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          The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.

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Medi-Cal Eligibility and Enrollment

Our research on Medi-Cal eligibility and enrollment examines barriers to coverage for California’s most vulnerable residents. We analyze application processes, renewal challenges, and outreach effectiveness, identifying policy and system improvements to ensure eligible Californians can access and maintain the health coverage they need.

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    ACA Health Insurance Enrollment Sets New Record

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: Experts say total Affordable Care plan signups were probably undercounted because of data-gathering limitations.

    June 14, 2021
    Health Insurance Coverage

    Medi-Cal and the End of the Federal Continuous Coverage Requirement

    April 4, 2025
    Medi-Cal

    Kaiser Family Foundation Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker

    November 30, 2023

    Public Health Emergency & Medi-Cal to Marketplace Automatic Enrollment Program

    May 31, 2022

    A Virtual Tour of Covered California’s Online Application

    June 1, 2018

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    Lessons from the Medi-Cal Unwinding:Enrollee Experiences and How They Would Fix Renewals

    This research summarizes the experiences of Medi-Cal enrollees procedurally disenrolled during the Medi-Cal “unwinding” and their recommendations to improve Medi-Cal renewals.

    June 26, 2025
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    Lessons from the Medi-Cal Unwinding: How California Protected Coverage and Policy Options to Improve Renewals

    This report examines California’s approach to the Medi-Cal unwinding, highlights key successes and challenges, and identifies opportunities to improve future Medi-Cal renewals.

    June 26, 2025
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    Longtime caretaker Marie Locoh helps Cynde Soto at her home in Long Beach
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    ‘I’m Really Scared’: Elderly and Disabled Californians With More Than $2,000 Could Lose Medi-Cal

    Health advocates say the proposal to reinstate the Medi-Cal asset limit would keep people in poverty while Governor Gavin Newsom says it’s essential to cut rising costs.

    June 5, 2025
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    Medi-Cal and the End of the Federal Continuous Coverage Requirement

    For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, California resumed its normal processes to redetermine eligibility for Medi-Cal enrollees in April 2023. It will be imperative to help many of these Californians transition to other types of coverage and to ensure that those who remain eligible keep their Medi-Cal coverage.

    April 4, 2025
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