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

Mar 6, 2025 - About 30,000 of Increase Due to Elimination of Medi ‑Cal Share of Cost for Seniors Up to 138   Percent FPL Beginning in December 2020. As shown earlier in Figure  6, there was a large increase in the senior caseload in December 2020 that coincided with the elimination of share ‑of ‑cost Medi ‑Cal for seniors and persons with disabilities with incomes between 122  percent and 138  percent of the FPL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - Established by legislation in 2020 ( Chapter 207 of 2020 [SB 852, Pan] ), the program aims to reduce the cost of drugs by expanding the availability of low‑cost generics in the market. The program accomplishes this objective by entering into partnerships with private entities to distribute or manufacture generic drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979