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Medi-Cal Expansion under the Affordable Care Act: Significant Increase in Coverage with Minimal Cost to the State
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs, Greg Watson, Dylan H. Roby January 6th, 2013 Report
After Millions of Californians Gain Health Coverage under the Affordable Care Act, who will Remain Uninsured?
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs, Miranda Dietz, Dave Graham-Squire, Nadereh Pourat, Dylan H. Roby September 10th, 2012 Report
Promoting Enrollment of Low Income Health Program Participants in Covered California
Elizabeth C. Lytle, Dylan H. Roby, Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs, Livier Cabezas, Nadereh Pourat March 31st, 2013 Report
Smooth Transitions into Medi-Cal: Ensuring Continuity of Coverage for Low Income Health Program Enrollees
Elizabeth C. Lytle, Dylan H. Roby, Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs, Livier Cabezas, Nadereh Pourat April 1st, 2013 Report
Economic Impacts of Early Care and Education in California
Jenifer MacGillvary, Laurel Lucia July 31st, 2011 Report
Economic Impact of Low Income Health Program Spending on Select California Counties
Laurel Lucia September 6th, 2011 Report
Maximizing Health Care Enrollment through Seamless Coverage for Families in Transition: Current Trends and Policy Implications
Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, Ann O’Leary, Ann Marie Marciarille February 28th, 2011 Report
The Promise of the Affordable Care Act, the Practical Realities of Implementation: Maintaining Health Coverage During Life Transitions
Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia September 30th, 2011 Report
Fact Sheet: Analysis of Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (AB 889)
Laurel Lucia June 20th, 2011 Report
Budget Solutions and Jobs
Ken Jacobs, T. William Lester, Laurel Lucia March 29th, 2010 Report
Federal Health Reform: Impact on California Small Businesses, Their Employees and the Self-Employed
Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, Dave Graham-Squire May 31st, 2010 Report
The President’s Health Reform Proposal: Impact on Access and Affordability in California
Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, Dave Graham-Squire, Jon Gabel, Roland McDevitt February 23rd, 2010 Report
Eligibility for Medi-Cal and the Health Insurance Exchange in California under the Affordable Care Act
Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, Dave Graham-Squire July 31st, 2010 Report
Who Benefits from the Proposed Amendment to the Senate Excise Tax on Employer Health Premiums?
Ken Jacobs, William H. Dow, Dave Graham-Squire, Laurel Lucia January 31st, 2010 Report
How Would Health Care Reforms Change the Spending of California Families Without an Employer Plan?
Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, Roland McDevitt, Jon Gabel, Ryan Lore November 30th, 2009 Report
National Health Reform Requirements and California Employers
Jon Gabel, Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, Roland McDevitt, Jeremy Pickreign, Shova KC November 30th, 2009 Report
Realizing the Dream for Californians Eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): Health Needs and Access to Health Care
Claire D. Brindis, Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, Nadereh Pourat, Marissa Raymond-Flesch, Rachel Siemons, Efrain Talamantes February 28th, 2014 Report
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on New Jobs
Joanne Spetz, Bianca K. Frogner, Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs March 31st, 2014 Report
Realizing the Dream for Californians Eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): Demographics and Health Coverage
Claire D. Brindis, Max W. Hadler, Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, Nadereh Pourat, Marissa Raymond-Flesch, Rachel Siemons, Efrain Talamantes January 31st, 2014 Report
Which Californians will Lack Health Insurance under the Affordable Care Act?
Laurel Lucia, Miranda Dietz, Ken Jacobs, Xiao Chen, Gerald F. Kominski January 28th, 2015 Report
Maximizing Health Insurance Enrollment through Covered California during Work and Life Transitions
Mary June Flores, Laurel Lucia May 12th, 2015 Report
Yes, Higher Wages Benefit Workers
Laurel Lucia June 7th, 2015 Blog
As Wages Go Up, State Health Care Spending will Decrease
Laurel Lucia June 30th, 2015 Blog
Lessons from the Medi-Cal Expansion Frontlines
Marissa Raymond-Flesch, Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs, Claire D. Brindis October 28th, 2015 Report
The ACA Excise Tax Targets Where You Live and Other Factors More than Benefit Levels
Laurel Lucia November 16th, 2015 Blog
The ACA Excise Tax will Promote Cost Shift to Workers not Cost-Effectiveness
Laurel Lucia December 1st, 2015 Blog
The ACA Excise Tax is not a Progressive Tax Policy
Laurel Lucia December 20th, 2015 Blog
Affordability and Eligibility Barriers Remain for California’s Uninsured
Miranda Dietz, Nadereh Pourat, Max W. Hadler, Laurel Lucia, Dylan H. Roby, Ken Jacobs March 30th, 2016 Report
Who Had Medi-Cal and Who Remained Uninsured in the First Year of Expansion?
Miranda Dietz, Nadereh Pourat, Max W. Hadler, Laurel Lucia, Dylan H. Roby, Ken Jacobs March 30th, 2016 Report
Hundreds of Thousands of Californians could Gain Health Insurance if Supreme Court Upholds Obama's Executive Action on Immigration
Miranda Dietz, Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia June 8th, 2016 Blog
Preliminary Regional Remaining Uninsured 2017 Data Book, California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) version 2.0
Miranda Dietz, Dave Graham-Squire, Tara Becker, Xiao Chen, Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs August 10th, 2016 Report
ACA Repeal in California: Who Stands to Lose?
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Gerald F. Kominski, Ken Jacobs December 14th, 2016 Report
California’s Projected Economic Losses under ACA Repeal
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs December 19th, 2016 Report
Fact Sheets: What do California Counties Stand to Lose under ACA Repeal?
Laurel Lucia, Miranda Dietz, Gerald F. Kominski, Ken Jacobs January 12th, 2017 Report
ACA Repeal: Worse than the Drought for San Joaquin Valley Jobs
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs January 12th, 2017 Blog
Which California Industries would be Most Affected by ACA Repeal and Cuts to Medi-Cal?
Laurel Lucia, Miranda Dietz, Ken Jacobs February 22nd, 2017 Report
Californians with Employer-Sponsored Insurance would Lose Protections under ACA Repeal
Rachel Siemons, Laurel Lucia February 22nd, 2017 Blog
Medi-Cal Expansion under AHCA: Severe Coverage and Funding Loss unless State Backfills Billions in Federal Cuts
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs, Andrew Bindman March 20th, 2017 Report
California’s Self-Employed and Small Business Employees Experienced Large Health Coverage Gains under ACA
Rachel Siemons, Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs May 18th, 2017 Report
Senate Republicans’ Health Bill Especially Hurts the Lowest-Income Californians
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs June 21st, 2017 Blog
How Big are the Projected Medi-Cal Cuts under the Senate Bill in Context of the State Budget?
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs July 4th, 2017 Blog
Towards Universal Health Coverage: California Policy Options for Improving Individual Market Affordability and Enrollment
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs March 5th, 2018 Report
California’s Policy Options: Making Individual Market Coverage More Affordable
Laurel Lucia March 4th, 2018 Blog
Proposed Changes to Immigration Rules Would Cost California Jobs, Harm Public Health
Ninez Ponce, Laurel Lucia, Tia Shimada December 9th, 2018 Report
Towards Universal Health Coverage: Expanding Medi-Cal to Low-Income Undocumented Adults
Laurel Lucia February 4th, 2019 Report
More than 500,000 Californians estimated to be eligible for Medi-Cal but uninsured in 2016-2017
Laurel Lucia March 18th, 2019 Blog
3.6 Million Californians Would Benefit if California Takes Bold Action to Expand Coverage and Improve Affordability
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Srikanth Kadiyala, Petra W. Rasmussen, Ken Jacobs, Dylan H. Roby, Dave Graham-Squire, Jason Zhang, Greg Watson, Xiao Chen, Gerald F. Kominski April 25th, 2019 Report
Comments on the Consumer Inflation Measures Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies
Laurel Lucia, Ian Eve Perry June 20th, 2019 Report
ACA Excise Tax Likely to Further Shift Health Costs to Workers
Laurel Lucia July 14th, 2019 Blog
New blog post series on the problem of rising health care costs for California families with job-based coverage
Laurel Lucia November 14th, 2019 Blog
More than half of California adults have job-based coverage
Kevin Lee, Laurel Lucia, Dave Graham-Squire November 14th, 2019 Blog
California’s Steps to Expand Health Coverage and Improve Affordability: Who Gains and Who Will Be Uninsured?
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Xiao Chen, Dave Graham-Squire, Hanqing Yao, Petra W. Rasmussen, Greg Watson, Dylan H. Roby, Srikanth Kadiyala, Gerald F. Kominski, Ken Jacobs November 19th, 2019 Report
Health care costs under job-based plans have grown rapidly, while wages remained flat
Alex Matthews, Laurel Lucia, Dave Graham-Squire December 2nd, 2019 Blog
Low-income workers and families struggle with premium contributions
Alex Matthews, Laurel Lucia December 11th, 2019 Blog
High out-of-pocket costs contribute to poor access to care and financial hardships for California workers
Kevin Lee, Laurel Lucia December 17th, 2019 Blog
Increases in health care costs are coming out of workers’ pockets one way or another: The tradeoff between employer premium contributions and wages
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs January 28th, 2020 Blog
High Health Care Prices are the Primary Driver of California Workers’ Health Care Cost Problems
Laurel Lucia February 19th, 2020 Blog
How Do We Make Special Enrollment Periods Work?
Laurel Lucia February 17th, 2016 Report
The market for local health plans is getting bigger
Laurel Lucia November 11th, 2014 Report
A Little Investment Goes a Long Way: Modest Cost to Expand Preventive and Routine Health Services to All Low-Income Californians
Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs, Dave Graham-Squire, Greg Watson, Dylan H. Roby, Nadereh Pourat, Gerald F. Kominski May 21st, 2014 Report
California’s Health Coverage Gains under the Affordable Care Act: What’s at Stake in California v. Texas?
Laurel Lucia, Miranda Dietz, Ken Jacobs September 28th, 2020 Report
Racial and ethnic health coverage inequities in California would widen if ACA is overturned
Laurel Lucia, Miranda Dietz, Srikanth Kadiyala, Tynan Challenor, Gerald F. Kominski October 15th, 2020 Blog
Overturning the ACA would reverse health coverage gains for low-income Californians
Laurel Lucia, Srikanth Kadiyala, Miranda Dietz, Gerald F. Kominski October 15th, 2020 Blog
California could lose 269,000 jobs if the ACA is overturned
Laurel Lucia October 15th, 2020 Blog
County and congressional district estimates: California could lose 269,000 jobs if the ACA is overturned
Laurel Lucia October 15th, 2020
Proposed Office of Health Care Affordability: An important step towards addressing the health care cost problem for California workers
Laurel Lucia May 4th, 2021 Blog
Economic and Health Benefits of a PPE Stockpile
William H. Dow, Kevin Lee, Laurel Lucia August 12th, 2020 Report
Health coverage of California workers most at risk of job loss due to COVID-19
Laurel Lucia, Kevin Lee, Ken Jacobs, Gerald F. Kominski May 7th, 2020 Report
Time to Act for Workers: Critical State and Local Policies to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nari Rhee, Annette Bernhardt, Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia March 23rd, 2020 Blog
Modified Adjusted Gross Income under the Affordable Care Act - UPDATED WITH INFORMATION FOR COVID-19 POLICIES
Laurel Lucia March 23rd, 2021 Multimedia
California’s Health Coverage Gains to Erode Without Further State Action
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Dylan H. Roby, Ken Jacobs, Petra W. Rasmussen, Xiao Chen, Dave Graham-Squire, Greg Watson, Ian Eve Perry, Gerald F. Kominski November 27th, 2018 Report
American Rescue Plan Improvements to Covered California Affordability: Who Gains?
Miranda Dietz, Srikanth Kadiyala, Tynan Challenor, Annie Rak, Dylan H. Roby, Laurel Lucia, Gerald F. Kominski April 13th, 2021 Blog
Undocumented Californians Projected to Remain the Largest Group of Uninsured in the State in 2022
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Srikanth Kadiyala, Tynan Challenor, Annie Rak, Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski April 13th, 2021 Blog
The Economic Consequences of Proposed California Budget Cuts
Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, T. William Lester April 30th, 2010 Report
Job-based coverage is less common among workers who are Black or Latino, low-wage, immigrants, and young adults
Kevin Lee, Laurel Lucia, Dave Graham-Squire, Miranda Dietz November 21st, 2019 Blog
Regional Economic Impacts of Proposed Health and Human Services Cuts
Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia, T. William Lester June 30th, 2010 Report
Predicted Medi-Cal Enrollment among Californians Working for Large Firms
Dave Graham-Squire, Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia April 8th, 2013 Report
Health Insurance and Demographics of California Immigrants Eligible for Deferred Action
Laurel Lucia, Xiao Chen, Ken Jacobs, Nadereh Pourat March 1st, 2016 Report
Methods: California could lose 269,000 jobs if the ACA is overturned
Laurel Lucia October 15th, 2020 Report
Supreme Court ruling could be a boon for uninsured immigrant families
Miranda Dietz, Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia June 10th, 2016 Blog
The Wrong Target: Public Sector Unions and State Budget Deficits
Sylvia A. Allegretto, Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia October 12th, 2011 Report
Unemployment Benefits Critical to Jobless Workers and Economic Recovery in California
Sylvia A. Allegretto, Laurel Lucia March 31st, 2011 Report
Comments on Rule Proposed by the Internal Revenue Service on Affordability of Employer Coverage for Family Members of Employees
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Tynan Challenor June 7th, 2022 Testimony
How will Californians’ health coverage sources change when the public health emergency ends?
Laurel Lucia, Tynan Challenor, Miranda Dietz April 28th, 2022 Blog
VIDEO: California Assembly Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage: Testimony by Ken Jacobs and Laurel Lucia
Ken Jacobs, Laurel Lucia October 26th, 2017 Testimony
Which Congressional Districts Face the Largest Medi-Cal Coverage Losses under the Senate Bill?
Laurel Lucia, Ian Eve Perry, Ken Jacobs July 19th, 2017 Blog
VIDEO: California Assembly Committee on Health Care Affordability: How to Control Costs in California
Laurel Lucia October 30th, 2020 Testimony
The GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act is the worst one yet for California
Laurel Lucia, Ian Eve Perry, Ken Jacobs September 18th, 2017 Blog
550,000 fewer California jobs projected under last-ditch GOP health bill in 2027
Laurel Lucia, Ian Eve Perry, Ken Jacobs September 25th, 2017 Blog
California’s biggest coverage expansion since the ACA: Extending Medi-Cal to all low-income adults
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Srikanth Kadiyala, Tynan Challenor, Annie Rak, Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski April 14th, 2022 Report
The Threat to Coverage and Affordability Gains in Covered California if Congress Fails to Renew Subsidy Enhancements
Miranda Dietz, Srikanth Kadiyala, Tynan Challenor, Annie Rak, Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, Laurel Lucia April 14th, 2022 Report
What’s at Stake for California Health Care Affordability in the Inflation Reduction Act?
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia August 4th, 2022 Blog
Many California family child care providers will now be better able to afford health care
Laurel Lucia January 23rd, 2023 Blog