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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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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Any Card, Any Provider: Unifying Networks and Administration
This proposal suggests restructuring Medi-Cal so that any credentialed provider could treat any Medi-Cal patient, regardless of plan assignment, through a single statewide provider network.
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — AI-Powered Advocates for Medi-Cal
This proposal suggests creating an AI “app store” for Medi-Cal — one where members choose to work with AI Advocates that proactively respond to rising risk levels and initiate outreach, navigation, and enrollment.
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Partially Unified Financing: Covered California for Most
This proposal suggests transitioning most Californians — including many currently enrolled in Medi-Cal — into Covered California plans. The model aims to create a more continuous and equitable coverage system.
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Multipayer Primary Care Payment Reform Model
This proposal outlines a unified primary care payment model across Medi-Cal, CalPERS, and Covered California.
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — In-Home Supportive Services Integration into Managed Care
This proposal suggests integrating In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) into Medi-Cal managed care to improve care coordination and oversight while preserving recipient self-direction.
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Consideration of a Medicaid Per Capita Cap
This proposal explores a shift from open-ended federal matching funds to a per capita cap model for Medicaid, examining how this approach could offer California greater policy flexibility and budget predictability.
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Six Bold Ideas for the Future of Medi-Cal
Six proposals explore how Medi-Cal could strengthen coverage, financing, and care delivery in the decade ahead.
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Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax
LA County’s June ballot includes a half-cent sales tax that could generate $1 billion a year to protect community clinics from Medi-Cal cuts.
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‘California Has the Power to Protect the Health of Our People’
CHCF President & CEO Sandra R. Hernández, MD, testifies at a California Assembly Health Committee hearing about state health policies in a difficult fiscal environment.
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The Future of Medi-Cal: Bold Ideas for the Next Decade
Kara Carter and Chris Perrone share six winning concepts selected by CHCF to inform the Future of Medi-Cal Commission, which is drafting a roadmap for California’s health system.
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Our Top 10 Reads of 2025
CHCF’s most popular resources of 2025 reflected your need to understand unprecedented changes in the state health care system.
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Considerations for Medicare Billing in Federally Qualified Health Centers
This guide supports FQHCs in navigating Medicare’s billing requirements and offers practical strategies for improving contracting, operations, and billing.
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Future of Medi-Cal Commission
The Future of Medi-Cal Commission will work to develop a state plan for strengthening and protecting Medi-Cal.
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Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate Health Care Systems in California’s Vast Rural North
The cuts would disrupt the fragile health care system in a congressional district covering a 27,000-square-mile, sparsely populated region.
