The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details] Overview of the Governor 's Budget January 13, 2020 The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Format: HTML Description: This report presents our office’s initial assessment of the Governor’s budget.
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The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions. Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - In line with this risk, our outlook assumes future rule changes result in a much smaller MCO tax in 2 027 (around the size of the version that existed from 2020 through 2022). That said, other effects also are possible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

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

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 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: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - From a low of around 12. 5  m illion beneficiaries in March  2020, the budget act projected Medi ‑Cal caseload would swell to roughly 14. 5  m illion enrollees by July 2020, increasing General Fund costs above what they otherwise would be by about $ 3  b illion across 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

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