Author: Sandra Hernandez
Webinar Materials: Health Care Options during COVID-19
June 5, 2020
Thank you for attending the Health Care Options during COVID-19 Webinar! ITUP Executive Director Katie Heidorn walked through the latest ITUP Fact Sheet that chronicles what the health coverage landscape looked like before COVID-19 and how the pandemic has impacted coverage access…
Read MoreITUP Blog: Key Items in the May Revise
June 4, 2020
By Katie Heidorn, Garrett Hall, and Marissa Kraynak May Revision On May 14, 2020, Governor Newsom released his May Revision, a drastically reduced budget proposal due to the COVID-19 pandemic of $203 billion ($133.9 billion General Fund), down from a January proposal of…
Read MoreITUP Blog: Five Topics to Watch in the May Revise
May 13, 2020
By Katie Heidorn and Garrett Hall Overall Perspective Governor Newsom will release the May Revision of the state budget this week on May 14, 2020. Last week, in rare actions, the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) each…
Read MoreITUP Blog: Coronavirus Federal and State Responses
April 24, 2020
By Garrett Hall In late 2019, a strain of Coronavirus emerged and began to cause respiratory illness in humans, known as COVID-19, and has since rapidly spread across the globe. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially characterized COVID-19 as a…
Read MoreLegislative Update: 2020 Introduced Legislation
March 13, 2020
The deadline for introducing legislation in the second year of the 2019-20 legislative session was February 21, 2020. This ITUP Legislative Update offers a preliminary review of newly introduced legislation, as well as two-year bills eligible for consideration that affect health…
Read MorePublic Option in California
March 12, 2020
In his 2020-21 proposed budget, Governor Gavin Newsom called for policy options to “strengthen enrollment, affordability, and choice in Covered CA,” (referred to in the budget as the state’s public option), as well as efforts “to leverage the statewide network of existing…
Read MoreNotes From the Field: Care Coordination in California
February 18, 2020
This report highlights key findings from the 2019 ITUP regional workgroup discussions on care coordination in Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program. The discussions were timely and informative and reflect the complexity of the care coordination challenges in California. Each…
Read MoreITUP Overview of the Governor’s Proposed 2020-21 Budget
January 18, 2020
New Initiatives and State Spending Advance Health Reform On January 10, 2020, Governor Newsom introduced his proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21, including targeted funding and new initiatives aimed at improving health care and coverage in California. This ITUP Legislative…
Read MoreMedi-Cal Has Expanded to Include Undocumented Young Adults Up to the Age 26
January 9, 2020
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Read MoreCovering Undocumented Young Adults in Medi-Cal
December 13, 2019
On January 1, 2020, California will extend Medi-Cal eligibility to low-income undocumented young adults. This ITUP blog highlights the expansion opportunity as well as potential challenges in bringing eligible young adults into coverage, including an intensely negative and complex…
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