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

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