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.
Use this page to: (1) get accurate data and information about Medi-Cal and (2) stay abreast of emerging federal Medicaid policies and their potential impact in California.
After 15 years of efforts and spending to expand access to care, an estimated 94% of California residents have health insurance. Find out how the state achieved this — and who remains left out.
This resource from Transforming Care Partners describes the key drivers of California’s progress in palliative care and remaining opportunities to build on and accelerate this growth to meet future needs.
This webinar presents key findings from focus group research that sought to identify the messages, messengers, and information that would most effectively motivate newly eligible undocumented Californians to sign up for Medi-Cal in 2024.
This memo summarizes key findings and recommendations from the second phase of a research project examining the most effective ways to communicate to California immigrants over age 50 who were newly eligible for Medi-Cal in 2022.
Study released after the newly enacted state budget establishes the Office of Health Care Affordability to measure and promote a sustained systemwide investment in primary care, and Medi-Cal managed care will start to report primary care expenditures in 2024.
New poll focused on insured Californians finds that Latino/x Californians least likely to have a primary care provider; those without a primary care provider more likely to report negative care experiences.
Stories That Caught Our Attention: As members of the huge baby boom generation start turning 80 in 2025, the pressures of caregiving will only intensify.