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  • wedge of Swiss cheese
    Behind the Headlines

    California Resists a Return to ‘Swiss Cheese’ Health Plans

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: California legislators fear a return to the time when “Swiss cheese benefits” drove many consumers into bankruptcy.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Pastor Corey Kennard And Dr. Jessica Zitter discuss racial disparities at the end-of-life.
    Expert Perspective

    Race at the End of Life

    More than 150 years after the end of slavery, racial tension and mistrust of institutions surfaces in nearly every corner of American society. Our health care system is no exception — even at the end of life.

    •Health Equity
  • Insurance claim forms with a perscription bottle
    Behind the Headlines

    Short-Term Plans Could Short-Change Consumers

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: The Trump administration issued a final rule that insurers will be able to sell short-term plans that cover up to 12 months and can be renewed for up to 36 months. What does…

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • River running through agricultural land.
    Case Study

    Medi-Cal Moves Addiction Treatment into the Mainstream

    A fundamental shift is underway in California to expand, improve, and reorganize Medi-Cal’s system for treating people with substance use disorders. This report summarizes the experiences of the first counties to implement this new approach.

    •Medi-Cal
  • line chart showing enrollment in different individual markets in California, from 2014 to 2017
    Data Insight

    State Releases Data on California 2017 Health Insurance Enrollment

    California health insurance enrollment grew modestly in most categories in 2017, according to new data from state insurance regulators.

    •Facts and Data
  • Two labrador retrievers, one yellow and one black, running together on a beach with a single stick in their mouths.
    Report

    Ensuring Health Plan Mergers Benefit the Community

    This report offers a detailed look at the results and future of infrastructure investment programs created as part of three for-profit health plan mergers in California.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • white neoclassical columns
    Report

    Here’s What the House Passed to Tackle the Opioid Crisis

    The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a package of bills addressing the opioid epidemic. Two DC health policy experts explain the highlights.

    •Primary Care
  • Judge holding a gavel in court room.
    Behind the Headlines

    Politics Aside, Patients with Preexisting Conditions Need Protection

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Americans across party lines agree on one important thing — people who have preexisting conditions should continue to be protected by federal health law.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Mother and son at Texas immigrant detention center.
    Behind the Headlines

    Standing Up Together to Do What’s Right

    In response to recent changes in border policy, CHCF will be making up to $1 million in emergency grants to groups that support separated children and detained families.

  • Man from rural area waits at remote area clinic for care.
    Behind the Headlines

    No Shortage of Patients — Only Providers

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: California has no shortage of patients. Unfortunately, the state doesn’t have enough health care professionals to care for them all — a shortage that experts predict will only worsen with time.

    •Health Workforce
  • Red push pins and string create a network pattern on a bright blue background.
    Tool

    Overcoming Data-Sharing Challenges in the Opioid Epidemic

    Federal confidentiality rules, such as the “Part 2” rules, can be a stumbling block for primary care practices seeking to integrate substance use disorder treatment. This paper summarizes the rules and outlines steps that practices can take to coordinate care…

    •Primary Care
  • Cooks making bread at DV8, a restaurant that hires only people recovering from substance use disorders.
    Behind the Headlines

    Today’s Special: The Healing Power of Food

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: The healing power of food is making its way from grandma’s kitchen into America’s restaurants and a health plan near you. Plus, the Supreme Court nomination.

    •Facts and Data
  • Group of medical personnel viewing information together on a laptop computer.
    Project

    Smart Care California

    This public-private partnership is working to promote safe and affordable health care in California.

    •Primary Care
  • Reprepresentative Henry Waxman served as the U.S. Representative for California's 33rd congressional district from 1975 until 2015.
    Expert Perspective

    Forty Years of Winning Friends and Influencing People

    Of more than 12,000 Americans who have served in Congress, few have had careers as productive as Henry Waxman’s. CHCF talked to the former Los Angeles-area congressman about US health policy.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Behind the Headlines

    Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System

    In Medi-Cal, treatment for patients with substance use disorder has long been run out of a separate program. Now California is implementing a broad move to modernize this system of care.

    •Medi-Cal