This Health Affairs article by Halvorson et al. offers a detailed blueprint to provide near-universal health coverage for the state's more than five million uninsured, plus a commentary by Curtis and Neuschler.

This report compares three models that have the potential to achieve near-universal health coverage in California and provides the estimated costs of each for the government, individuals, and employers.

This report examines a local collaborative of community groups, hospitals, and government working to fund and manage an interim care program for homeless patients discharged from acute hospital settings.

This report examines individuals' health coverage choices after leaving the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP) and informs the discussion about the future of the Guaranteed Issue Pilot Program, scheduled to end in August 2007.

Tracing the 60-year evolution of California's health care districts, this paper examines their origin and development, the variations in how they now operate, and the potential they have to improve community health.

This issue brief explores the potential for developing plans that have both relatively low premiums and generous primary care coverage.

This issue brief examines the potential for reducing California's uninsured population by increasing the number of small businesses that offer health coverage. It concludes that any gains from such an approach are likely to be both limited in scope and difficult to achieve.

This paper traces the role of California counties in providing health care for medically indigent adults from the 19th century to the present day.

This Health Affairs article by Gilmer et al. asserts that more than one in four American workers under age 65 — nearly 56 million people — will have no health insurance in 2013 because they will be unable to pay the high cost of coverage.

This project explores which clinical information system upgrades are necessary for Alamada County's largest safety-net health care providers to improve chronic disease care management by integrating laboratory, pharmacy, and clinical data.

These fact sheets include key facts and policy design questions for many sub-populations of the uninsured in the United States.

This survey inventories county-level coverage expansion efforts and their funding sources, as well as information on key stakeholders and barriers to access.

This issue brief attempts to answer the questions: How, and with what ease, are California’s uninsured able to obtain specialty care, and how does their experience vary around the state? It was found that widespread problems in access to specialty care for the uninsured exist.

The non-poor uninsured have shorter periods without coverage than their poor counterparts. This brief provides background on California’s non-poor uninsured and discusses targeted policy options that could expand coverage.

This 2003 report provides advice to those who frequently need to cite estimates of the number of uninsured Californians and the number enrolled in Medi-Cal and who need a quick introduction to the methodological nuances of relevant data sets.