Eligibility

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.

2013 Edition — California Employer Health Benefits Survey

National Opinion Research Center

Coverage Trends

Employer-based coverage is the leading source of health insurance in California as well as nationally. California Employer Health Benefits: Fewer Covered, More Cost presents data compiled from the 2012 California Employer Health Benefits Survey, providing a snapshot of the employer-based coverage landscape in the lead-up to implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014.

2014 Edition — California Employer Health Benefits Survey

National Opinion Research Center

Coverage Trends

Employer-based coverage is the leading source of health insurance for Californians. This Almanac report, California Employer Health Benefits: Workers Feel the Pinch, presents data compiled from the 2013 California Employer Health Benefits Survey, providing an overview of the landscape in the lead-up to implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014.