Summary
Published Date: February 23, 2022
Summary: This brief focuses on access to health insurance coverage and the affordability of health care costs. Researchers assess a variety of Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposals to improve health care access and/or affordability, discuss options to improve affordability of health plans purchased through Covered California, and highlight some key access and affordability challenges that remain to address.
This study uses California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2020 data.
Read the Publication:
- External Report: The 2022–23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability