A California Medicaid System Update
About half of the population in the state of California is enrolled in a commercial health insurance plan (50%)—this is slightly below the national average of 58%. About 30% of the population is enrolled in Medicaid, which is well above the national average of 17% (to learn more about the state's health care system, Elite OPEN MINDS Circle members can review California Health Care System Landscape: An OPEN MINDS State Profile). California was one of the first states to expand Medicaid to the population under 138% of the federal poverty level under the Patient Protection & Affordable Care . . .