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Health Care Costs

WEBThis blog post outlines the assistance offered by the recently-established Child Care Providers United California Workers Health Care Fund, summarizes recent …

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Measuring Consumer Affordability is Integral to Achieving the …

WEBConsumer health care affordability has deteriorated over the past two decades in California due to rising premiums along with increasingly common and …

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California’s Uninsured in 2024: Medi-Cal expands to all low …

WEBCalifornia continues to make remarkable progress in expanding access to health coverage, including by expanding Medi-Cal eligibility for low-income …

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Proposed health care minimum wage increase: State costs would …

WEBSummary. California Senate Bill 525 proposes a minimum wage increase for health care workers at most medical facilities—general and surgical hospitals, …

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RELEASE: Proposed health care minimum wage increase: What it …

WEBFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | April 11, 2023 Contact: Julie Light, [email protected], 415-215-5737 New report outlines impacts for workers, …

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Medi-Cal Archives

WEBAn analysis by UC Berkeley Labor Center estimates that the $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers would help 455,000 people, or about 40% of California’s …

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California’s Self-Employed and Small Business Employees …

WEBOverview. While most Californians have health insurance through their employer, the self-employed generally do not have that option through their own work, …

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RELEASE: Proposed health care minimum wage increase: State …

WEBFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27, 2023 Media Contact: Julie Light, [email protected], 415-215-5737 The cost to State of a proposal to raise …

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American Rescue Plan Improvements to Covered California …

WEBThe American Rescue Plan substantially increases premium subsidies for coverage purchased through health insurance exchanges like Covered California. We …

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The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on New Jobs

WEBThe Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law in 2010, extends health insurance to about 25 million Americans, increasing the demand for health care …

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Expanding Covered California for All by Ending Immigration Status …

WEBBlog post exploring the factors surrounding a proposal to expand Covered California to undocumented Californians by creating a “mirror marketplace.” This would …

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A Historic Achievement: California expands Medi-Cal to all low …

WEBLabor Center research was used in a years-long campaign by health and immigrant advocates to bring health coverage to undocumented Californians.

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Technological Change in Health Care Delivery

WEBThis report examines the drivers of technological change in the U.S. health care industry and explores how technologies may be used in response to the challenges …

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Why are health care prices so high for workers in Monterey County

WEBWorking families in Monterey County are facing a crisis in affording the high hospital costs in the area. In recent months, hospitality workers, teachers, and …

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California’s biggest coverage expansion since the ACA: Extending …

WEBCalifornia has the opportunity to expand Medi-Cal to all low-income Californians, regardless of immigration status or age. This policy would result in a …

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California health care minimum wage: New estimates for impacts …

WEBIn October 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 525, which will increase the minimum wage for health care workers to $25 per hour in the coming …

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Undocumented Californians Projected to Remain the Largest …

WEBEven after the American Rescue Plan (ARP) substantially increases premium subsidies for health insurance coverage purchased through Covered …

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Modified Adjusted Gross Income under the ACA

WEBUnder the Affordable Care Act, eligibility for income-based Medicaid1 and subsidized health insurance through the Marketplaces is calculated using a household’s Modified Adjusted …

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