Health Policy

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Why Flat Medi-Cal Rates Underfund Community Health Care

Flat $31.74 Medi-Cal rates cover 3.2% to 8.9% of modeled field community health worker costs across California's 58 counties and 9,039 census tracts.

Oct 2026 · Health Policy

Why Single-Ledger Fiscal Models Misprice Benefit Expansions

Static single-ledger Paid Family Leave models overstate modeled SDI outlays threefold ($1,910.0M vs $623.9M) and miss $180.8M in employer crowd-out.

Oct 2026 · Health Policy