Coverage Trends

August 1, 2020

California’s County-Based Health Plans — 2024 Edition

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends

The state's county-based health plans are public entities organized through one or more counties to ensure that Medi-Cal enrollees, and in some cases county employees and Covered California enrollees, receive comprehensive care. Where are these plans and who do they cover?

Key Takeaways from Medi-Cal Redetermination Data

Coverage Trends

State data from June through November 2023 show that Medi-Cal enrollees who are seniors or have a disability are being disenrolled at a disproportionately high rate.

California Achieves Lowest Uninsured Rate Ever in 2022

Coverage Trends, Health Equity

California achieved its lowest uninsured rate ever in 2022, in large part due to federal pandemic policy that prohibited disenrollments in Medi-Cal. Amid improvements, racial disparities persisted.

California Health Insurance Enrollment in 2022

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends

Health insurance enrollment hit an all-time high in 2022, fueled by strong growth in Medi-Cal managed care.

California Employer Health Benefits: Cost Burden on Workers Varies — 2023 Edition

Gary Claxton and Matthew Rae, KFF, Anthony Damico

Coverage Trends

In 2022, 64% of firms in California offered health benefits to at least some of their employees. Premium costs are typically shared between employers and workers. This report presents data compiled from the 2022 KKF Employer Health Benefits Survey.

California Health Insurance Enrollment in 2021

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends

Total health insurance enrollment in California in 2021 increased by 1.4% (474,000) to 34.3 million enrollees. This compared to 3.3% growth in 2020.

Medical Loss Ratio Resources

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends

The medical loss ratio (MLR) is the percentage of premium that health insurers spend on medical care and quality improvement activities. These resources include the most recent MLR database with data from 2012 to 2020, as well as documents that describe the MLR and how to use the database.

California Health Insurance Stable in 2021, but Many Will Need to Switch Coverage Once COVID-19 Pandemic Protections End

State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)

Coverage Trends

During 2021, the second calendar year of the COVID-19 pandemic, California’s health insurance landscape remained relatively stable. This article focuses exclusively on Californians under age 65, which is the threshold for age-based Medicare coverage, and the coverage rates highlighted below include children except where otherwise specified (i.e., “nonelderly adults”).

Medi-Cal and the End of the Federal Continuous Coverage Requirement

Coverage Trends

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, California resumed its normal processes to redetermine eligibility for Medi-Cal enrollees in April 2023. It will be imperative to help many of these Californians transition to other types of coverage and to ensure that those who remain eligible keep their Medi-Cal coverage.

2022 Edition — California’s County-Based Health Plans

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends

The state's county-based health plans are public entities organized through one or more counties to ensure that Medi-Cal enrollees, and in some cases county employees and Covered California enrollees, receive comprehensive care. Where are these plans and who do they cover? How have they changed between 2012 and 2020?

2022 Edition — California Health Insurers

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal

California Health Insurers: Staying the Course provides a snapshot of the insurance market in California at the end of 2020. Data from the state’s two insurance regulators — the California Department of Managed Health Care and the California Department of Insurance — and other sources were used to examine market share, enrollment, financial performance, and consumer satisfaction.

Coverage During a Crisis: Insured Rate for Californians Hits Historic High in First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic

Coverage Trends

An analysis of data from the California Health Interview Survey shows that more Californians had health insurance than ever before in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet critical disparities in coverage persist, and coverage gains may slow, or even reverse, as pandemic policies wind down.

State, Federal Actions Protected Health Coverage for Millions During Pandemic

September 26, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The percentage of Americans with health insurance remained stable during 2020 despite a hobbled economy.

Unexpected Growth in California Health Insurance During COVID-19 Recession

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends

Data from California regulators show that — despite job losses — health insurance enrollment in the pandemic year 2020 increased by over one million (3.3%). State and federal policies designed to help people get and keep coverage were important factors.

2021 Edition — California Employer Health Benefits

Heidi Whitmore, Jennifer Satorius

Coverage Trends

Workers in California are shouldering more of the costs for their health benefits, paying both a larger share of premiums and higher deductibles and copays. California Employer Health Benefits: Are Workers Covered? presents data from the 2020 California Health Benefits Survey.