content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                 FORM 8-K
  
                              CURRENT REPORT
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  December 11, 1997
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                     MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.                     
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         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
  
           Delaware                0-12024           95-3615709      
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  (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission      (IRS Employer
     of incorporation or          File Number)     Identification No.)
      organization)          
  
  
  
  
  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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  Item 5. Other Events.
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          On December 11,  1997  the  Registrant's Board of Directors
          terminated Eugene  Froelich  as  the Registrant's Executive
          Vice  President,  Finance   and  Administration  and  Chief
          Financial  Officer  and  elected   Richard  Link  to  those
          positions.  Mr.  Froelich's  employment with the Registrant
          and  as  an  officer   and  director  of  the  Registrant's
          subsidiaries pursuant to  the Restated Employment Agreement
          dated as of April 1,  1996, as amended, was also terminated
          as of such date.
  
          Registrant's Press  Release,  dated  December  12, 1997, is
          attached as an Exhibit hereto and is incorporated herein by
          reference.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and
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          Exhibits.
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          (a)  Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
               None.
  
          (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information.
               None.
  
          (c)  Exhibits.
  
               Exhibit No. 99.6 - Press release reporting the
               appointment of Richard Link as Executive Vice
               President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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                              SIGNATURES
  
  
  
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly  caused  this  report to be signed on
  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
  
                                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
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                                      (Registrant)
  
  
  
  
  December 16, 1997             /s/ RICHARD A. LINK
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                                    Richard A. Link
                                Executive Vice President and
                                 Chief Financial Officer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                 FORM 8-K
  
                              CURRENT REPORT
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  December 11, 1997
                                                   -------------------
  
                     MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.                     
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
           Delaware                0-12024           95-3615709      
  ----------------------------    ------------     -------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission      (IRS Employer
     of incorporation or          File Number)     Identification No.)
      organization)          
  
  1149 South Broadway Street, Los Angeles, California        90015  
  
  ---------------------------------------------------     ----------
    (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code  (213) 765-2000 
                                                      --------------
  
                                  1 of 5
  Item 5. Other Events.
          -------------
  
          On December 11,  1997  the  Registrant's Board of Directors
          terminated Eugene  Froelich  as  the Registrant's Executive
          Vice  President,  Finance   and  Administration  and  Chief
          Financial  Officer  and  elected   Richard  Link  to  those
          positions.  Mr.  Froelich's  employment with the Registrant
          and  as  an  officer   and  director  of  the  Registrant's
          subsidiaries pursuant to  the Restated Employment Agreement
          dated as of April 1,  1996, as amended, was also terminated
          as of such date.
  
          Registrant's Press  Release,  dated  December  12, 1997, is
          attached as an Exhibit hereto and is incorporated herein by
          reference.
  
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  Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and
          ---------------------------------------------------------
          Exhibits.
          ---------
  
          (a)  Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
               None.
  
          (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information.
               None.
  
          (c)  Exhibits.
  
               Exhibit No. 99.6 - Press release reporting the
               appointment of Richard Link as Executive Vice
               President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly  caused  this  report to be signed on
  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
                                ------------------------------
                                      (Registrant)
  
  December 16, 1997             /s/ RICHARD A. LINK
                                ------------------------------
                                    Richard A. Link
                                Executive Vice President and
                                 Chief Financial Officer
  
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