The MCO Tax: A Flat Versus Tiered Structure

Jul 20, 2015 - By our rough estimates, this flat structure would create a net industrywide liability of over $950 million for MCOs. In particular, the state ’s three largest MCOs would owe substantially more tax under a flat structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3292

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As Figure  4 shows, the top 30 drugs in terms of spending (out of about 950 drug categories) represented less than 20  percent of all prescriptions (left column) but more than 50  percent of gross spending (right column).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - We estimate that the downward revision for 2020 ‑ 21 r esults in $ 950  m illion in General Fund savings ($1. 4  b illion in total funds). Projected Caseload Increase Results in Significant Growth in Costs in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - Taking growth in caseload and per-enrollee costs together, we estimate underlying General Fund expenditure growth in Medi-Cal of about $950  million in 2018 ‑19, with underlying expenditures growing by an additional roughly $1  billion each year through 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - The administration is working to allocate the bond funding quickly, with plans to aw ard up to $3.3  billion in May 2025 and a stated commitment to award all funding by 2026. This leaves a brief window in which the Legislature can conduct oversight of the program and influence the administration ’s program administration decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response

Mar 23, 2020 - The CDC received $2.2  billion of the DHHS total, of which $950  million was for grants to and cooperative agreements with states, localities, tribes, and territories. This funding augmented initial transfers from DHHS to the CDC totaling $35  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4209