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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Stories That Caught Our Attention: Five key health care items in the governor’s proposed budget tackle important problems, including homelessness, affordability, and behavioral health capacity.
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Food access issues and other social barriers to health have driven the health care system to take an increasingly holistic approach to delivering care.
The Inland Empire Health Plan’s new CEO is continuing the trailblazing path that Californians have come to expect from the large and influential managed care plan.
For over 20 years, the California Health Care Foundation has funded nonprofit journalism to help strengthen the media’s capacity to cover health policy in California. The goal of this investment: to ensure that audiences have access to timely, relevant information…
Comprehensive news coverage of health issues in California is essential for health officials and decisionmakers at the community, county, and state levels, as well as residents seeking information on matters that impact their lives. The dramatic changes in the media…
Controlling the growth of health spending is central to any state effort to achieve universal coverage and to relieve consumers struggling with out-of-pocket costs. California can learn from four states that have established state commissions to measure, monitor, and set…
Today Governor Gavin Newsom appointed CHCF’s Sandra R. Hernández to the Healthy California for All Commission. The Commission is charged with developing a plan to help California achieve a health care delivery system that provides coverage and access through a…
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Recent developments in Washington suggest that a bipartisan solution for surprise medical bills is within reach — a development that may have been influenced by reforms passed in Sacramento.
Nearly one in five of California’s pregnant and postpartum women suffer from depression, anxiety, or other severe illness such as bipolar disorder (perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, or PMADs). A pilot project sought to increase capacity of psychiatrists in Los…