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  • A pebble is seen at a donation fair for fire evacuees camping at a parking lot in Chico, California, on November 14, 2018. Photo by JAVIER TOVAR/AFP/Getty Images
    Behind the Headline

    California Wildfire Worsens Health Care Workforce Shortage

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Because of severe wildfire damage, the sole hospital and biggest employer in Paradise, California, is unlikely to reopen before 2020 — if ever. 

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Lonely man standing in desolate urban environment.
    Behind the Headline

    Mental Health Worker Shortage Takes Center Stage

    Regardless of the outcome of the Kaiser Permanente mental health workers strike, the need for state health policy leaders to reduce California’s worsening shortage of behavioral health providers is urgent.

    •Health Workforce
  • Feature Story

    In LA, Exciting Era Dawns for Addiction Treatment

    A groundbreaking Medi-Cal program is enabling substance use disorder treatment facilities to say yes to more patients seeking care, yes to more flexibility regarding treatment plans, and yes to hiring more workers to treat people in need.

    •Behavioral Health

  • How Would Proposed Changes to the “Public Charge” Rule Affect Your Region?

  • Members of the state Senate take the oath of office, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif.
    Behind the Headline

    What’s in Store for Health Care from California’s Class of 2019

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: A new class of state lawmakers, including another supermajority of Democrats, has been sworn in. Several health-related bills were introduced immediately and will await Gavin Newsom when he succeeds Governor Jerry Brown in…

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Doctor meets with patient.
    Feature Story

    How Community Colleges Can Help End California’s Doctor Shortage

    Marco Angulo, MD, chose to practice family medicine in a community clinic close to where he grew up. His educational path is an important model that could help ease the primary care physician shortage in California.

    •Health Workforce
  • Young girl in knit hat looking into distance at dusk.
    Report

    Mental Health and Substance Use Almanac — 2018 Edition

    For adolescents, mental illnesses and substance use disorders often occur together. This report paints a picture of California youth and the behavioral health conditions they face.

    •Facts and Data
  • Illustration of young people from substance use disorder infographic.
    Data Insight

    Infographic: Substance Use and Mental Illness Among California’s Youth

    Adolescence is when mental illness and often first presents and when drug and alcohol use typically start. Risk of developing a substance use disorder is greater for people who start using during adolescence. For adolescents, mental illness and substance use…

    •Behavioral Health
  • Woman sits at table looking at a paper, wearing a t-shirt that reads "Access to Insulin is a Human Right."
    Behind the Headline

    The Human Cost of Soaring Prescription Drug Prices

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Sharply rising drug prices are the result of a “shadowy and byzantine system” and perverse incentives for providers, experts say, as Congress sees glimmers of a bipartisan response.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Small girl being held by her mother,looking concerned.
    Expert Perspective

    Comments on Proposed Regulation — Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds

    CHCF submitted this letter to express our strong opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“proposed rule”) on “public charge,” published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2018.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Mother holding daughter.
    Behind the Headline

    Proposed Public Charge Rule Would Hurt Californians

    Federal officials recently proposed changes to the public charge rule for immigrants. The California Health Care Foundation’s CEO shares key points from the public comment she filed with the federal government to explain how the rule would take the health…

    •Health Equity

  • Nov. 2018 Edition — California Health Insurance Enrollment

    In 2017, California health insurers covered 33.1 million enrollees. This quick reference guide breaks down that number. Data files with these enrollment numbers are available to download.

  • Medical personnel evacuate patients as the Feather River Hospital burns while the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire Thursday in Northern California, some clutching babies and pets as they abandoned vehicles and struck out on foot ahead of the flames that forced the evacuation of an entire town. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
    Behind the Headline

    Giving Thanks

    Stories that caught our attention this week: We want to take a moment to express our gratitude for those who provide care on the front lines, as well as those who work behind the scenes to make policy that ensures…

    •Health Workforce
  • Report

    Collaborative Courts and Medication-Assisted Treatment in California

    This report reviews use of medication-assisted treatment as an option in many types of collaborative courts, including drug courts and mental health courts.

    •Behavioral Health
  • Graphic showing estimated disenrollment under the Public Charge rule
    Behind the Headline

    Public Charge Rule Could Prompt Up to 455,000 California Kids Who Need Care to Leave Medi-Cal

    New research from the Institute for Community Health estimates that the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the public charge rule could prompt up to 455,000 California children in need of medical attention to leave Medi-Cal.

    •Health Insurance Coverage