Type: Factsheets

Federal

Federal Impacts: Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements

Congress is rushing to target Medicaid for $880 billion in cuts over the next 10 years to fund tax cuts for Elon Musk and other wealthy CEOs. This is wildly unpopular across the political spectrum because Americans know that any cut to Medicaid harms all of us. Strong majorities of both Trump voters (61%) and […]

Affordability, OHCA

AB 1415 (Bonta) Reining in Rising Health Care Costs

Background Health care costs for consumers are rising faster than inflation, taking up bigger and bigger chunks of consumers’ incomes. Californians are facing a health care affordability crisis, and that’s why the Legislature and Governor created the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) in 2022. The Legislature and Governor established OHCA with the triple aim […]

Covered California

Budget Proposal: Reinstate Covered California State Premium Subsidy Program to Reduce the Impact of Potential Federal Cuts

Summary Since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2021, enhanced federal premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, like Covered California, have significantly lowered costs for enrollees. This additional federal premium help will expire at the end of 2025 unless the Trump administration and Congress choose to extend them or make them […]

Access, Covered California, Health4All

AB 4 (Arambula) Accessing Coverage in Covered California

Undocumented Californians are explicitly and unjustly excluded from accessing and purchasing health care coverage plans through Covered California, the state’s marketplace established under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). Assembly Bill 4 (Arambula) would address this exclusion by taking the first step toward allowing undocumented Californians to buy health plans through Covered California. Specifically, AB […]

Covered California, Federal, Trump

Federal Impacts: What’s at Risk for CA’s Statewide Safety Net (Data by Congressional District)

In 2025, Congressional Republicans are expected to focus their legislative efforts on extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts, giving more and bigger handouts to billionaires and corporations. To pay for these tax cuts, Congress has discussed major cuts or rollbacks to federal programs, including Medicare, Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) and Affordable Care Act marketplaces like […]

Covered California, Federal, Medi-Cal

Federal Reconciliation: What’s at Risk for Medi-Cal and Covered CA

Congressional Republican efforts in early 2025 are expected to focus on extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts, giving more and bigger handouts to billionaires and corporations. To pay for these tax cuts, Congress has proposed major cuts to federal programs, including Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) and Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces like Covered California. Republicans […]

Consumer Protection, Legislation, Network Adequacy

AB 280 (Aguiar-Curry) Ensuring Accurate Health Plan Provider Directories

Background Every health plan in California is required to maintain an updated list of in-network health care providers for their enrollees. These directories list providers such as doctors, mental health professionals, hospitals, labs, imaging centers, and more that are in the health plan’s network. When consumers go to search for a new doctor or mental […]

Covered California, Federal

Federal Action: What’s at Stake for Californians by Region

From the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), federal action has fundamentally changed our health care system, expanding coverage and lowering costs for millions of Californians. But each region of our large state is impacted differently. Health Access has new reports that focus in on the health care impacts of these […]