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California Health Care Workforce Shortage: ITUP Convenes Regional Equity Collaboratives to Address Solutions
October 14, 2024
Discover key insights into California’s statewide health workforce shortage and explore local perspectives from across the state.
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Health Care Reform: 2017 Year-In-Review
January 7, 2018
Because California embraced the opportunities available under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 2017 began and ended with California reaching historic low rates of uninsured. The timeline below reviews notable health reform events for 2017 and includes links to source documents and related ITUP publications.
Read MoreCalifornia Department of Health Care Services Confirms Graham-Cassidy Legislation Would Be Devastating for Health Care in California
September 25, 2017
On September 22, 2017, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released a fiscal analysis of pending Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal legislation authored by U.S. Senators Graham, Cassidy, Heller and Johnson (Graham-Cassidy).
Read MoreFact Sheet November 2017 – Remaining Uninsured in California
September 13, 2017
California benefited more than most states from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) because California fully embraced the ACA opportunities to expand coverage and streamline enrollment and retention processes. This also means that California has the most at stake in federal efforts to repeal or rollback the ACA coverage expansions. In the years preceding the ACA, […]
Read MoreACA Stands (for Now): Takeaways from the Repeal and Replace Roller Coaster
July 28, 2017
For now, the ACA remains. Credit goes to all the community voices, advocates, and experts who kept the pressure on elected officials and continued to call out the very real threats the proposals represented. Here for consideration are some takeaways from the admittedly chaotic “repeal and replace” process.
Read MoreThe Common Theme of Pending Senate Health Reform Bills? Dramatic Increases in the Number of Uninsured
July 23, 2017
As of this writing, multiple discussion drafts of potential legislation to repeal or rollback the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) are pending in the U.S. Senate. All the bills result in dramatic increases in the number of uninsured over the next ten years.
Read MoreState Medicaid Agency Finds Staggering Losses for California Under U.S. Senate Bill
June 29, 2017
The magnitude of the state funding gap created by the BCRA threatens every part of the Medi-Cal program – provider payments, eligibility and benefits. The bill threatens California’s progress in reducing the uninsured and improving the health of Californians.
Read MoreU.S. Senate Discussion Draft Continues Path to Increasing the Uninsured
June 23, 2017
On June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans released a discussion draft of legislation that would undo key provisions of the ACA. The BCRA would slow the timeline for some changes to ACA, but includes deeper cuts to Medicaid.
Read MoreMeeting the Health Needs of the Immigrant Community In Uncertain Times
June 14, 2017
This fact sheet provides information on California’s immigrant community, the barriers they face to access health care, and California policies promoting access and/or coverage for all residents, regardless of immigration status.
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