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

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - While individual market enrollment had increased by almost 70,000 members between March  2020 and September 2020, enrollment in this coverage type fell by around 100,000 members between September 2020 and December 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

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

Feb 16, 2021 - The administration ’s caseload estimates use actual caseload numbers through July 2020. For August   2020 t hrough December  2020, the administration assumes monthly caseload growth of 155, 000 e nrollees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Compared with the estimates in the June 2020 budget plan, the administration revises its estimates of the guarantee up $1.9  billion (2.4  percent) in 2019 ‑20 and $11.9  billion (16.8  percent) in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - Undocumented Residents Who Turned 26 After March   2020. As was discussed earlier, otherwise income ‑eligible undocumented residents between the ages of 26 through 49 are not yet eligible for comprehensive Medi ‑Cal services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - For 2021 ‑22, the spending plan undoes the 2020 reimbursement changes for clinical laboratories, thereby reverting to the methodology in place in 2019, and forgives the recoupments associated with the 2020 changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2023-24 Budget: Assessment of Covered California Budget Solution

Feb 13, 2023 - State Established Three-Year Premium Subsidy Program Beginning in 2020. The subsidy program was designed as a three-year program from 2020 through 2022 that was designed to further reduce premium costs for certain Covered California enrollees beyond the level of support received from the existing federal premium subsidies and expand eligibility to households making up to 600  percent of the federal poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Put another way, $12  billion  of spending in the May Revision is attributable to reserve withdrawals and borrowing from 2020 (see Figure  7). Figure 7 Governor Still Uses Budget Solutions Despite Historic Revenue Growth Budget Solutions From 2020 Maintained in 2021 May Revision (In Billions) Reserve Withdrawals Make Budget Stabilization Account withdrawal $7.8 Make Safety Net Reserve withdrawal 0.5
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - Legislature Adopted Supplemental Report Language in 2020 ‑21. The Legislature adopted supplemental report language in 2020 ‑21 directing our office to review DHCS ’s dashboard and gather information from the administration and stakeholders to provide an assessment of the dashboard and associated processes during the 2021 ‑ 22 b udget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408