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State, Federal Actions Protected Health Coverage for Millions During Pandemic

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The percentage of Americans with health insurance remained stable during 2020 despite a hobbled economy.

September 27, 2021

•Health Insurance Coverage
Organizations React to Medi-Cal Managed Care Procurement Request for Proposals

In June DHCS issued a draft RFP for the first-ever statewide procurement for commercial Medi-Cal managed care plans. CHCF asked organizations to share the comments they submitted to the agency about the RFP. This report presents common themes from across…

September 24, 2021

•Health Equity
Expert Perspective

Shared Information Has the Power to Change Californians’ Lives for the Better

The pandemic challenges have shown that California must update health data systems to protect public health, improve care delivery, and help health and human services systems care for the whole person.

September 23, 2021

•Health Equity
Quick Read

Bridging the Divide Between Mental Health Care and Addiction Treatment

In a Los Angeles Times op-ed, a CHCF senior program officer shares the heartbreaking story of her son’s death from mental illness and substance use, the result of being caught between two siloed health care systems. Her desire to prevent…

September 21, 2021

•Behavioral Health
Expert Perspective

Sobering Centers Offer Clients Pathway to Stable Lives

A conversation with Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, RN, a national leader in the field.

September 20, 2021

•Behavioral Health
Behind the Headline

COVID-19 Financial Costs Are Surging Too

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Insurance companies across the country have been reinstating cost sharing for people being treated for the disease, and it isn’t cheap.

September 20, 2021

•Primary Care
Behind the Headline

Hospitals in California’s Central Valley Flooded with COVID-19 Patients

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Health care workers and public health agencies are overwhelmed.

September 14, 2021

•Primary Care
Quick Read

Sobering Centers Explained

Sobering centers offer a cost-effective alternative for providing care to people with acute intoxication whose public alcohol or drug use puts themselves or others at risk. New interest in the decades-old approach has been sparked by recent CalAIM (California Advancing…

September 14, 2021

•Behavioral Health
Data Insight

Unexpected Growth in California Health Insurance During COVID-19 Recession

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.

September 13, 2021

•Health Insurance Coverage
Expert Perspective

Seeking COVID Justice Through Policy Change

Public Health Advocates, a California organization that advances policies to reduce health disparities, created an initiative to respond to the deep-rooted inequities brought into focus by the pandemic.

September 13, 2021

•Health Equity
Report

The Medi-Cal Maze: Why Many Eligible Californians Don’t Enroll

This qualitative research was designed to better understand what prevents eligible Californians from enrolling in Medi-Cal and to identify ways to make the program even more accessible to the population it is designed to serve.

September 13, 2021

•Medi-Cal
Knowledge Center

Making the Case for CHW/P Integration

This section of the Advancing California’s Community Health Worker & Promotor Workforce in Medi-Cal Resource Center discusses the evidence behind how CHW/Ps can help to improve health outcomes and reduce costs.

September 13, 2021

•Health Workforce
Project

Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Services: Demand Exceeds Supply Despite Expansions

This paper is the second of two cross-site analyses drawn on insights from the seven publications in the 2020 Regional Market Report series. It explores factors contributing to behavioral health access issues, including workforce shortages and the complexity of the…

September 10, 2021

•Medi-Cal
External Resource

Billions in Public Money Aimed at Curing Homelessness and Caring for ‘Whole Body’ Politic

September 8, 2021
Expert Perspective

I’m a Black Doctor. My Mom Still Won’t Get Vaccinated.

A Los Angeles physician explains why she doesn’t really blame her mother for refusing the vaccine.

September 2, 2021

•Health Equity

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State, Federal Actions Protected Health Coverage for Millions During Pandemic

Organizations React to Medi-Cal Managed Care Procurement Request for Proposals

Shared Information Has the Power to Change Californians’ Lives for the Better

Bridging the Divide Between Mental Health Care and Addiction Treatment

Sobering Centers Offer Clients Pathway to Stable Lives

COVID-19 Financial Costs Are Surging Too

Hospitals in California’s Central Valley Flooded with COVID-19 Patients

Sobering Centers Explained

Unexpected Growth in California Health Insurance During COVID-19 Recession

Seeking COVID Justice Through Policy Change

The Medi-Cal Maze: Why Many Eligible Californians Don’t Enroll

Making the Case for CHW/P Integration

Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Services: Demand Exceeds Supply Despite Expansions

Billions in Public Money Aimed at Curing Homelessness and Caring for ‘Whole Body’ Politic

I’m a Black Doctor. My Mom Still Won’t Get Vaccinated.

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