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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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A new campaign led by Bay Area comedian and CNN host W. Kamau Bell is providing Black communities with credible information about the COVID-19 vaccines.
Whether measured by revenue size, number of patients, or number of sites, the largest health centers bore the brunt of the financial losses experienced across California’s health centers between April and December 2020.
As the COVID-19 pandemic has worn on, teens and young adults report growing levels of depression, stress, and anxiety. CHCF partnered with Common Sense and Hopelab to better understand how young people have used social media and digital health tools…
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Lack of housing is “unignorable” and puts responsibility squarely into the hands of health care practitioners, physician experts say.
Recent federal regulatory changes have reduced the requirements and conditions under which association health plans can form, allowing them to bypass coverage requirements specified in the Affordable Care Act. In response, many states have issued regulations to mitigate the effects…
This issue brief outlines some of the problems states are addressing with their public option proposals, reports the proposals’ current status, categorizes public option proposals into archetypes, and identifies issues for California policymakers as they explore a state-based public option.
Eliminating payment for audio-only telehealth visits will disproportionately affect safety-net settings and patients who are not equipped for video visits.
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Springtime optimism in California’s agricultural heart has been tempered somewhat by concerns about the challenge of vaccinating farmworkers before the next harvest season.
With California facing a growing shortage of mental health professionals, a new online certificate program will prepare 300 psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners by 2026. The schools of nursing at UCSF, UC Davis, UCLA, and UC Irvine are coordinating the…
Health leaders should take immediate steps to encourage vaccine uptake among many demographic groups, including Black and Latinx adults, people with lower incomes, and younger adults.