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The ballot measure aimed to secure funding for Medi-Cal, the California Medicaid program, by making an existing tax on managed care organizations permanent.

California has imposed a tax on managed care organizations — health insurance providers that provide or arrange services for a monthly payment — off and on over time.

Care, known as managed care organizations, can be used.

Care, which serves more than 2.6 million people across the county, operates a managed care plan for patients on Medi-Cal, the California Medicaid program.

It was 1999, and Weisbart was the medical director of a Chicago medical group that managed care for more than 140,000 people.