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Patients See What Doctors Miss. It’s Time to Listen.
Patients can help improve the health care system when providers pay attention to their experiences, concerns, and insights.
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The Payment Model That’s Holding Back California’s Health Care System
Fee-for-service arrangements pay clinicians to treat health crises. Prevention goes unreimbursed.
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Trust Is a Clinical Outcome. Here’s What It Takes for Providers to Earn It.
A Southern California physician who grew up in Mexico explains how cultural and linguistic connections build patient trust and improve health outcomes.
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Trust Takes Years to Build. Our Health System Breaks It Overnight.
A family physician explains how insurance churn and underinvestment break the patient trust that makes primary care work in California.
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When Funders Leave: 7 Principles for Responsible Philanthropic Exits
Experts in grantmaking help funders plan responsible philanthropic exits that protect partners, sustain progress, and reduce disruption.
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California Health Reform Requires Us to Take the Long View
California spends over $1 billion a day on health care. A former lawmaker explains why lasting reform demands a unified approach to controlling costs.
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The Coverage That Becomes a Maze
When paperwork errors knock dually eligible Californians off Medi-Cal, they lose more than care. They lose faith in the health care system.
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Can AI in Health Care Be Trusted? That’s Up to Us
Building trust in health care AI takes transparency, human oversight, and patients who question the answers they get.
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The New Uninsured: Why California Needs a Coordinated Statewide Response
CHCF health policy director testifies to lawmakers about millions of people losing Medi-Cal coverage, and what the state can do about it.
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Keeping Medi-Cal Coverage Within Reach for People Experiencing Homelessness
States should have flexibility to create simplified pathways for documenting exemptions, reduce reporting burdens, and protect coverage during periods of instability.
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CalAIM at 5: Real Progress, Real Pressure
Now in its fifth year, CalAIM has invested $12 billion in housing, meals, and health services. Budget cuts now threaten its progress.
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What the Data Tell Us About the 730,000 Californians Who Have Left Medi-Cal
Total enrollment fell 5% between June 2025 and March 2026, with undocumented children and young adults hit hardest.
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The 2026-27 Budget Is Final. Here Are 5 Health Policy Questions Facing California’s Next Governor
Lawmakers deferred tough choices on Medi-Cal, coverage, workforce, and AI to whoever wins November’s race and takes office in January.
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Mitchell Exits California’s Health Care Affordability Board With a Warning: The System Will Not Reform Itself
After three years helping build the nation’s strongest state cost reform framework, a board member says patients, employers, and policymakers must drive the change.
