The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook The 2025 ‑26 Budget Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook Summary. This post describes our fiscal outlook for General Fund spending in Medi-Cal. Under our outlook, General Fund support grows from the 2024 ‑25 enacted level of $35  billion to $48.8  billion in 2028 ‑29 —an average annual rate of growth of 8.6  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook The 2022‑23 Budget Medi ‑Cal Fiscal Outlook This post describes our fiscal outlook for Medi ‑Cal, the major factors that we expect to drive changes in General Fund spending in Medi ‑Cal, and a number of our key underlying assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook Medi ‑Cal Fiscal Outlook Summary Medi ‑Cal Spending Increases in LAO Outlook. The 2025 ‑26 Budget Act provided Medi ‑Cal $44.9  billion General Fund support, an all ‑time high for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5092

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook Summary This post describes our fiscal outlook for General Fund spending in Medi-Cal. Specifically, this post concerns projections of Medi-Cal local assistance spending within the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook Key Uncertainties Summary This brief describes our fiscal outlook for Medi ‑Cal, the major factors that we expect to drive changes in General Fund spending in Medi ‑Cal, and key uncertainties of our projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Comparison to LAO November Outlook. In  our Fiscal Outlook released in November 2022, we anticipated the state would face a $24 billion budget problem, somewhat higher than the $18 billion budget problem we estimate the Governor addressed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Consistent with our Fiscal Outlook forecast, the Governor ’s budget reflects a dramatic upward adjustment to revenues. Despite this, the administration ’s revenue estimates remain meaningfully below our Fiscal Outlook for 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

May 17, 2021 - For additional discussion on revenues, see our related post The 2021‑22 Budget: May Revenue Outlook . Constitutionally Required Spending Higher by $16  Billion. The constitution requires the state to spend minimum annual amounts on schools and community colleges (under Proposition  98) and budget reserves and debt payments (under Proposition  2).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - In our 2016 r eport, A Long‑Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors , we projected that the number of seniors in California with disabilities (as defined by limitations in routine activities of daily living, such as dressing or bathing) will increase by 135 percent, from 1.2 million in 2019 to 2.7 million in 2060, which is greater than the projected growth of the overall senior population (83 percent) over the same period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404