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Examining Incarceration Drivers and Promising Solutions Issue Brief
June 18, 2025
This ITUP Fact Sheet highlights insights from Shasta, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus counties, rural communities navigating service gaps, social drivers of incarceration, and community-led solutions to support justice-involved populations.
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.
Read MoreITUP Overview of the Governor’s Proposed 2020-21 Budget
January 18, 2020
On January 10, 2020, Governor Newsom introduced his proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21, including multiple programs and new initiatives aimed at improving health care and coverage in California.
Read More2019 Year-In-Review
December 18, 2019
The annual ITUP Year-In-Review chronicles month-by-month important state and federal health policy milestones.
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.
Read MoreSnapshot: Remaining Uninsured in California (Updated)
December 3, 2019
This ITUP Snapshot updates the profile of the state’s uninsured using 2018 data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), and projections for 2022 from the California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM).
Read MoreLegislative Update: Final Results of the 2019-20 Legislative Session
October 21, 2019
Governor Newsom signed most of the health care bills sent to him by the Legislature this year. This ITUP Legislative Update reviews the bills passed by the Legislature in 2019, and the governor’s actions to sign (shown as chaptered) or veto the bills. View Document
Read MoreNewsom Administration Moves to Launch New Health Reform Commission
October 9, 2019
On September 26, 2019 the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) released a Request-for-Proposal (RFP) for a vendor to provide project management services in support of the new Healthy California for All (HCFA) Commission. Pursuant to the 2019-20 state budget, the Commission is charged with developing options for a health care delivery system that “provides coverage and access through a unified financing system, including, but not limited to, a single-payer financing system, for all Californians.”
Read MoreMedi-Cal Waivers Discussion Guide
October 3, 2019
This discussion guide is a companion document to the Mapping the Future issue brief, and focuses on the waivers, and the state process for addressing the issues presented by the 2020 deadline, as policymakers and stakeholders consider the implications and next steps for Medi-Cal.
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