Eligibility

Webinar: Equitably Identifying Individuals for Care Management: Strategies for CalAIM and Beyond

This webinar will explore how to develop eligibility strategies for care management supports and services in ways that prioritize equity and ensure that they are being offered to those who might otherwise be overlooked.

Medicaid’s Continuous Coverage Requirement Is Over. What’s Next for California?

Medi-Cal, Health Equity

Using best policies and practices, California has the opportunity to ensure that the Medi-Cal eligibility and enrollment system always prioritizes keeping people covered.

Presumptive Eligibility: Creating a Pathway to Ongoing Medi-Cal Coverage

Two studies point to opportunities for California to enhance presumptive eligibility and hospital presumptive eligibility so that both processes become pathways to ongoing Medi-Cal coverage.

Helping Californians Maintain Coverage After the Public Health Emergency

California’s success in avoiding unnecessary Medi-Cal disenrollment and smoothing transitions to other coverage will be crucial.

Newsom Proposes Health Coverage for Last Remaining Group of Uninsured Californians

January 24, 2022

Heather Tirado Gilligan

In his proposed state budget, Governor Gavin Newsom called for California to be the first state to remove immigration status as a barrier to eligibility for Medicaid, making health insurance accessible to all undocumented residents with low incomes.

We’re All in This Together

Sandra R. Hernández

Medi-Cal, Expanding Health Coverage, Health Equity

Since 2016, California has expanded Medi-Cal eligibility to include kids and young adults from low-income households, regardless of immigration status. Now the state has a golden opportunity to finish that job.

CHCF Commends First Step to Roll Back Public Charge Wealth Test, Urges Further Action

February 3, 2021

Yesterday President Joe Biden directed federal agencies to begin a review of the public charge wealth test for immigrants implemented under the Trump administration. In response, Sandra R. Hernández, MD, president and CEO of the California Health Care Foundation issued this statement.

Maternity Care and Paying for Maternity Services

Medi-Cal, Maternal Health

Learn about maternity coverage in Medi-Cal, including eligibility, covered services, and payment.

Staying Home: Not an Option Available to All

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Many workers must choose between staying home when ill or going to work sick so they can keep getting paid.

The Affordable Care Act Turns 10

Xenia Shih Bion

Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Since 2010, the ACA has been folded into American life in myriad ways, reducing the number of people who are uninsured to historically low levels.

Public Charge Rule Could Erode Enrollment in Insurance Coverage

February 3, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends

Stories That Caught Our Attention: A Supreme Court ruling sets the stage for implementation of the public charge rule in California and across the nation.

Covered California Enrollment Deadline Looms

January 27, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The deadline to enroll in a health insurance plan through Covered California is drawing near, but consumers this week can sign up and avoid the new state penalty.

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

Sandra R. Hernández

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.

Researchers: Medicaid Expansion Equals Better Coverage, Better Outcomes

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Research suggests residents of Medicaid expansion states experience improved health and well-being.

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.