PacifiCare Health Systems was a Fortune 500 healthcare company based in Cypress, California. It was acquired by United Health Group in late 2005, which continues to market health plans under the PacifiCare name. PacifiCare has more than 3 million health plan members and approximately 10 million specialty plan members nationwide. PacifiCare offers individuals, employers and Medicare beneficiaries a variety of consumer-driven health care and life insurance products. The company had 7,500 employees nationwide at the time of the acquisition by United Health.
