The 2018-19 Budget: Governor's May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 14, 2018 - General Fund savings from the MCO tax are offset by increases in plans ’ capitation payments owing to the tax. The May Revision estimates that net General Fund savings associated with the MCO tax are lower by $428  million over 2017 ‑18 and 2018 ‑19 as compared to the Governor ’s January budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3839

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - The current MCO tax has been in place since January 2020 and is scheduled under current law to end in December 2022. We project the end of this tax will increase General Fund spending by $1.5 billion in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 16, 2022 - This brief provides our annual fiscal outlook for General Fund spending in Medi-Cal. It summarizes our projections, describes the major factors driving our projections, and highlights several uncertainties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4649

Governor’s May Revision Update: Health Insurance Affordability Proposals [Publication Details]

May 15, 2019 - With the May Revision (and prior to the May Revision with the release of proposed implementing legislation), the administration has provided additional details on its January proposal to impose a state individual mandate and use penalty revenues from the mandate to fund health insurance subsidies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4047

Governor’s May Revision Update: Health Insurance Affordability Proposals

May 15, 2019 - However, because households required to pay the penalty will not do so until early 2021 (when state income taxes are filed for 2020), the state General Fund would cover the cost of subsidies provided in 2019 ‑20, as shown in Figure 2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4047

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Assumed Expiration of the MCO Tax Reauthorization of the MCO Tax Would Generate Billions of Dollars in General Fund Savings Beginning in 2023 ‑24. The MCO tax generates annual General Fund savings in Medi ‑Cal of $1.5 billion or more for each year it is in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - The proposed budget reserves most revenues associated with the MCO tax in a special fund pending passage of a restructured MCO tax by the Legislature, while the hospital QAF will sunset on January 1, 2 017 absent an extension of the fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3350

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - Figure  6 shows each individual expenditure that we have included in our estimates. The figure is organized by the six different types of COVID-19 spending identified in the previous section. The Appendix also provides more detail on the major individual COVID-19-related expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 9, 2022 - This brief analyzes the Governor’s budget proposal for Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4522

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - Advance Premium Tax Credit (APTC). The APTC —as structured under the ACA —offsets the cost of health insurance premiums for households with incomes between 100  percent and 400  percent of the FPL. This  tax credit effectively limits a household ’s net premium for a silver plan (after accounting for the tax credit) to between 2  percent and 10  percent of annual income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560