Molina Healthcare, Inc. is a managed care company that provides health insurance to individuals through government programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. The company was founded in 1980 by Dr. C. David Molina, an emergency room physician in Long Beach, California, who established his first primary care clinic with the goal of treating the lowest-income patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Molina Healthcare has focused on government-paid healthcare programs such as SCHIP and Medicaid since it became a health maintenance organization in 1985. The company is headquartered in Long Beach, California, and has around 15,000 employees.