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.
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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
This California Health Care Almanac quick reference guide shows enrollment by regulator, market, and insurer. A companion data file contains California enrollment for 2012 to 2023.
The California Health Benefits Survey tracks trends in employees’ coverage, including premiums, employee premium contributions, cost sharing, offer rates, and employer benefit strategies.
•Health Care Costs/Affordability, Health Insurance Coverage
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.
This Almanac provides a snapshot of the insurance market in California at the end of 2022. Data from the state’s two insurance regulators — the California Department of Managed Health Care and the California Department of Insurance — and other…
The state’s county-based health plans are public entities organized through one or more counties to ensure that Medi-Cal enrollees, and in some cases county employees and Covered California enrollees, receive comprehensive care. Where are these plans and who do they…
California achieved its lowest uninsured rate ever in 2022, in large part due to federal pandemic policy that prohibited disenrollments in Medi-Cal. Amid improvements, racial disparities persisted.
In 2022, 64% of firms in California offered health benefits to at least some of their employees. Premium costs are typically shared between employers and workers. This report presents data compiled from the 2022 KKF Employer Health Benefits Survey.
This 2021 survey sought to better understand if Californians purchasing their health insurance on the individual market perceived their coverage to be affordable.
An analysis of data from the California Health Interview Survey shows that more Californians had health insurance than ever before in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet critical disparities in coverage persist, and coverage gains may slow, or even reverse,…
Data from California regulators show that — despite job losses — health insurance enrollment in the pandemic year 2020 increased by over one million (3.3%). State and federal policies designed to help people get and keep coverage were important factors.