, RCM Capital makes  all  investment decisions for each
            series  of  RCM   Capital   Funds,   subject  to  the  overall
            supervision of the Board  of  Directors  of RCM Capital Funds.
            Accordingly, these  shares  are  also  included  in the shares
            beneficially owned by RCM Capital.  These beneficial owners
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       <PAGE>
       have sole dispositive power  with  respect  to 926,000 shares.  The
       above information presented in  regards to the beneficial ownership
       of the Company's Common Stock by  RCM Capital Funds and RCM Capital
       is based upon a Schedule  13G  filed  by RCM Capital Funds with the
       SEC on February 9, 1996.

       (7)  Includes 427,778 shares which are subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.

       (8)  Includes 65,001 shares which are  subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.

       (9)  Includes 25,001 shares which are  subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.  

       (10) Includes 20,000 shares which are  subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.

       (11) Does not include the Unallocated Shares, held of record by the
            Company.  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
            claims.  The Company  disclaims  beneficial ownership of these
            shares.     Under   certain   circumstances,  the  Independent
            Directors, currently Messrs. Brinegar,  Field, Lewis and Manne
            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   "Item  5.  Market  for  the
            Registrant's Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters".

       (12) All  shares  are  subject   to  options  which  are  currently
            exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days.

       (13) Includes 17,500 shares which are  subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.  

       (14) Includes 10,000 shares which are  subject to options which are
            currently exercisable  or  will  become  exercisable within 60
            days.

       (15) Includes 1,161,561 shares which  are  subject to options which
            are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60
            days.  




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       Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
                 ----------------------------------------------

       None.


















































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       <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. are included in this report in
                response to Item 8.

                Report of Independent Auditors - Ernst & Young LLP
                  
                Consolidated Balance Sheets - At December 31, 1995
                  and 1994
                Consolidated Statements of Operations - Years ended
                  December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993
                Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years ended
                  December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993
                Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders'
                  Equity - Years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993
                Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

       (a) 2. Financial Statement Schedules

                Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of Registrant
                - Condensed Balance Sheets at  December 31, 1995 and 1994,
                Condensed   Statements   of   Operations   and   Condensed
                Statements of Cash Flows for  the years ended December 31,
                1995,  1994  and   1993,   Notes  to  Condensed  Financial
                Information of Registrant

                Schedule II -  Valuation  and  Qualifying Accounts for the
                years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993

       All other financial statement schedules have been omitted since the
       required information  is  not  present  or  not  present in amounts
       sufficient to require submission  of  the  schedule, or because the
       required information  is  included  in  the  consolidated financial
       statements or notes thereto.

       (a) 3. Exhibits

        2.1   Joint Plan of Reorganization dated May 14, 1990, as modified
              on May 24, 1990 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*
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       <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*
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       <PAGE>
       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@

       10.3c  Amendment  No.  1  to  the  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@

       10.4c  Amendment  No.  1  to  the  Employment  and  Indemnification
              Agreement by and  between  Maxicare  Health  Plans, Inc. and
              Eugene L. Froelich, dated January 1, 1992@@@@

       10.7e  Employment  and  Indemnification  Agreement  by  and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and  Vicki F. Perry, dated as of
              January 1, 1995@@@@

       10.8d  Employment  and  Indemnification  Agreement  by  and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and  Alan  D. Bloom, dated as of
              January 1, 1995@@@@

       10.9d  Employment  and  Indemnification  Agreement  by  and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Richard A. Link, dated as of
              January 1, 1995@@@@

       10.12e Employment  and  Indemnification  Agreement  by  and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and  Aivars L. Jerumanis, dated
              as of January 1, 1995@@@@

       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*

       10.18  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 L. Jerumanis, dated as of December 5, 1990*

       10.28  Form of Distribution Trust Agreement*
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       10.30  Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 401(k) Plan*

       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 L. Jerumanis, 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@

       10.50  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Thomas W. Field, Jr., dated as of April 1, 1992@@

       10.51d Employment  and  Indemnification  Agreement  by  and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and  Robert J. Landis, dated as
              of January 1, 1995@@@@

       10.52  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Robert J. Landis, dated as of December 5, 1990@@

       10.53  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Robert J. Landis, dated as of December 20, 1991@@

       10.54  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Florence  F.  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 A. Link, dated as of December 20, 1993@@@

       10.58  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and  Aivars  L.  Jerumanis,  dated  as  of December 20,
              1993@@@

       10.59  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Robert J. Landis, dated as of December 20, 1993@@@
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       10.61  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Thomas  W.  Field,  Jr.,  dated  as of December 20,
              1993@@@

       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@@@

       10.64a Employment  and  Indemnification  Agreement  by  and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.  and  David J. Hammons, dated as
              of January 1, 1995@@@@

       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 J. Hammons, dated as of December 20, 1993@@@

       10.68  Lease  by  and  between  Maxicare  Health  Plans,  Inc.  and
              Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance  Company, dated as of
              June 1, 1994#

       10.69  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Alan S. Manne, dated as of January 28, 1994@@@@

       10.70  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Alan D. Bloom, dated as of December 8, 1994@@@@

       10.71  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and  Aivars  L.  Jerumanis,  dated  as  of  December 8,
              1994@@@@

       10.72  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Richard A. Link, dated as of December 8, 1994@@@@

       10.73  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and David J. Hammons, dated as of December 8, 1994@@@@

       10.74  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Robert J. Landis, dated as of December 8, 1994@@@@

       10.75  Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Vicki F. Perry, dated as of December 8, 1994@@@@

       10.76  Restricted Stock  Grant  Agreement  by  and between Maxicare
              Health  Plans,  Inc.  and  Peter  J.  Ratican,  dated  as of
              February 27, 1995@@@@
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       <PAGE>
       10.77  Restricted Stock  Grant  Agreement  by  and between Maxicare
              Health Plans,  Inc.  and  Eugene  L.  Froelich,  dated as of
              February 27, 1995@@@

       10.78  Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan##

       10.79  Employment  and  Indemnification  Agreement  by  and between
              Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and  Warren D. Foon, dated as of
              January 1, 1995

       10.80a Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Warren D. Foon, dated as of May 20, 1991

       10.80b Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Warren D. Foon, dated as of December 20, 1991

       10.80c Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Warren D. Foon, dated as of December 20, 1993

       10.80d Stock Option Agreement by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
              Inc. and Warren D. Foon, dated as of December 8, 1994

       10.81  Form of Stock Option Agreement relating to Exhibit 10.78

       21     List of Subsidiaries@@@

       23.4   Consent of Independent Auditors - Ernst & Young LLP

       23.5   Consent of Independent Accountants - Price Waterhouse LLP

       27     Financial Data Schedule for the year ended December 31, 1995

       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***

       99.1   Report of Price Waterhouse LLP


       -------------------

       *    Incorporated by reference  from  the Company's Registration
            Statement on Form 10, declared effective March 18, 1991, in
            which this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       **   Incorporated by  reference  from  the  Company's Reports on
            Form 8-K dated December 17,  1991  and January 31, 1992, in
            which this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       ***  Incorporated by reference from the Company's Report on Form
            8-K dated December 5, 1990,  in which this exhibit bore the
            same exhibit number.
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       <PAGE>
       @    Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report
            on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991, in which
            this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@   Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report
            on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, in which
            this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@  Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report
            on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993, in which
            this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@@ Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report
            on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, in which
            this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       #    Incorporated  by  reference  from  the  Company's Quarterly
            Report  on  Form  10-Q   for  the  quarterly  period  ended
            September 30, 1994,  in  which  this  exhibit bore the same
            exhibit number.

       ##   Incorporated  by  reference  from  the  Company's Quarterly
            Report  on  Form  10-Q   for  the  quarterly  period  ended
            September 30, 1995,  in  which  this  exhibit bore the same
            exhibit number.

       (b)  Reports on Form 8-K

            None.

























                                       71
       <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 28, 1996                    /s/ PETER J. RATICAN    
           --------------                    ------------------------
                Date                             Peter J. Ratican
                                              Chief Executive Officer


           March 28, 1996                    /s/ EUGENE L. FROELICH  
           --------------                    ------------------------
                Date                             Eugene L. Froelich
                                              Chief Financial Officer


           March 28, 1996                    /s/ RICHARD A. LINK   
           --------------                    ------------------------
                Date                             Richard A. Link
                                              Principal Accounting
                                                    Officer



























                                       72
       <PAGE>
                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 28, 1996
       --------------------
           Peter J. Ratican


       /s/ EUGENE L. FROELICH       Director                March 28, 1996
       ----------------------
           Eugene L. Froelich 


       /s/ CLAUDE S. BRINEGAR       Director                March 26, 1996
       -----------------------
           Claude S. Brinegar


       /s/ FLORENCE F. COURTRIGHT   Director                March 26, 1996
       --------------------------
           Florence F. Courtright


       /s/ THOMAS W. FIELD, JR.     Director                March 22, 1996
       ------------------------
           Thomas W. Field, Jr.


       /s/ CHARLES E. LEWIS         Director                March 23, 1996
       --------------------         
           Charles E. Lewis         


       /s/ ALAN S. MANNE            Director                March 26, 1996
       -----------------
           Alan S. Manne











                                       73
       <PAGE>
                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.

         SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

                          CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

                           (Amounts in thousands)
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>



                                                                               December 31,
                                                                              1995      1994
                                                                            --------  -------
       CURRENT ASSETS
        <S>                                                                <C>       <C>
         Cash and cash equivalents......................................... $  9,359  $ 4,528
         Marketable securities.............................................   15,008   10,754
         Amounts due from affiliates - Note 2..............................    3,081    2,936
         Deferred tax asset................................................   14,000   10,000
         Income tax receivable.............................................    2,200  
         Other current assets..............................................      546      585
                                                                            --------  -------
            TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS...........................................   44,194   28,803

       PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET.........................................    2,098    2,052
       INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES..........................................   59,081   43,363
       OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS..............................................      244    2,164
                                                                            --------  -------
            TOTAL ASSETS................................................... $105,617  $76,382
                                                                            ========  =======

       CURRENT LIABILITIES
         Payable to disbursing agent....................................... $  6,248  $ 6,248
         Amounts due to affiliates - Note 2................................      184      238
         Other current liabilities.........................................    3,678    4,166
                                                                            --------  -------
            TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES......................................   10,110   10,652

       OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES.........................................      802      380
                                                                            --------  -------
            TOTAL LIABILITIES..............................................   10,912   11,032
                                                                            --------  -------

       COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Note 3

       TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY.....................................        94,705   65,350
                                                                            --------  -------
            TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY..................... $105,617  $76,382
                                                                            ========  =======








                       See notes to condensed financial information of registrant.
       </TABLE>
                                       74
       <PAGE>
                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.

         SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

                       CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                           (Amounts in thousands)
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>



                                                                       Years ended December 31,
                                                                     1995        1994      1993
                                                                    -------    -------   -------
       <S>                                                         <C>        <C>       <C>
       REVENUES
         Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries............... $18,318    $ 9,895   $(1,208)
         Service agreement income..................................  11,115      9,017    15,419
         Other income..............................................                 22         4
                                                                    -------    -------   -------
            TOTAL REVENUES.........................................  29,433     18,934    14,215
                                                                    -------    -------   -------
       EXPENSES
         Marketing, general and administrative expenses............  14,123     14,576    12,531
         Depreciation and amortization.............................   1,011      1,875     3,872
                                                                    -------    -------   -------
            TOTAL EXPENSES.........................................  15,134     16,451    16,403
                                                                    -------    -------   -------
       INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS...............................  14,299      2,483    (2,188)

         Investment income.........................................   1,191        618       504
         Interest expense, net of inter-company interest income
           and expense.............................................     (34)       (20)      (62)
                                                                    -------    -------   -------
       INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES...........................  15,456      3,081    (1,746)

       INCOME TAX BENEFIT..........................................  12,220     10,254     7,334
                                                                    -------    -------   -------
       NET INCOME..................................................  27,676     13,335     5,588

       PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS...................................             (5,280)   (5,400)
                                                                    -------    -------   -------

       NET INCOME AVAILABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS................. $27,676    $ 8,055   $   188
                                                                    =======    =======   =======







                        See notes to condensed financial information of registrant.

       </TABLE>
                                       75
       <PAGE>
                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.

         SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

                       CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                           (Amounts in thousands)
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>



                                                                   Years ended December 31,
                                                                  1995       1994       1993
                                                                --------   --------   --------
       <S>                                                     <C>        <C>        <C>
       CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
       Net income ............................................. $ 27,676   $ 13,335   $  5,588
       Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
         provided by operating activities:
         Depreciation and amortization.........................    1,011      1,875      3,872
         Provision for long-term receivables valuation.........    2,004
         Benefit from deferred taxes...........................   (4,000)    (4,000)    (2,800)
         Amortization of restricted stock......................      583
         Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries...........  (18,318)    (9,895)     1,208
         Changes in assets and liabilities:
          Changes in other miscellaneous assets and
            liabilities........................................   (3,372)     2,540     (4,105)
                                                                --------   --------   --------
       Net cash provided by operating activities...............    5,584      3,855      3,763
                                                                --------   --------   --------
       CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
         Sales (purchases) of marketable securities, net.......   (4,254)   (8,230)      8,945
         Capital contributions to subsidiaries, net............   (5,530)   (4,770)    (12,443)
         Dividends received from subsidiaries..................    8,130     7,769      10,490
         Purchases of property and equipment...................      (53)     (208)       (397)
         Dispositions of property and equipment................        3        10
                                                                --------   -------    --------
       Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities....   (1,704)   (5,429)      6,595
                                                                --------   -------    --------
       CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
         Payment of preferred stock dividends..................             (5,280)     (5,400)
         Cash transferred to disbursing agent..................                           (971)
         Payments on capital lease obligations.................     (145)                 (373)
         Payments on long-term debt to affiliates..............               (114)     (1,050)
         Stock options exercised...............................    1,621       717         136
         Redemption of preferred stock.........................     (525)
         Warrants exercised....................................              4,193
                                                                --------   -------    --------
       Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities....      951      (484)     (7,658)
                                                                --------   -------    --------
       Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents....    4,831    (2,058)      2,700
       Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period........    4,528     6,586       3,886
                                                                --------   -------    --------
       Cash and cash equivalents at end of period.............. $  9,359   $ 4,528    $  6,586
                                                                ========   =======    ========
       Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
         Cash paid during the year for -
            Interest........................................... $     22   $    24    $     28
            Income taxes....................................... $  2,689   $   163    $    284

       </TABLE>
                                       76
       <PAGE>
                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.

         SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

                       CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                           (Amounts in thousands)
       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>



                                                                   Years ended December 31,
                                                                  1995      1994       1993
                                                                --------   -------    ------
       <S>                                                     <C>        <C>        <C>
       Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing activities:
         Capital lease obligations incurred for purchase of 
          property and equipment and intangible assets......... $   963    $  484

         Book value of assets exchanged for assets.............                       $ 40
         Fair value of assets exchanged........................                        (25)
                                                                                      ----
         Loss on assets exchanged..............................                       $ 15
                                                                                      ====

       Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:
         Reclassification of preferred stock capital accounts
          to common stock capital accounts pursuant to the
          conversion of preferred stock to common stock........ $53,195    $2,580
         Issuance of restricted common stock................... $ 2,096






                        See notes to condensed financial information of registrant.

       </TABLE>














                                       77
       <PAGE>
                           MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.

           SCHEDULE I - 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.

       Certain amounts for 1994 and 1993 have been reclassified to conform
       to the 1995 presentation.

       NOTE 2 - TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

       MHP operates under a  decentralized  and segregated cash management
       system.  The operating  subsidiaries  currently pay monthly fees to
       MHP pursuant to administrative services agreements.

       NOTE 3 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

       MHP's assets held under  capital  leases  at  December 31, 1995 and
       1994 of $1,247,000 and $378,000, respectively, (net of $199,000 and
       $106,000, 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, 1995 were as follows:

       <TABLE>
       <CAPTION>

                                           Operating   Capitalized
                                            Leases       Leases
            (Amounts in thousands)         ---------   -----------
           <S>                            <C>         <C>
            1996..........................   $  551      $  506
            1997..........................      595         389
            1998..........................      635         391
            1999..........................      496
            2000..........................       83
                                             ------      ------
            Total minimum
              obligations.................   $2,360       1,286
                                             ======     

            Less current
              obligations.................                  506
            Long-term                                    ------
              obligations.................               $  780
                                                         ======
       </TABLE>
                                       78
       <PAGE>
                          MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. 

                 SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

                             (Amounts in thousands)

                      For the Year Ended December 31, 1995


       <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:      $3,371                                       $430(1)         $2,941

       Other valuation 
         accounts:                     32                       $2,004(2)         32(3)          2,004
                                   ------                       ------          ----            ------
                                   $3,403                       $2,004          $462            $4,945
                                   ======                       ======          ====            ======


       (1)  Reduction in premium revenue.
       (2)  Reduction in notes receivable reserve.
       </TABLE>


                                        For the Year Ended December 31, 1994
       <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:      $2,706                       $665(4)                         $3,371

       Other valuation  
         accounts:                     34                                         $2(3)             32
                                   ------                       ----              --            ------
                                   $2,740                       $665              $2            $3,403
                                   ======                       ====              ==            ======


       (1)  Write-off of retroactive billing adjustments.
       (2)  Increase to valuation allowance for long-term receivables.
       (3)  Write-off of notes receivable reserve.
       (4)  Reduction in premium revenue.

       </TABLE
                                       79
       <PAGE>
                                            MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. 

                                   SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

                                               (Amounts in thousands)

                                        For the Year Ended December 31, 1993

       
</TABLE>
<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
                                   ======                       ====                            ======


       (1)  Reduction in premium revenue.


       </TABLE>

















                                       80
       <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, 1990 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
                 Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation@@@


       -------------------------
       *    Incorporated  by  reference  from  the  Company's  Registration
            Statement on Form  10,  declared  effective  March 18, 1991, in
            which this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @    Incorporated by reference from  the  Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year  ended  December 31, 1991, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@  Incorporated by reference from  the  Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year  ended  December 31, 1993, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.
                                       81
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                               Sequential
       Number    Description                                 Page Number
       -------   ------------------------------------------  -----------
         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.@


       -------------------------
       *  Incorporated  by  reference   from  the  Company's  Registration
          Statement on Form  10,  declared  effective  March  18, 1991, in
          which this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       ** Incorporated by reference from the Company's Reports on Form 8-K
          dated December 17,  1991  and  January  31,  1992, in which this
          exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @  Incorporated by reference  from  the  Company's Annual Report on
          Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31, 1991, in which this
          exhibit bore the same exhibit number.
                                       82
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                              Sequential
       Number  Description                                  Page Number
       ------  ------------------------------------------   -----------
       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@

       10.3c   Amendment No. 1 to the 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@

       10.4c   Amendment No. 1 to the Employment and
               Indemnification Agreement by and between
               Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Eugene L.
               Froelich dated, January 1, 1992@@@@

       10.7e   Employment and Indemnification Agreement
               by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
               and Vicki F. Perry, dated as of January
               1, 1995@@@@

       10.8d   Employment and Indemnification Agreement
               by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
               and Alan D. Bloom, dated as of January 1,
               1995@@@@

       10.9d   Employment and Indemnification Agreement
               by and between Maxicare Health Plans,
               Inc. and Richard A. Link, dated as of
               January 1, 1995@@@@


       -------------------------
       *    Incorporated  by  reference  from  the  Company's Registration
            Statement on Form 10,  declared  effective  March 18, 1991, in
            which this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @    Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1991, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@@ Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1994, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.
                                       83
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                               Sequential
       Number   Description                                  Page Number
       -------  -------------------------------------------  -----------
       10.12e   Employment and Indemnification Agreement by
                and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
                Aivars Jerumanis, dated as of January 1,
                1995@@@@

       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*

       10.18    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 L.
                Jerumanis, dated as of December 5, 1990*

       10.28    Form of Distribution Trust Agreement*        

       10.30    Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 401(k) Plan*     

       10.35    Stock Option Agreement by and between        
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Charles
                E. Lewis, 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 this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @    Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1991, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@@ Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1994, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.
                                       84
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                              Sequential
       Number   Description                                 Page Number
       -------  ----------------------------------------    -----------
       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 L.
                Jerumanis, 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@

       10.50    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Thomas W.
                Field, Jr., dated as of April 1, 1992@@

       10.51d   Employment and Indemnification Agreement
                by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                and Robert J. Landis, dated as of January 1,
                1995@@@@

       10.52    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Robert J.
                Landis, dated as of December 5, 1990@@

       -------------------------
       @    Incorporated by reference from  the  Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year  ended  December 31, 1991, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@   Incorporated by reference from  the  Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year  ended  December 31, 1992, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@@ Incorporated by reference from  the  Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year  ended  December 31, 1994, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.


                                       85
       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                               Sequential
       Number   Description                                  Page Number
       -------  ----------------------------------------     -----------
       10.53    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Robert J.
                Landis, dated as of December 20, 1991@@

       10.54    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Florence F.
                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 A.
                Link, dated as of December 20, 1993@@@

       10.58    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Aivars L.
                Jerumanis, dated as of December 20, 1993@@@  

       10.59    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Robert J.
                Landis, 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@@@

       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@@@


       -------------------------
       @@   Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1992, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@  Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1993, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.
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       Exhibit                                               Sequential
       Number   Description                                  Page Number
       -------  -------------------------------------------  -----------
       10.64a   Employment and Indemnification Agreement     
                by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                and David J. Hammons, dated as of January
                1, 1995@@@@

       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 J.
                Hammons, dated as of December 20, 1993@@@

       10.68    Lease by and between Maxicare Health Plans,  
                Inc. and Transamerica Occidental Life 
                Insurance Company, dated as of June 1, 1994#

       10.69    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Alan S.
                Manne dated as of January 28, 1994@@@@

       10.70    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Alan D.
                Bloom, dated as of December 8, 1994@@@@

       10.71    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Aivars L.
                Jerumanis, dated as of December 8,
                1994@@@@

       10.72    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Richard A.
                Link, dated as of December 8, 1994@@@@


       -------------------------
       #    Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Quarterly Report
            on Form 10-Q  for  the  quarterly  period  ended September 30,
            1994, in which this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@  Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1993, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@@ Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1994, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.
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       Exhibit                                              Sequential
       Number   Description                                 Page Number
       -------  ----------------------------------------    -----------
       10.73    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and David J.
                Hammons, dated as of December 8,
                1994@@@@

       10.74    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Robert J.
                Landis, dated as of December 8,
                1994@@@@

       10.75    Stock Option Agreement by and between
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Vicki F.
                Perry, dated as of December 8,
                1994@@@@

       10.76    Restricted Stock Grant Agreement by and
                between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
                Peter J. Ratican, dated as of February
                27, 1995@@@@

       10.77    Restricted Stock Grant Agreement by and
                between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and
                Eugene L. Froelich, dated as of February
                27, 1995@@@@


       10.78    Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., 1995 Stock
                Option Plans##

       10.79    Employment and Indemnification Agreement      90 of 130
                by and between Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                and Warren D. Foon, dated as of January 1,
                1995

       10.80a   Stock Option Agreement by and between         98 of 130
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Warren D.
                Foon, dated as of May 20, 1991

       10.80b   Stock Option Agreement by and between        105 of 130
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Warren D.
                Foon, dated as of December 20, 1991.


       -------------------------
       ##   Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Quarterly Report
            on Form 10-Q  for  the  quarterly  period  ended September 30,
            1995, in which this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.

       @@@@ Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1994, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.
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       <PAGE>
       Exhibit                                              Sequential
       Number   Description                                 Page Number
       -------  ----------------------------------------    -----------
       10.80c   Stock Option Agreement by and between        112 of 130
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Warren D.
                Foon, dated as of December 20, 1993

       10.80d   Stock Option Agreement by and between        118 of 130
                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and Warren D.
                Foon, dated as of December 8, 1994

       10.81    Form of Stock Option Agreement relating      124 of 130
                to Exhibit 10.78

       21       List of Subsidiaries@@@

       23.4     Consent of Independent Auditors              126 of 130
                - Ernst & Young LLP

       23.5     Consent of Independent Accountants           127 of 130
                - Price Waterhouse LLP

       27       Financial Data Schedule for the year         128 of 130
                ended December 31, 1995

       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***                           

       99.1     Report of Price Waterhouse LLP               130 of 130


       -------------------------
       ***  Incorporated by reference from the Company's Report on Form 8-
            K dated December 5, 1990, in  which this exhibit bore the same
            exhibit number.

       @@@  Incorporated by reference from  the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1993, in which this
            exhibit bore the same exhibit number.










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                                                           Exhibit 10.79




                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This Employment Agreement ("Agreement"),  dated  as of January 1,
       1995, is  made  by  and  between  Maxicare  Health  Plans,  Inc., a
       Delaware  corporation  (the   "Company"),   and   Warren  Foon,  an
       individual ("Employee").


                                    RECITALS


         WHEREAS, Employee is knowledgeable  and skillful in the Company's
       business;
         WHEREAS, the Company wishes to retain the services of Employee as
       Vice President, Plan Operations Support 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 continued  failure  or  refusal  by  Employee to
       substantially perform his  duties  pursuant  to  the  terms of this
       Agreement; or
                (ii)  The 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.
            (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.
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         2. Employment, Services and Duties.    The Company hereby employs
       Employee as Vice President, Plan Operations Support.  In connection
       with the foregoing, Employee shall  report  to and be supervised by
       the Company's Chief  Executive  Officer  (the  "CEO") or such other
       person as the CEO may  designate  (the "Supervisor") and shall have
       such duties  and  responsibilities  as  may  be  designated  by the
       Supervisor;  provided,  however,  until   and  unless  Employee  is
       notified by the CEO, Employee  shall  continue  to report to and be
       supervised by the person  said  Employee  is currently reporting to
       who shall be deemed to  be  the Supervisor hereunder if said person
       is not the CEO.  Subject  to the foregoing, Employee shall have and
       perform  the   duties   and   have   the   powers,   authority  and
       responsibilities  ordinarily  associated   with  a  person  holding
       Employee's position.  Employee  shall  render  his services at such
       locations as the Supervisor 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 activities
       whatsoever which might  interfere  with  Employee's: (1) employment
       with the Company;  (2)  satisfaction  of  Employee's obligations on
       behalf of the Company pursuant  to  the terms of this Agreement; or
       (3) activities on behalf  of  the  Company  in the discharge of his
       duties during business hours.

         4. Compensation.  As compensation for all services to be rendered
       by Employee hereunder, the  Company  shall  pay  to Employee a base
       salary at the rate of $145,000  per annum, (the "Base Salary") with
       such increases and/or bonuses  as  may  be  determined from time to
       time by the CEO in his  sole discretion and, if applicable, subject
       to the approval of the Board  of Directors.  Said Base Salary shall
       be payable in  equal  semi-monthly  installments  or  in such other
       installments as  the  Company  may  from  time  to  time  pay other
       similarly situated employees.
         
         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  who  are  similarly  situated.    Employee shall be
       entitled to twenty  (20)  days  annual  vacation time, during which
       time his compensation will be  paid  in full.  Unused vacation days
       at the end of  any  pay  period(s)  may  be  carried  over to a pay
       period(s), provided that  the  cumulative  number  of vacation days
       accruing from and after the date  of this Agreement carried over in
       any one pay  period  shall  not  exceed  twenty  (20) days.  Unused
       vacation days accruing from and after the date of this Agreement in
       excess of twenty (20) days at  the  end of each pay period shall be
       extinguished without any  obligation  on  the  part of the Company;
       provided, however, solely  in  the  event  Employee  has accrued in
       excess of  twenty  (20)  vacation  days  prior  to  the date hereof
       ("Excess Vacation Days"), Employee shall  be entitled to carry over
       up to, but not in  excess  of,  such amount of Excess Vacation Days
       from pay period to pay  period.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, or
       any other Company policy  to  the  contrary,  Employee shall not be
       entitled to, nor shall accrue any  new vacation days during any pay
       period in which Employee has Excess Vacation Days.  In the event
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       Employee reduces the amount  of  Excess  Vacation  Days in any year
       through the utilization of more  than  twenty (20) vacation days in
       such year, Employee shall  not  be  entitled  to the restoration of
       such Excess Vacation  Days  through  the  utilization  of less than
       twenty (20) vacation days  in  any  subsequent year and pay period.
       Employee shall under no circumstances  be  entitled to cash in lieu
       of vacation days,  except  in  the  event  of  their termination of
       employment with the Company and  then only as specifically provided
       in Section 8 hereof.

         6. Expenses.    The  Company  shall  reimburse  Employee  for all
       reasonable travel, hotel, entertainment and other expenses incurred
       by Employee in  the  discharge  of  Employee's duties hereunder, in
       accordance with Company policy  regarding  same, only after 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 three (3) years,  commencing as of the date of this
       Agreement.  Employee's employment with the Company pursuant to 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
       the consent of the Company,  which  consent  may be withheld in the
       Company's sole discretion;
            (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
       addition to the forgoing:
            (a) 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 an additional thirty (30) day period;
            (b) 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;
            (c) 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 



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       forth in Sections 7 (a)  -  (d)  hereof  within six (6) months of 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; and
            (d) Any  and  all  severance  amounts  paid  pursuant  to  the
       provisions of  this  Section  8  shall  be  paid  in  one  lump sum
       installment.  
        
         9. Covenant Not to Compete.
            (a) Employee covenants and  agrees  that,  during  the term of
       this Agreement, Employee  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;
       provided, however, in  the  event  of  a  termination of Employee's
       employment with the Company pursuant  to  Sections  7 (b) or 7 (e),
       this provision shall be  rendered  null  and void, unless otherwise
       provided for in the Company's consent pursuant to Section 7 (b).
            (b) In the event of a termination of the Employee's employment
       with the Company as  a  result  of Employee's voluntary termination
       without the consent of the  Company, this provision shall remain in
       full force and effect though  the  remainder  of the term hereof as
       though Employee continued to be employed by the Company.
            (c)   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 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, 

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       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 the  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;  provided,  however,  that 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,
       in the event of an  act  of  force majeure, as hereinafter defined,
       during the term hereof  which  event  continues  for a period of no
       less than fifteen  (15)  days,  the  Company  shall  be entitled to
       suspend this Agreement  for  the  duration  of  such event of force
       majeure.  In such event, during  the duration of the event of force
       majeure the Company shall  be  relieved  of  its obligations to the
       Employee pursuant to Sections 4  and 5; except for the continuation
       of any  health,  life  or  disability  insurance  coverage. For the
       purposes hereof, "force majeure" shall be defined as the occurrence
       of one or more of the following events:
                (i)   any act commonly understood  to  be of force majeure
       which materially and adversely  affects  the Company's business and
       operations,  including  but  no  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;


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                (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, including, but
       not limited to, the  Employment  Agreement  dated  as of January 1,
       1994 which is hereby terminated and is no longer in force or effect
       except for the provisions in  Sections  10 and 11 of such agreement
       which shall continue to be binding on the parties.  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 principles thereof.
            (e) Nothing in this 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  
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       hereto  of  such  election.    The  dispute  shall  be  settled  by
       arbitration to take  place  in  Los  Angeles County, California, 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 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.

















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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
       as of the day and year first written above.


                                 COMPANY:


                                         MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.,
                                         a Delaware corporation
                
                
                                         By:/s/ PETER J. RATICAN
                                            --------------------
                                                Peter J. Ratican
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
                
                
                                         EMPLOYEE:
                
                
                                         By:/s/ WARREN FOON
                                            -----------------------
                                                Warren Foon
                                               Vice President
                                            Plan Operations Support
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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                                                          Exhibit 10.80a




                           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
       Warren Foon (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 (1) 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.    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.

            2.     Extent of Option.    If  the  Optionee has continued to
       serve 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  subject  to  this  Option set 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


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       The  foregoing  rights  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 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 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 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 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 of hi/hers 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 not be
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       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  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  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 1933 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.

            (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
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       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,  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 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 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
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       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 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  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.


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            (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.

            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
                                        ------------------------
                                            Peter J. Ratican
                                         Chairman, President and
                                         Chief Executive Officer


                                    OPTIONEE:


                                    /s/ WARREN FOON
                                    ---------------------------
                                        Warren Foon






























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                                                        Exhibit 10.80b




                           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
       Warren Foon (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 $8.25 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:



            Less than one year from the       -        0 shares
            date hereof
            One year but less than two years  -    3,333 shares
            from the date thereof
            Two years but less than three     -    3,333 shares
            years from the date thereof
            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,
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       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 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
       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/hers 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 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).
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            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  for the Optionee's own account and
       not with a  view  to  resale  or  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  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 upon exercise  of  the  Option have been registered under
       the 1933 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.

            (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
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            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,  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 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 that 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
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       (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 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, 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 continuance of
       the Plan and/or the  assumption  of options theretofore granted, or
       the substitution for such options of options covering the stock of
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       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.

            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
                                        ------------------------
                                            Peter J. Ratican
                                         Chairman, President and
                                         Chief Executive Officer


                                    OPTIONEE:


                                    /s/ WARREN FOON
                                    ---------------------------
                                        Warren Foon






























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                                                         Exhibit 10.80c



                           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
       Warren Foon (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:

            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).
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       <PAGE>
            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 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 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  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 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.
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       <PAGE>
            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.

            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 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
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       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.

            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
                                        ------------------------
                                            Peter J. Ratican
                                         Chairman, President and
                                         Chief Executive Officer


                                    OPTIONEE:


                                    /s/ WARREN FOON
                                    ---------------------------
                                        Warren Foon





























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                                                           Exhibit 10.80d




                           MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.

                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


            Maxicare  Health  Plans,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation (the
       "Company"), hereby grants as of this  8th day of December, 1994, to
       Warren Foon (the "Optionee"),  an  option  to purchase a maximum of
       15,000 shares of its common stock  (the "Common Stock"), at a price
       per  share  (the  "Exercise  Price")   of  $13.25  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:

            Less than one year from the       -       0 shares
            date hereof
            One year but less than two years  -   5,000 shares
            from the date hereof
            Two years but less than three     -   5,000 shares
            years from the date hereof
            Three years but less than four    -   5,000 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
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       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 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 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).


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       <PAGE>
            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.

            (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 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
       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
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       <PAGE>
       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.

            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 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.
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       <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 (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 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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       <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
                                        ------------------------
                                            Peter J. Ratican
                                         Chairman, President and
                                         Chief Executive Officer


                                    OPTIONEE:


                                    /s/ WARREN FOON
                                    ---------------------------
                                        Warren Foon






























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                                                          Exhibit 10.81



                          Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                            1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                        NOTICE OF GRANT OF STOCK OPTION
                          (Nonqualified Stock Option)



       Name:---------------
       Location: ----------


       Grant of Option

       You have been granted an option  to  buy shares of common stock of
       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. as follows:


               Grant Date:                            -----------------
               Option Price per Share:                -----------------
               Total Number of Shares:                -----------------


       Vesting Schedule

       The option shall become exercisable  with respect to the number of
       shares of the aforementioned Total  Number  of Shares as set forth
       on the "Vesting Schedule" in the Grant Summary attached hereto and
       incorporated herein by this reference.

       Agreement

       By your  signature  and  Maxicare  Health  Plans, Inc.'s signature
       below, you and Maxicare Health  Plans, Inc. agree that this option
       is granted under and governed by  the terms of the Maxicare Health
       Plans, Inc. 1995  Stock  Option  Plan,  and the Nonqualified Stock
       Option Agreement which is  attached hereto and incorporated herein
       by this reference.  PLEASE READ SUCH AGREEMENT.


       "COMPANY"                              "OPTIONEE"

       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.            Name:--------------------
       1149 S. Broadway Boulevard             Address:_________________
       Los Angeles, CA 90015                  _________________________


       By: ______________________             Signature:_______________
                President


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       <PAGE>
                          Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                            1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                 GRANT SUMMARY
                          (Nonqualified Stock Option)


       Name:---------------
       Location: ----------


       Grant Type: ----

       Grant Date: -------------

       Total Shares: -----------

       Option Price: -----------


                                  VESTING SCHEDULE



       Number of Shares                       Vesting Date






























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                                                      Exhibit 23.4



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



       We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference in the Registration
       Statement on Form  S-8  (No.  33-50508)  pertaining to the Maxicare
       Health Plans, Inc. 1990 Stock  Option Plan, stock option agreements
       with Peter J. Ratican dated December 5, 1990 and February 25, 1992,
       and stock option agreements with  Eugene L. Froelich dated December
       5, 1990 and February 25, 1992  of our report dated February 6, 1996
       with respect  to  the  1995  consolidated  financial statements and
       schedules of Maxicare Health  Plans,  Inc.  in its annual report on
       Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.




                                        ERNST & YOUNG LLP




       Los Angeles, California
       March 26, 1996


























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                                                Exhibit 23.5



                   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 130 of this Form 10-K.





       PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

       Los Angeles, California
       March 26, 1996

































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       <ARTICLE>       5
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       extracted   from   the    December    31,   1995   audited   financial
       statements    and    is     qualified     in     its    entirety    by
       reference to such financial statements.
              

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       <INCOME-PRETAX>                             24,051

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                                                               Exhibit 99.1



                         REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                         ---------------------------------



       To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
       of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.



       In our opinion, the consolidated  financial statements for 1993 listed
       in the index appearing under Part IV Item 14(a)(1) and (2) on page --
       present fairly, in all  material  respects,  the financial position of
       Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and its subsidiaries at December 31, 1993,
       and the results of their operations  and their cash flows for the year
       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  audit.    We conducted our audit 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 audit provides
       a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.






       PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
       Los Angeles, California
       March 4, 1994













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