Health Care that Works for All Californians

The California Health Care Foundation is helping Californians with low incomes get the health care they need.

Homelessness and COVID-19

At least 151,000 people are homeless in California, 75% of whom are not living in a shelter — the largest proportion of people living without shelter in the country — with about one-quarter thought to be experiencing chronic homelessness. Now, with the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, two crises have collided, causing a disproportionate risk to people who are unsheltered.

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COVID-19 Clearinghouse

This COVID-19 collection contains data, analysis, best practices, and news related to how the state's health care system can and is responding to this sweeping health emergency.

The Health Care System Has the Black Community in a Choke Hold

A system that is literally supposed to help those who can’t breathe is figuratively applying a choke hold to Black people by sending them home to die when they say, "I can’t breathe."

COVID-19’s Harvest of Danger

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Latino workers are bearing the brunt of COVID-19's rapid spread through California's agricultural fields.

Data Show 2019 California Health Insurance Enrollment Struck a Balance

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal and individual market enrollment continued to decline but were offset by growth in employer-sponsored and Medicare plans.

San Francisco Puts Community Paramedics on Front Lines of the Pandemic

Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Homelessness & Health Care, Workforce

It's no easy task to find people who lack shelter, have substance use disorders, and mistrust authorities — and then persuade them to move into a quarantine site.

Care in the COVID-19 Era: An Analysis of California Community Clinics

Telehealth, Behavioral Health

The COVID-19 pandemic is having unprecedented effects on California’s health care delivery system. OCHIN is a nonprofit information technology and research organization that includes 29 health care organizations in California. This issue brief uses OCHIN's unique data sources to show how the pandemic is impacting health and the health care system in the state.

Video: How Health Center Patients Benefit Under Patient-Centered Payment

Payment & Financing, Medi-Cal

This short animated video explains how old payment rules are hurting three fictional health center patients, Veronica, Michael, and Janelle, and how each would benefit under the switch to patient-centered payment.

Shortchanged: Health Workforce Gaps in California

Homelessness & Health Care, Workforce

An estimated 11,226,111 people in California live in an area that has a shortage of primary care providers. Approximately 150,675 people are experiencing homelessness and in need of housing, health, and social services. It is critically important to fill the health workforce gaps across California to meet these needs. What are the numbers in your region?

Quality of Care — Almanac Collection

Behavioral Health, Maternal Health

The Almanac reports in this collection examine the quality of health care in California. Topics include maternity care, behavioral health, chronic conditions, and providers.

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Objective information on health care costs, coverage, quality, and delivery supports effective decisionmaking. The Almanac provides data and analysis on California's health care system.