blog post Californians’ Views of Health Care Reform Shift—a Bit By Dean Bonner Oct 17, 2014 The Affordable Care Act has divided the state as well as the nation. Have those views shifted? Yes and no.
blog post Expanding Health Insurance—to Jail Inmates By David Lesher Jun 20, 2014 At a recent event, PPIC researchers Mia Bird and Shannon McConville discussed how the federal Affordable Care Act provides an opportunity to help to lower costs and improve health conditions in local jails.
blog post May Survey Looks at Views on Budget, Drought By David Lesher May 28, 2014 Research associate Dean Bonner presented the May PPIC Statewide Survey at a lunch briefing in Sacramento last week.
blog post Health Care Reform: Leaders Discuss Next Steps By David Lesher May 20, 2014 At a PPIC event in Sacramento, a panel of experts credited health care reform for successfully expanding coverage to more than three million people in California, but they said the overhaul of the health system will take years to achieve.
press release Nearly All Say They Have Cut Water Use—Half of Likely Voters Support Water Bond Mar 26, 2014
blog post How Does Access to Care Affect Health? By Shannon McConville Mar 24, 2014 How will the expansion of Medi-Cal under the Affordable Care Act impact the medical care and health of those who gain coverage?
blog post Health Care and California’s Undocumented Immigrants By Shannon McConville Feb 25, 2014 Despite California’s embrace of federal health care reform, millions of Californians are expected to remain uninsured even five years from now. Undocumented immigrants are likely to be a large share of this uninsured group because they are excluded from coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Report Rethinking the State-Local Relationship: Health Care By Shannon McConville, Kimberly Belshé Feb 12, 2013 The federal Affordable Care Act will transform California’s health care safety net. It could also affect California’s long-standing division of responsibilities between state and local governments. This report outlines key issues that state policymakers will need to consider as they grapple with the costs and opportunities of health care reform.
