Public Opinion & Surveys

Listening to Black Californians: How the Health Care System Undermines Their Pursuit of Good Health

Linda Cummings, PhD

To identify solutions for dismantling persistent health inequities among Black Californians, CHCF commissioned a study that listens deeply to Black Californians talking about their experiences with racism and health care. This report summarizes in-depth interviews with 100 Black Californians and 18 focus groups, as well as a statewide survey of 3,325 adult Black Californians.

Ensuring Equity in Telehealth

August 29, 2022

Health Equity, Telehealth

Telehealth could extend care to millions of underserved people — but only if they can access it.

August 17, 2022

Webinar — Effective Messaging About the Medi-Cal Expansion to Older Adults

Medi-Cal, Expanding Health Coverage

August 17, 2022

This webinar will present key findings from focus groups with Latino/x, Chinese, and Korean residents in Los Angeles who are newly eligible for Medi-Cal.

Without Trust, There Is Nothing

David E. Thigpen

Black Californians say they see provider relationships as the key to good health care.

Effective Messaging About the Medi-Cal Expansion to Older Adults

Michele Cordoba

Expanding Health Coverage

As of May 2022, Californians age 50 and older with low incomes can enroll in Medi-Cal regardless of their immigration status. Focus groups among newly eligible Los Angeles residents sought to identify what information and messages were most effective at encouraging enrollment.

State and Federal Relief Prevented Deep Backslide in Health Care Affordability in California in 2020

Health Care Costs

This analysis of the 2020 California Health Insurance Survey shows that Californians were largely protected from experiencing a major erosion in their ability to pay for health insurance and care during the first year of the pandemic.

Health Insurance and Health Care Affordability Perceptions Among Individual Insurance Market Enrollees in California in 2021

Vicki Fung, Mary Price, John Hsu

Health Care Costs

This 2021 survey sought to better understand if Californians purchasing their health insurance on the individual market perceived their coverage to be affordable.

Access, Affordability, and Respect: California Poll Shows Benefits Associated with Having a Primary Care Provider

Rebecca Catterson, Lucy Bailey

An analysis of poll findings reveals significant differences between insured Californians who have a primary care provider and those who do not across topics related to health care utilization, experience, affordability, and health behaviors.

WATCH: Why This Is the Moment for California to Reshape the Future of Medi-Cal

When podcaster Ben Plumley wondered whether California will show the nation how to expand accessible, affordable coverage to low-income populations and communities of color, he turned to CHCF president and CEO Sandra R. Hernández, MD, to get the story.

COVID-19 Is Reshaping California’s Health Workforce

February 1, 2022

Avram Goldstein

A conversation with Joanne Spetz, director of UCSF’s Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.

The 2022 CHCF California Health Policy Survey

Rebecca Catterson, Lucy Bailey, Emily Alvarez

One in four Californians had trouble paying a medical bill in the last 12 months, and one in five say they or someone close to them experienced a period of homelessness in the past five years. This statewide survey also captures Californians' health care priorities for the governor and legislature to address.

For One in Five Californians, Homelessness Is Personal, CHCF Survey Finds

January 27, 2022

Michelle Schneidermann

Homelessness & Health Care

The findings underscore the urgency of collaboration to ensure success of the nascent CalAIM initiative to integrate Medi-Cal more seamlessly with social services.

COVID-19 California Surveys

Over the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, CHCF conducted regular surveys of Californians and the state's frontline health care providers to gauge the impact of the pandemic on people and the health care system.

The CHCF California Health Policy Survey

This representative survey of California adults is conducted annually and released early each year. It details not only California residents' attitudes about statewide health policies but also their experiences with the health care system, including physical health, behavioral health, and affordability of care.

Housing Instability Exacts Yet Another Kind of Pandemic Health Toll

August 16, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Homelessness & Health Care, Health Equity

Stories That Caught Our Attention: For renters with low incomes facing the threat of eviction, assistance has been slow in coming.