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

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown earlier in Figure  7, during the continuous coverage period, the average monthly increase in the senior caseload was about 6,200. This was during a time in which counties were not conducting any eligibility redeterminations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details]

Aug 20, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5067

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - For example, we estimated that a more proportionate tax netting around $7 billion in revenue could cost around $30 per member, per month—about a 5 percent increase on average to commercial health plan premiums.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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 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 - Self-Reported Foregone and/or Delayed Care Figure  7 displays the monthly Household Pulse survey data on foregone and/or delayed care during the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 2020 through July 2020, more than one-third of survey respondents reported that they delayed getting medical care due to the COVID-19 pandemic (blue line).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Second, as Figure  7 shows, the state will reinstate a limit on assets for seniors and persons with disabilities. We estimate this reinstatement will result in about 90,000 fewer seniors (4  percent) in Medi ‑Cal by 2029 ‑30 relative to the baseline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

Feb 16, 2021 - With this assumption, Medi ‑Cal caseload would peak at 15. 7  m illion enrollees in January 2022 —approximately 300,000 ( 3  p ercent) lower than what the administration projects. (The somewhat modest difference in our peak caseload estimates is due to ( 1)  t he preliminary November and December  2020 actuals coming in higher than estimated by the administration
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

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

Oct 24, 2025 - 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 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - In 2020, around $7  billion in federal health insurance subsidies were provided through Covered California. To improve the affordability of individual health insurance coverage, in 2020, the state began dedicating around $300  million to $400  million in General Fund annually to support state subsidies on top of those from the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465