About Medi-Cal
More than 15 million Californians rely on Medi-Cal, the state’s health care coverage safety net, for health insurance. Two-thirds of those on Medi-Cal are people of color and often live in communities with a lack of adequate health care providers. Without significant investments to support providers that deliver health care to California’s most vulnerable, millions living in rural and underserved areas are in jeopardy.
Medi-Cal is California’s version of the federal program known as Medicaid. To learn more about CHA’s work to protect Medicaid, visit our federal resource page.
There Are Ways to Make Care More Affordable, But California Isn’t Making Those Choices
A recent piece in the Orange County Register that took a deep dive into California’s grocery prices calls to mind compelling parallels with the state’s ongoing push for lower health care costs. The piece, penned by the president and CEO of the California Grocers Association, contrasts the publicly stated desire of California lawmakers to make […]
Deadline Extended – Urge Lawmakers to Oppose Redirection of Prop 35 Funding
What’s happening: CHA has issued an alert asking members to contact their lawmakers by June 6 and urge them to protect Proposition 35 funding in the 2025-26 budget.
Summary Details CMS Proposal to Modify Health Care-Related Taxes
What’s happening: Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to Medicaid health care-related tax rules that pose significant risks to California’s managed care organization (MCO) tax and Hospital Quality Assurance Fee Program.
Hospital Care in the Crosshairs
Over the past couple of weeks, as federal and state budget proposals have come into sharper focus, the details are shaping up to be grim for hospitals and the patients who rely on them.
Urge Legislators to Oppose May Revise Budget Proposal
Federal, State Budget Proposals Threaten Health Care in California
What’s happening: Yesterday, Gov. Gavin Newsom released the May budget revision, which included proposals to pull away $1.6 billion in funding dedicated to health care organizations through last year’s Proposition 35. This came just days after the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a proposal to cut more than $715 billion from Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California).
What Kind of Health Care System Will We Have Left?
Health care — one of our most fundamental needs as human beings — is at an inflection point.
Governor’s May Revision Proposes Backfilling Budget with Prop 35 Funds
What’s happening: On May 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his May Revision budget proposal for 2025-26, which diverts much of the funds from Proposition (Prop) 35 away from their intended purpose — provider payment increases — to address a $12 billion projected budget deficit.
Proposed Changes to Medicaid Health Care-Related Tax Rules Threaten MCO Tax, Hospital Fee Program
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued proposed changes to the Medicaid health care-related tax rules that present significant risks for California’s managed care organization (MCO) tax and Hospital Quality Assurance Fee Program — both of which hospitals rely on to deliver patient care. Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by July 14.
Budget Proposal Would Cut Tens of Billions from Medicaid
What’s happening: On May 14, the House Energy and Commerce Committee finalized bill language that proposes major cuts and policy changes to the Medicaid program (Medi-Cal in California) that would severely impact California’s health care system.