Expanding Health Coverage - California Health Care Foundation

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.

The Big Health Care Wins in California’s State Budget

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.

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.

Celebrating the Expansion of Medi-Cal

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.

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

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.

Biden Administration Proposes to Fix the ‘Family Glitch’

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.

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.

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.

ACA Health Insurance Enrollment Sets New Record

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

COVID-19 Relief: The Down Payment America Needs

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.

State Public Options: Comparing Models from Across the Country

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.

What Are the Biden Administration’s Health Policy Priorities?

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.

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.