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Countdown to 2011-12: Deep Cuts to Health Programs Looming
In recent days, we have been highlighting reductions that will take effect in 2011-12 to underscore the depth and breadth of the cuts. Today, we’ll focus on Medi-Cal and Healthy Families, the state’s...
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Federal Reductions Could Mean Deep Cuts For Medi-Cal
It has been one week since California enacted a rare on-time and lean budget. For those of you longing for a months-long fiscal fight, look 2,700 miles eastward to the nation’s capital where...
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The Affordable Care Act in Action
Amid the sea of downward sloping graphs marking the Great Recession, a small green shoot has begun to emerge. Recently released Census data show that the share of uninsured young adults between ages 18...
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Supreme Court To Weigh In on California’s Budget
On Monday, the US Supreme Court heard arguments on three cases that will have direct implications for the state budget and more than 7 million Californians who rely on Medi-Cal coverage for access to...
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Ensuring Affordable Access to Health Coverage
Today is the deadline to comment on a number of proposed rules implementing the Affordable Care Act. One that the CBP finds particularly noteworthy is a set of proposed regulations written by the...
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CBP Analysis Looks at June Ballot Measure That Would Raise Cigarette Tax
Accustomed to facing a long list of ballot measures, California voters might be pleasantly surprised to see that the June 5 statewide ballot contains only two propositions. One of these is Proposition...
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Our State Budget Is a Local Budget
A little-known fact about the $91.3 billion state General Fund budget that took effect on July 1 is that it’s primarily a local budget, with the vast majority of state dollars flowing to local...
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Expanding Medi-Cal: The Next Step on the Road to Health Care Reform
Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, California has taken a number of steps to fulfill the promise of federal health care reform for the millions of Californians who lack...
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Expanding Medi-Cal: Small State Cost, Big Impacts
In January, the Legislature likely will begin considering how to implement a key component of the federal health care reform law in California: the expansion of Medicaid coverage to most people with...
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Expanding Medi-Cal: We’re Not Starting From Scratch
California isn’t starting from square one as the state moves toward expanding Medi-Cal coverage to most low-income adults under age 65, pending approval in 2013 by state lawmakers and Governor Brown....
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New CBP Report Looks at Medicaid in California and the Program’s Upcoming...
One of the core components of federal health care reform is creating broader eligibility for Medicaid, a health care coverage program for low-income individuals that is jointly funded by the states and...
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Medi-Cal Expansion: Full Steam Ahead or on the Slow Track?
Medi-Cal – our state’s Medicaid Program – provides health coverage to well over 7 million low-income Californians, primarily children, youth, and women. The program soon will cover hundreds of...
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Lawmakers Rethinking Recent Cut to Medi-Cal Provider Payments
With California facing a substantial budget gap in 2011, state lawmakers and Governor Brown approved a 10 percent cut to payments for doctors, dentists, pharmacists, and a range of other providers who...
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What We’re Watching For in the May Revision and Beyond
Governor Brown is set to release the May Revision of his proposed 2013-14 budget tomorrow, kicking off the sprint to a final budget agreement in June. The CBP will provide a series of analyses of the...
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What We Were Watching for in the May Revision — and How It Looks Thus Far
Last week, in the run-up to Governor Brown’s May Revision, we blogged about the five things we were looking for in his revised 2013-14 budget and the ensuing budget debate. Here we reflect back on what...
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Expanding Medi-Cal While Protecting Counties’ Health Care Safety Net
Expanding Medicaid to parents and childless adults who are currently excluded — a change that could extend health coverage to hundreds of thousands of low-income Californians next year — is a...
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Medi-Cal Expansion by the Numbers
Medi-Cal — the state’s Medicaid Program — provides health coverage to more than 8 million low-income Californians. This number is expected to climb sharply beginning this coming January due to a major...
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CBP Participates in Webinar Looking at the Medi-Cal Expansion
Yesterday, the CBP participated in a webinar looking at the pending expansion of the Medi-Cal Program — a cornerstone of federal health care reform — and what that change may mean for philanthropy and...
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State Implements Deep Cut to Medi-Cal Provider Payments
Two years ago, facing a substantial budget shortfall, state policymakers agreed to cut — by 10 percent — payments for doctors, dentists, and other providers who participate in Medi-Cal, California’s...
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California Set to Open New Marketplace for Affordable Health Coverage
Next week, California’s new online marketplace for affordable health coverage will open for business — a major milestone in the implementation of health care reform. Starting on October 1, Californians...
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