The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - This trend is not unique to California. Research suggests this trend could partly reflect more awareness and outreach among previously underserved communities, as well as evolving approaches to diagnosis and evaluation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Increases in enrollee utilization and provider rates cause most of this trend. Most of the remaining growth comes from a rising senior caseload. By  contrast, caseload for most other Medi ‑Cal populations falls over time, continuing recent trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis [Publication Details]

Mar 2, 2026 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s budget for Medi-Cal, with a focus on base spending trends, changes to provider taxes, implementation of new H.R. 1 rules, oversight over enacted budget solutions, and considerations for identifying additional savings in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s budget for Medi-Cal, with a focus on base spending trends, changes to provider taxes, implementation of new H.R. 1 rules, oversight over enacted budget solutions, and considerations for identifying additional savings in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Key Trends In this section, we summarize key historical and projected trends in Medi ‑Cal pharmacy spending. As the nearby box explains, we analyzed trends by combining data from federal and state sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Assuming recent trends continued, by December 2024 we estimate the increase was about 135,000. Based on data on the restricted scope population prior to the expansions to adults and older adults, 17  percent of the individuals in the older adult expansion were aged 65 and older in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - This is because employment trends vary considerably month to month. As Figure  7 shows, California ’s unemployment rate tends to have larger rises and falls than the national rate. At the county level, trends are considerably more volatile, with some counties consistently higher than the national rate but others quite varied month to month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - However, there is heightened uncertainty around projecting the Medi-Cal budget that stems from the managed care organization (MCO) tax, caseload trends, and the recently implemented health care minimum wage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Figure  2 shows these pre-pandemic funding trends, as well as funding trends during and after the pandemic (discussed later). Many Local Public Health Laboratories Had Closed in Years Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056