I just received my UI award. Right now, the wages EDD has for me are wages after health care deductions ie. only taxable wages. Is this correct? I thought all wages before any deductions (taxes, medical) counted towards my earnings. I cannot find anything that states specifically whether healthcare deductions are or are not included in wage calculation. Thanks for any input!

Looks like that may be correct. See page 33 here:
http://www.edd.ca.gov/pdf_pub_ctr/de44-08.pdf