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On-the-ground dispatches from California’s Medicaid transformation. A working notebook for the possibilists inside CalAIM.

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  1. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    No. 22 | Medicaid & UIS: The Largest Group Is the One No Claim Can See (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 3, 2026

    No. 21 | The CalAIM Budget Question Has Three Answers (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Aug 13, 2026

    SE-14 | The Care Record Is Now the Eligibility Record (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Jul 30, 2026

    SE 13 |The Rural Fund Cannot Pay for the Care. California Already Built the Thing That Can. (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Jul 27, 2026

    No. 20 | The Commission Keeps Describing a Gap No One Has Funded (opens the original)

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