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    Health Insurance in California: A Recent History

    CHCF offers a snapshot of the health insurance market in California, where 93% of people are enrolled in private or public coverage, with only 7% of the population remaining uninsured. These infographics provide a breakdown of current enrollment in commercial…

    •Data Insight
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    National Health Spending Almanac — 2025 Edition

    National health care spending totaled $4.9 trillion in 2023. The Almanac report provides a detailed look at national health care spending.

    •Report
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    Medical Loss Ratio Resources — 2025 Edition

    The medical loss ratio (MLR) is the percentage of premium that health insurers spend on medical care and quality improvement activities. These resources include the most recent MLR database, as well as documents that describe the MLR and how to…

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    How Many in Your Area Are Covered by the Affordable Care Act?

    This is an overview of the Affordable Care Act’s role in providing health care coverage to Californians, which is especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the ACA remains under threat. See how many people in your local area are…

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    How Many in Your Congressional District Get Medi-Cal or a Premium Subsidy Through Covered California?

    See how many Californians are enrolled in Medi-Cal or get a premium subsidy through Covered California in each California congressional district.

    •Data Insight
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    Hanging On to Coverage?

    Millions of Californians lost jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. But early information from California’s insurance regulators suggests that — at least through June — the number of Californians with job-based health insurance has not changed as dramatically as feared. This…

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    Covered California Dashboards

    These dashboards centralize basic information about Covered California enrollment, coverage, and premiums. The dashboards sort the information by county, by region, and by date.

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    California Health Insurers, Enrollment Almanac — 2025 Edition

    This California Health Care Almanac quick reference guide shows enrollment by regulator, market, and insurer. A companion data file contains California enrollment for 2012 to 2023.

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    California Health Insurers Almanac — 2024 Edition

    This Almanac provides a snapshot of the insurance market in California at the end of 2022. Data from the state’s two insurance regulators — the California Department of Managed Health Care and the California Department of Insurance — and other…

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    California Health Insurance Enrollment in 2021

    Total health insurance enrollment in California in 2021 increased by 1.4% (474,000) to 34.3 million enrollees. This compared to 3.3% growth in 2020.

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    California Health Care Spending Almanac — 2023 Edition

    Between 2010 and 2020, health care spending in California grew faster on an annual average basis than health spending in the US and the economic growth in the state. This Almanac quick reference guide provides an overview of spending in…

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    California’s County-Based Health Plans Almanac — 2024 Edition

    The state’s county-based health plans are public entities organized through one or more counties to ensure that Medi-Cal enrollees, and in some cases county employees and Covered California enrollees, receive comprehensive care. Where are these plans and who do they…

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    State Releases Data on California 2017 Health Insurance Enrollment

    California health insurance enrollment grew modestly in most categories in 2017, according to new data from state insurance regulators.

    •Data Insight
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    State, Federal Actions Protected Health Coverage for Millions During Pandemic

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: The percentage of Americans with health insurance remained stable during 2020 despite a hobbled economy.

    •Behind the Headlines
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    State Releases Data on 2018 Health Insurance Enrollment

    New data on California health insurance markets show overall enrollment changed little from 2017 to 2018, as declines in Medi-Cal managed care and the individual market were mostly offset by increased membership in employer-sponsored small- and large-group plans.

    •Data Insight