Uninsured

Governor Names Sandra R. Hernández to Healthy California for All Commission

December 18, 2019

Today Governor Gavin Newsom appointed CHCF's Sandra R. Hernández to the Healthy California for All Commission. The Commission is charged with developing a plan to help California achieve a health care delivery system that provides coverage and access through a unified financing system, including — but not limited to — a single-payer financing system for all Californians.

‘Phenomenal’ Progress in California, but More to Do

November 12, 2019

Deborah Kelch, executive director of the Insure the Uninsured Project, reflects on four decades in California health policy and what she expects the future to bring.

White House Requires Immigrants to Purchase Health Insurance

October 11, 2019

Billy Wynne, Dawn Joyce

Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends

The government sets another policy that will diminish immigrant communities’ access to health care and other essential services.

‘Trust Our Patients So They Can Trust Us’

September 18, 2019

Xenia Shih Bion

At an Oakland clinic, patients who once lived on the streets are helping to improve care for the unsheltered.

The Real Story of America

September 3, 2019

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention: America's struggle with race relations — including in health care — inspired an extraordinary effort by the New York Times Magazine to tell a four-century saga in ways that explain the challenges facing contemporary society.

‘Treat Me Like a Person’: What We’ve Heard So Far from Californians with Low Incomes

August 16, 2019

Medi-Cal, Workforce

A new research project is exploring how Californians in the safety net experience their health care and what they hope to get out of their encounters.

Expanding Medicaid Can Save Lives

August 12, 2019

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention: A new study suggests that the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion reduced death rates among older adults with low incomes.

Will Low-Income Women Lose Access to the Reproductive Health Care They Need?

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The Trump administration’s changes to the Title X Family Planning Program are expected to severely reduce access to reproductive health services in California and across the country.

These Four Federal Proposals Would Have Major Health Implications for Immigrants

Billy Wynne, Dawn Joyce

Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal

The federal government seeks to modify federal policies with harmful changes that could hurt immigrants’ access to health care and other public benefits while weakening the health and social safety net.

Resource Page: Covering All Californians

Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal

California is in the midst of a critical discussion about how to achieve the goal of covering every Californian. To inform this discussion, CHCF curates key California-specific resources and analyses around the remaining uninsured and around policy options designed to preserve and expand coverage.

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.

California Takes Historic Step Toward Universal Coverage

Sandra R. Hernández

The budget passed by legislators in Sacramento shows that progress is possible in the drive to provide health coverage to all Californians.

California Takes Historic Step Toward Universal Coverage

Statement from CHCF president and CEO Sandra R. Hernández, MD, on the 2019-2020 California budget passed by the legislature on June 13.

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.

California Journalist Moves from Writing Health Care News to Making It

After spending most of her career at the Los Angeles Times and Kaiser Health News, award-winning reporter Anna Gorman is now a public servant helping Los Angeles County residents who don't have health insurance.