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    Blog

    A Long Road to Care for Rural Californians

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Health care journalists delve into the complicated challenge of helping rural hospitals survive in a hostile financial environment.

    •Behind the Headlines
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    Blog

    How Primary Care Investments Can Advance Equity

    A new report summarizes decades of research that demonstrates the many ways a reimagined approach to primary care can help reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.

    •Expert Perspective
  • Blog

    Proposed Change to Federal Poverty Definition Would Cut Aid to Millions of Californians

    Detailed estimates from UC-Berkeley Labor Center and the UCLA California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) reveal important data about changes to federal poverty guidelines.

    •Quick Read
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    Blog

    Will the Data Walls Come Tumbling Down?

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Electronic health records are supposed to take the US health care system into the 21st century while improving quality of care. Is that dream within reach?

    •Human Impact
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    Blog

    When Inequity Gets Measured, It Gets Managed

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: How California is trying to ensure that its 58 counties don’t overlook the health of neighborhoods most deeply affected by COVID-19.

    •Feature Story
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    Blog

    Surprise Medical Billing Might Get a Hybrid Solution

    A federal policy to protect patients from surprise medical bills eluded Congress in 2019, but a new compromise may lead to a solution.

    •Expert Perspective
  • Blog

    Market Consolidation on Trial

    On the eve of a trial over alleged anticompetitive practices by a California health care system, a new CHCF study traces the correlation between health industry consolidation and prices paid by consumers.

    •Feature Story
  • Blog

    California Health Care Foundation Study — Health Care Markets in California Approaching Monopoly Levels

    After waves of mergers over the last three decades, California’s health care system has become highly consolidated: Studies find most markets no longer qualify as “competitive” — with hospital markets approaching “monopoly levels,” especially in rural areas. Mounting evidence finds…

    •CHCF News
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    Resource

    Comments on Proposed Regulation — Consumer Inflation Measures Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies

    CHCF submitted this letter in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s Request for Comment on the Consumer Inflation Measures Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies.

    •CHCF News
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    Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Consideration of a Medicaid Per Capita Cap

    This proposal explores a shift from open-ended federal matching funds to a per capita cap model for Medicaid, examining how this approach could offer California greater policy flexibility and budget predictability.

    •Expert Perspective
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    Resource

    The Sky’s the Limit

    California pays significantly more for common health care services than the rest of the country, and the gap has been widening. A critical factor in the fast growth of prices is market concentration — including hospital consolidation and physician integration…

    •Report
  • Nurses working with Project Roomkey talk in the lobby of a hotel. Photo: Alain McLaughlin Photography Inc. and Building Futures
    Resource

    California’s Project Roomkey

    California’s Project Roomkey is the first statewide effort to leverage FEMA funding to provide thousands of Californians experiencing homelessness with temporary housing. This snapshot provides an overview, including initial progress.

    •Case Study
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    Sacramento Area — Regional Market Report 2026

    Sacramento is one of seven markets included in the 2026 Regional Market Report, which focuses on gaining key insights into the organization, financing, and delivery of care in communities across California and over time.

    •Regional Market Report
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    San Diego and Imperial Counties — Regional Market Report 2026

    San Diego and Imperial Counties is 1 of 7 markets included in the 2025 Regional Market Report, which focuses on care in communities across California.

    •Regional Market Report
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    Policy Options to Improve Health Care Affordability: What California Can Learn from Other States

    This issue brief presents policies from other states that California can learn from to address the health care affordability crisis.

    •Issue Brief