California voters approved a measure Nov. 5 to make an existing tax on managed care plans permanent to help fund Medi-Cal, Cal Matters.
The measure earmarks between $2 billion and $5 billion of special tax revenue annually for the state's Medicaid program, according to the report.
California has imposed the tax on MCOs on and off for the past two decades, but never specified how the money should be spent, according to the report. A majority of the tax will be earmarked to raise rates for certain providers in an attempt to improve healthcare access.
Those who will see increased pay as a result of the passage include physicians, certain specialists, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient clinics, ambulances and physicians-in-training, according to the report.