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Resource Type: Quick Read

  • Blog

    How Much Will Covered California Premiums Cost in 2026?

    We ran the numbers for five different family situations, and the results may surprise you.

    November 05, 2025

  • Medical assistant checks pulse on elderly patient in the clinic.
    Resource

    Medi-Cal and Seniors — Policy at a Glance

    April 08, 2025

  • Midwife talks to new mother holding baby in the hospital.
    Resource

    What Is a Midwife? — Policy at a Glance

    Midwives, ob/gyns, and family physicians are trained to deliver babies in California. In California, a worsening ob/gyn shortage paired with hospital labor and delivery unit closures have generated urgency for expanding access to midwives.

    April 08, 2025

  • Street medicine practitioner talks to man experiencing homelessness.
    Blog

    Enhancing Financial Sustainability for Street Medicine: Examining Medi-Cal Managed Care Contracts with California Providers

    This issue brief provides a snapshot of contracting efforts between a sample of Medi-Cal managed care plans and street medicine providers. It examines the impact that those contracts are having on street medicine providers’ financial sustainability.

    March 07, 2025

  • Blog

    Maternity Workforce Insights

    This series of conversations takes a look at the critical roles of doulas, lactation professionals, mental health professionals, and midwives.

    February 13, 2025

  • Illustratation of supportive housing facility and hospital beds.
    Resource

    Behavioral Health Treatment Beds and Housing in California: An Explainer

    Californians with serious mental illness or substance use disorder may face long waits accessing treatment beds or supportive housing. This explainer maps the continuum of behavioral health treatment beds and housing options in California so stakeholders across systems can see…

    February 23, 2024

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    CalAIM Experiences: Implementer Views After 18 Months of Reforms

    In this survey, nearly 1,200 people working to implement CalAIM programs at managed care plans, behavioral health organizations, community-based organizations, and social service organizations share optimism and challenges.

    December 05, 2023

  • Placing final piece of a circular puzzle
    Resource

    Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in California Explained

    CCBHCs have emerged as an approach for improving access and quality of care for people with behavioral health needs. This brief summarizes the CCBHC model and its history, and outlines opportunities in California.

    July 21, 2023

  • Blog

    Health Equity Moonshot Lifts Off

    StartUp Health is bringing Black, Latino/x, and female entrepreneurs together with health tech investors.

    June 21, 2023

  • Doctor measures pregnant patient
    Resource

    The Case for Investing in Primary Care in California

    Investing in primary care is crucial to address physician shortages, unequal access to care, and improve health outcomes for all Californians.

    April 01, 2022

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    Why Primary Care Matters for California

    Investing in primary care is crucial to address physician shortages, unequal access to care, and improve health outcomes for all Californians.

    April 01, 2022

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    Blog

    What’s Next for Federal Health Policy Under a Biden Administration?

    In a CHCF webinar, national health policy expert Billy Wynne explains what he expects from the next president.

    December 01, 2020

  • Resource

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

    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.

    July 16, 2020

  • Blog

    Podcast Project Captures Voices of Black Health Care Workers

    More than 200 health care workers have signed up to participate.

    July 13, 2020

  • Letter from The National Matching Program
    Blog

    Why Isn’t the Country Getting the Physicians We Need?

    How federal funding formulas influence where new doctors choose to work.

    March 25, 2020

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