How Trump Tax Cuts Benefit California’s Health Care Industry
H.R. 1, the 2025 Trump-GOP tax-and-spending law, further enriched the wealthiest Americans and corporations at the expense of poor and…
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Paying the Price: Californians Struggle with the High Cost of Health Care
The financial burden of health care is shaped by income, race, and county of residence. Without relief, new policies mean…
The High Cost of Inequity: How Preventable Hospitalizations Harm Californians
“Race, insurance coverage, and language barriers continue to shape who gets care—and who ends up in the hospital. In 2022,…
Improving Care for BIPOC Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
In 2019, 1 in 26 California adults had a serious mental illness (SMI), a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder…
Towards Mental Health Equity in Medi-Cal: An Updated Analysis of AB 470 Data
In 2017, the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) sponsored Assembly Bill (AB) 470, known as the Mental Health Equity Act,…
Building Towards Anti-Racist Governments – Monterey County: Building Community Power
Monterey County is a medium-sized county located on the central coast of California and home to Salinas Valley, a rich…
Building Towards Anti-Racist Governments – Sonoma County: Planting the Seeds
Sonoma County is a medium-sized, urban-rural county one hour north of San Francisco known for its wine country. The county…
Building Towards Anti-Racist Governments – Orange County: Brave Steps
Orange County (OC) is a wealthy county in Southern California that is home to a diverse and politically divided population.…
A Right to Heal: Mental Health in Diverse Communities – Behavioral Health and Health Care by the Numbers, California
In 2020, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) contracted the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) for three…
The Landscape of Opportunity One-Pager
California’s Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC)* continue to experience persistent health disparities arising from systemic racism that blocks access to…