The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Figure 13 Estimated Savings From Budget Solutions Enacted Last Year (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Under these formulas, a dru g ’s initial rebate is between 13  percent and 23  percent of its price, depending on the type of drug. Over time, the initial rebate increases if the drug ’s price rises faster than inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - Figure  13 summarizes our estimates of the policy changes causing growth in the senior  caseload. As shown in the figure, we estimate that the majority (165,000) of the 225,000 seniors in excess of a pre ‑pandemic law and policy baseline are due to eligibility changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - In 2023-24, the budget continues support for this ramp up by providing $13  million General Fund. Health Care Workforce Delays Support and Shifts Fund Source in Last Year ’s Health Care Workforce Package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2012-13 Budget: Integrating Care for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2012 - The 2012-13 Budget: Integrating Care for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities [Publication Details] The 2012-13 Budget: Integrating Care for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities Format: HTML Description: California’s system for providing health and social services to low-income seniors and persons with disabilities (SPDs) receiving Medicare and/or Medi-Cal is not coordinated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2567

Mental Health Services Act: LAO Update: The Governor's Revised Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal

Aug 21, 2023 - A number of these posts analyzed the Governor’s initial proposal as reflected in SB 326 (Eggman), as amended on July 13, 2023, which would make far-reaching changes to the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4792

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - At the time, the federal government only fully approved 13 of the HCBS enhancements and denied one initiative. (The initiative that was denied was a $2  million proposal to improve broadband access and disaster readiness in nursing home facilities and expand the Small Home nursing facility pilot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2013-14 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2013 - In light of these concerns, we recommend that the Legislature repeal the 20 percent reduction and instead continue a 3.6 percent across-the-board reduction that would otherwise sunset at the end of the 2012-13 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2698

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

Feb 16, 2021 - Medi ‑Cal Is the State ’s Largest Health Care Program, Covering Over 13   Million Low ‑Income Californians. Medi ‑Cal is the state ’s Medicaid program and provides health care coverage to over 13  m illion Californians with low incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - The General Fund portion of Medi-Cal comprises a sizable share of overall state General Fund spending, ranging between 13  percent and 17  percent in most of the last ten years. As a share of General Fund spending, Medi-Cal is the state budget ’s second largest program (after Proposition  98, the California Constitution ’s minimum spending requirement for K-14 education).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820