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Health insurance is the primary financial vehicle for obtaining access to quality medical care and for reimbursing providers who deliver care. Approximately two-thirds of Californians obtain health insurance through the private market; yet, almost one in five Californians remains uninsured. CHCF analyzes market dynamics and their implications for both the insured and the uninsured in California.

What's New

Guide to Health Programs (Guia de Programas de Salud)

Step by Step: Local Coverage Expansion Initiative

Communication Toolkit: Using Information to Get High Quality Care

Worry and Neglect: Californians Respond to the Rising Cost of Care

Check the Label: Helping Consumers Shop for Individual Health Coverage

Health Affairs Partnership

CHCF has partnered with Health Affairs, the nation's leading health policy journal, since 1997 to support the publication of health policy research and bridge the gap between scholarly researchers and key decisionmakers. Articles are free of charge through our links.

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Market Overview

CHCF slide presentations and snapshot reports provide comprehensive and reliable information on industry trends in the uninsured population as well as health insurance costs, benefits, and regulatory oversight.

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Data Points

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Coverage Expansion Resource Center

This resource center offers a framework for objectively comparing the current health insurance system in California to five coverage expansion models.

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Health Insurance in the News

California Healthline

• Line-Item Vetoes in California Budget Cut Into Health Efforts
  Sep 25, 2008
• Premiums on the Rise for Employer-Based Health Insurance Plans
  Sep 25, 2008
• Consumers See Retail Clinics as Option Outside of Health Care System
  Sep 25, 2008

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iHealthBeats

• Europe Launches Large-Scale Health Data Exchange Pilot
  Oct 6, 2008
• Milwaukee Ahead of National Electronic Health Record Adoption
  Oct 6, 2008
• IT Use Helps Curb Hospital-Acquired Infections, GAO Finds
  Oct 6, 2008

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