Here are five insights:
1. The state’s Medi-Cal/Health Families program eats up 27 percent of public health funding.
2. Medicare accounts for 20 percent of public health funding and employer-based insurance subsidies account for 12 percent.
3. Before the Affordable Care Act, much of California’s healthcare spending was funded privately through employer-sponsored plans.
4. With the implementation of the ACA, much more of the state’s population has public program coverage.
5. The researchers recommend the state should track public and private spending in healthcare to understand if funds are allocated effectively.
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