Health

2013

• Expanding Horizons: Key Facts About the Medi-Cal Program as California Implements Health Care Reform, April 2013

2011

• Recent Cuts to the Medi-Cal Program Have Impaired Access to Services, June 2011
• Recent Cuts Have Contributed to a Decline in Children Insured by the Healthy Families Program, May 2011
• Expanding Opportunities: What the Federal Health Law Means for California, March 2011

2010

• New Federal Health Law Will Significantly Expand Medi-Cal Eligibility and Enrollment, October 2010
• The Governor's Proposed Cuts to Medi-Cal Would Significantly Affect California's Low-Income Women and Their Families, May 2010
• The Governor's Proposed Budget Could Cause More Than 1 Million Children To Lose Health Benefits or Coverage, Impact by County, Impact by Legislative District, March 2010

2009

• More Than 1.9 Million Californians Could Lose Access to Health Coverage Under the Governor's May Revision, June 2009
• More Than 940,000 Children Would Lose Health Coverage if the Healthy Families Program Were Eliminated, June 2009

2008

• The Governor's Revised Budget Would Prevent More Than 400,000 Parents From Obtaining Medi-Cal Coverage, May 2008

• Governor’s Proposed Health Cuts Would Increase Ranks of Uninsured, Reduce Access, May 2008

• Federal Rules Would Reduce Access to Health Care Services, Cut $10 Billion in Health Care Funds to California, April 2008

• The Governor's Proposed Budget Would Cause Nearly 300,000 Children To Lose Medi-Cal Coverage, April 2008
• The Governor's Proposed Budget Would Cut Payments to Medi-Cal Providers, April 2008
• The Governor's Proposed Budget Would Cut Payments to Plans That Enroll Children in the Healthy Families Program, April 2008

• The Governor's Proposed Budget Would Cut Payments to Health Care Providers Across California, February 2008

2007

• Assembly Passes Health Care Reform Package, December 2007

• Would the Governor’s Proposed Tax Credit Make Health Care Affordable?, October 2007

• Premium Assistance in AB 8: Promising Strategy, but Questions Remain, August 2007

• What Does It Take for a Family to Afford to Pay for Health Care?, August 2007
  Main Report  |  Appendix: Basic Family Budgets by Region
• Cutting Overpayments to Private Medicare Plans Can Help Fund Children's Health Coverage, July 2007
• SCHIP Reauthorization: Congress Can Help California Provide Health Coverage to More Children, June 2007
• How Much Is Too Much?: A Framework for Evaluating Health Care Affordability, May 2007
• Governor's Health Proposal Raises a Number of Questions, March 2007
• SCHIP Reauthorization: President Proposes Insufficient Funding for Healthy Families, February 2007
• Health Savings Accounts: No Solution for the Uninsured, January 2007

2006

• SCHIP Reauthorization: Healthy Families Needs Sufficient Federal Funding, December 2006
• New Medicaid Documentation Requirement Could Create a Barrier to Health Care, May 2006

2005

• What Would Proposition 76 Mean for Health and Health-Related Programs?, October 2005
• PPIC Report Projecting Long-Term Medi-Cal Spending Should Be Used with Caution, August 2005
• Will the New Hospital Financing Waiver Protect California from Federal Medicaid Spending Cuts?, June 2005
• Congress Considers Medicaid Spending Cuts: Implications for California's Medi-Cal Beneficiaries
  and Safety-Net Providers, June 2005
• Governor's Plan to Restructure Medi-Cal Is Financially Risky and Could Undermine Access to Affordable Health Coverage, May 2005
• Medi-Cal Program, March 2, 2005
• In-Home Supportive Services Program, March 2005
• Lasting Returns: Investing in Health Coverage for California’s Children, February 2005

2004

• California Economy Shifts Toward Industries Less Likely to Provide Health Coverage, July 2004
• Governor's Proposal to Restructure Medi-Cal Is Financially Risky and Could Increase State Costs,
  July 2004
• Stretched Thin: State Budget Cuts Threaten California's Health and Human Services Programs, May 2004
• Budget Backgrounder: Healthy Families Program, February 2004

2003

• Governor Proposes to Cap Enrollment in Various Health and Human Services Programs,
  December 2003
• Health and Social Services Provisions in the 2003-04 Budget, September 2003
• Legislature Considers Proposals to Cover the Uninsured, August 2003
• Governor's Proposed Medi-Cal Reductions Would Harm Enrollees, Providers, and
  Local Economies, May 2003  |  Appendix

2001

• Losing Ground: Declining Medi-Cal Enrollment After Welfare Reform, October 2001
  Full Report  |  Executive Summary

2000

• Are Employer Tax Credits the Most Effective Way to Expand Health Coverage for California's Uninsured?, May 2000
• Health Coverage Programs Available to Low-Income Californians, April 2000

1999

• Expanding Health Coverage to Working Families: How Do the Major Proposals Compare? June 1999

1998

• California Implements Healthy Families Program, August 1998

1997

• California Enacts Child Health Expansion, November 1997
• Legislature Passes Child Health Expansion, September 1997