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Expanding Health Coverage
During the COVID-19 pandemic the percentage of Californians with insurance has hit an all-time high. However, much work remains to ensure that all Californians can get and stay covered. CHCF produces data and analyses to inform efforts to protect coverage gains and further expand coverage so that all Californians can get the health care they need.


CHCF Blog

The Big Health Care Wins in California’s State Budget

August 8, 2022
Kara Carter
Medi-Cal, Expanding Health Coverage, Workforce, Health Care Costs, Data Exchange
California’s 2022–23 state budget represents one of the most significant investments in health care in a generation.
Publication

Effective Messaging About the Medi-Cal Expansion to Older Adults

July 2022
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.
CHCF Blog

Celebrating the Expansion of Medi-Cal

June 28, 2022
Sandra R. Hernández
Expanding Health Coverage, Health Equity, Medi-Cal
CHCF's president and CEO explains how state leaders have brought us a step closer to justice and equity in health care.
CHCF Blog

My Comments on the Healthy California for All Commission’s Final Report

June 16, 2022
Sandra R. Hernández
Expanding Health Coverage, Health Care Costs, Workforce, Medi-Cal, Data Exchange
CHCF's president and CEO, who was appointed to the commission by Governor Gavin Newsom, shares her thoughts on the panel's report.
CHCF Blog

Biden Administration Proposes to Fix the ‘Family Glitch’

April 8, 2022
Katie Keith
Expanding Health Coverage
Critics have long argued that the Internal Revenue Service's interpretation of this controversial rule unfairly penalizes family members of workers with lower incomes.
CHCF Blog

Leave No Californian Behind

January 14, 2022
Sandra R. Hernández
Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal
Governor Gavin Newsom made a budget proposal to remove all barriers to Medi-Cal enrollment based on immigration status.
CHCF Blog

State, Federal Actions Protected Health Coverage for Millions During Pandemic

September 27, 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.
CHCF Blog

ACA Health Insurance Enrollment Sets New Record

June 14, 2021
Heather Tirado Gilligan
Expanding Health Coverage
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Experts say total Affordable Care plan signups were probably undercounted because of data-gathering limitations.
CHCF Blog

We’re All in This Together 

May 6, 2021
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 Blog

American Rescue Plan Improvements to Covered California Affordability: Who Gains?

April 15, 2021
Miranda Dietz, Srikanth Kadiyala, Tynan Challenor, Annie Rak, Dylan H. Roby, Laurel Lucia, Gerald F. Kominski
Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends
Over 1.6 million Californians will benefit from the rescue plan, including 151,000 individual market enrollees who will qualify for subsidies for the first time and 135,000 uninsured people who will become insured.
CHCF Blog

Undocumented Projected to Remain California’s Largest Group of Uninsured in 2022

April 13, 2021
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Srikanth Kadiyala, Tynan Challenor, Annie Rak, Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski
Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends
Even after the American Rescue Plan increases premium subsidies for health insurance purchased through Covered California, large inequities remain in who has access to affordable coverage.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Relief: The Down Payment America Needs

March 15, 2021
Sandra R. Hernández
Expanding Health Coverage, Health Equity
The American Rescue Plan Act is a bold and comprehensive federal response built on an accurate understanding of the roots of the pandemic crises.
Publication

State Public Options: Comparing Models from Across the Country

March 2021
Manatt Health
Expanding Health Coverage
This issue brief outlines some of the problems states are addressing with their public option proposals, reports the proposals’ current status, categorizes public option proposals into archetypes, and identifies issues for California policymakers as they explore a state-based public option.
CHCF Blog

What Are the Biden Administration’s Health Policy Priorities?

March 3, 2021
Billy Wynne, Dawn Joyce
Expanding Health Coverage, Maternal Health
When it comes to health care, the fledgling administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hit the ground running.
CHCF Blog

A Time to Be Hopeful Again

February 11, 2021
Sandra R. Hernández
Health Equity, Expanding Health Coverage
Recovering from a woeful period in our nation's history will take a long time, and we won’t get there without hope. From that perspective, we are off to a good start.
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