The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
CHCF publishes reports, articles, issue briefs, explainers, data snapshots, infographics, fact sheets, and other resources to help make meaningful change in California’s health care system.
The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
The state’s health insurance marketplace is investing $15 million in a population health initiative to improve the overall well-being of 1.8 million enrollees.
The annual statewide poll offers a comprehensive look at the health issues Californians are most worried about — and what they hope state policymakers will prioritize this year.
The 2023 survey looks at Californians’ experiences and priorities around a number of health care topics, including affordability, mental health care, health equity, and housing and homelessness.
CHCF held its first in-person briefing since before the COVID-19 pandemic and provided context on health care affordability challenges in California and updated attendees on the early implementation of the Office of Health Care Affordability.
After waves of mergers over the last three decades, California’s health care system has become highly consolidated: Studies find most markets no longer qualify as “competitive” — with hospital markets approaching “monopoly levels,” especially in rural areas. Mounting evidence finds…
California policymakers are turning their attention to a public health crisis that has bedeviled the state for decades: unjustifiably high and rising health care costs.
Hear from local health care leaders about efforts to improve behavioral health care in the safety net, how the region’s high health care costs and competition among large systems prompt interest in population health management, and the expansion of Federally…