An Overview of the Drug Supply Chain
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July 2025
An Overview of the Drug Supply Chain

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Prescription drugs go through complex, dynamic supply chains to get from the manufacturer to the patient. Learn about who the main players are, what role they play, how they generate revenues, and more in this high-level explainer.

Explainer
July 2025
Federal Recommendations and the California and Federal Preventive Services Benefit Mandates

This resource identifies potential overlap between the federal benefit mandate requiring health insurance coverage of some preventive services and California state benefit mandates.

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June 2025
Deductibles in State-Regulated Health Insurance for 2026

This resource discusses deductibles and their interaction with other forms of cost sharing, as well as estimates regarding their presence among state-regulated health insurance, potential impacts of new prohibitions on their application, and related state and federal law.

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May 2025
Pharmacy Benefit Coverage in State-Regulated Health Insurance for 2026

This resource notes the estimated pharmacy benefit coverage for Californians.

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May 2025
Sources of Health Insurance in California for 2026

This resource estimates enrollment in health insurance for Californians.

Resource
January 2025
What is Cost Sharing in Health Insurance?

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This explainer aims to help clarify and explain the common cost-sharing terms often addressed in health policy legislation.

Explainer
October 2024
Health Insurance Benefit Mandates in California State and Federal Law

This resource has been prepared by CHBRP to inform interested parties of existing state and federal health insurance benefit mandate laws that may relate to the subject or purpose of a proposed state health insurance benefit mandate or repeal bill.

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Health Care Expenditures in California
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