Health Care for All Californians

The California Health Care Foundation helps Californians with low incomes get the health care they need.

Our Priorities

Health Equity

Health Equity

All Californians should have the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential for health. CHCF is working with a wide range of partners to remove structural barriers to care and build a just and equitable health care system that is designed to redress, not perpetuate, the inequities that too many of our fellow Californians face. Learn More
Universal Coverage

Universal Coverage

California's commitment to expand Medi-Cal eligibility to all income-eligible adults offers an historic opportunity to achieve equity in health coverage over the next five years. However, much work remains to ensure that those who have coverage stay covered and those are are eligible for coverage are enrolled. Learn More
Workforce

Workforce

Bridging the Care Gap: Addressing California’s Health Care Workforce Needs

California faces major shortages of health workers and isn’t producing enough new workers to meet its population’s future needs. Meanwhile, California's health workforce does not match the diversity of the state. These workforce supply problems have a major impact on health access, quality, and equity. Learn More
CalAIM in Focus

CalAIM in Focus

CalAIM is a multiyear reform led by the California Department of Health Care Services to improve the health outcomes and the overall well-being of Medi-Cal enrollees. Explore CHCF’s collection of tools and resources aimed at helping organizations understand and implement CalAIM. Learn More

What's Trending

Explore the most popular publications, blogs, resources, and more from CHCF.

Publication

Defending Medi-Cal in 2025

January 2025
Use this page to: (1) get accurate data and information about Medi-Cal and (2) stay abreast of emerging federal Medicaid policies and their potential impact in California.  
RFP

Request for Proposals — California Healthcare Payments Database Affordability Research Fund

CHCF has created a funding pool for researchers interested in using California’s new Healthcare Payments Database to study consumer affordability challenges or systemwide cost drivers or both in the state.
Resource

Telehealth’s Evolution in California: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
CHCF Blog

The Rewarding Journey of CHCF’s Health Equity Fellows

January 9, 2025
Charles Reader
Health Equity
The fellows program supported the foundation's efforts to address systemic health inequities in California.
Publication

CalAIM Experiences: Implementer Views in Year Three of Reforms

December 2024
Goodwin Simon Strategic Research
This is the second survey in as many years of people working on the ground at behavioral health organizations, community-based organizations, managed care plans, and social services organizations that launch and run CalAIM’s many new programs. Learn about their successes and ongoing challenges.
Publication

National Health Spending — 2024 Edition

December 2024
Katherine Wilson
Health Care Costs
National health care spending totaled $4.5 trillion in 2022, or $13,493 per person. The Almanac report provides a detailed look at national health care spending.
Publication

2024 Edition — Long-Term Care in California

December 2024
Jen Joynt
Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care
This Almanac describes the state’s supply, use, and quality of long-term care, including Medi-Cal’s long-term services and supports, nursing facilities, assisted living, and home health care.
Publication

California’s Behavioral Health Data Landscape

December 2024
Samantha Spangler, PhD, William Spangler
Behavioral Health
This paper delivers a comprehensive overview of behavioral health data requirements and structures in California.
Resource

CalAIM in Focus

CalAIM is a multiyear reform led by the California Department of Health Care Services to improve the health outcomes and the overall well-being of Medi-Cal enrollees. Explore CHCF’s collection of tools and resources aimed at helping organizations understand and implement CalAIM.
Collection

The Top 10 Blogs of 2024

This year on The CHCF Blog, health care workers like community health workers and lay counselors were a popular topic, along with Medi-Cal expansion and our Innovation Fund's investees.

The CHCF Blog

The CHCF Blog features health policy insights from experts inside and outside CHCF.

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Events

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Upcoming Event

Telehealth’s Evolution in California: Where Are We, and Where Do We Go from Here?

February 06, 2025 Telehealth in California has expanded significantly to become part of health care’s new normal. The California Health Care Foundation documents telehealth’s progress in its latest report, Telehealth’s Evolution in California: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. This webinar will present findings and recommendations from the report covering telehealth equity, implementation, policy… Read More

What is CalAIM?

Get a quick overview of CalAIM -- California’s five-year initiative to improve Medi-Cal so people can get the medical and social services they need.

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