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  • Data Insight

    The 2026 CHCF California Health Policy Survey

    CHCF and NORC at the University of Chicago conducted a representative, statewide survey of residents’ views and experiences on a variety of health care topics.

    •Facts and Data, Health Care Costs/Affordability, Health Insurance Coverage
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    Report

    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.

    •Facts and Data
  • Inside CHCF

    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.

  • Report

    Going Beyond ROI to Create Cultures of Equity: How Internal DEIB Impacts Community Health Outcomes

    Health care leaders are asked to demonstrate how internal organizational diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) investments impact community health equity outcomes. To answer this question, CIN conducted a comprehensive environmental scan of academic literature, expert knowledge, and case studies…

    •Facts and Data
  • Charts
    Knowledge Center

    California Health Care Almanac

    Objective information on health care costs, coverage, quality, and delivery supports effective decisionmaking. The Almanac provides data and analysis on California’s health care system.

    •Facts and Data
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    Tool

    Controlling Health Care Costs

    Health care is too expensive for many Californians. CHCF offers these resources that detail where health spending happens, why health care costs are increasing so rapidly, and what policymakers could consider to improve value in the system.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Data Insight

    California’s Behavioral Health Data Landscape

    This paper delivers a comprehensive overview of behavioral health data requirements and structures in California.

    •Behavioral Health
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    Report

    Quality of Care: Children’s Health Almanac — 2024 Edition

    This set of quality measures focuses on children’s health and reports the most recently available data.

    •Facts and Data
  • Table that describes planned health care development milestones from July 2024 to June 2028.
    Quick Read

    Overview of the Office of Health Care Affordability

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Report

    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…

    •Facts and Data
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    Report

    Investing in Behavioral Health Care: Lessons from State-Based Efforts

    This paper examines national best practices in behavioral health investment data collection and reporting across 13 states. Findings were then analyzed in the context of California.

    •Behavioral Health
  • Report

    State and Federal Relief Prevented Deep Backslide in Health Care Affordability in California in 2020

    This analysis of the 2020 California Health Insurance Survey shows that Californians were largely protected from experiencing a major erosion in their ability to pay for health insurance and care during the first year of the pandemic.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
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    Report

    Health Care Cost Commissions: How Eight States Address Cost Growth

    This issue brief documents efforts in eight states that have established new independent commissions or increased the authority of an existing regulatory body to monitor and limit unnecessary growth in health spending.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Inside CHCF

    Groundbreaking Study Links Higher Primary Care Spending to Better Care Quality in California

    New poll focused on insured Californians finds that Latino/x Californians least likely to have a primary care provider; those without a primary care provider more likely to report negative care experiences.

    •Primary Care
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    Report

    The 2022 CHCF California Health Policy Survey

    One in four Californians had trouble paying a medical bill in the last 12 months, and one in five say they or someone close to them experienced a period of homelessness in the past five years. This statewide survey also…

    •Facts and Data