Steven P. Wallace, Paula Leite, Xóchitl Castañeda, Marc Schenker

This report highlights the challenges faced by the 6.3 million children whose parents migrated to the U.S.

E. Richard Brown, Richard Kronick, Ninez A. Ponce, Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Erin Peckham

This comprehensive, biennial report provides an overview of insurance trends throughout the state and looks specifically at coverage of California's working adults, elderly as well as children's coverage.

Walter Zelman

This report provides a comprehensive examination of political, policy, and economic factors that contributed to the failure of California's 2007 health care reform effort.

Walter Zelman, Alex Melamed

The purpose of this issue brief is to enhance understanding of the politics of health insurance coverage expansion efforts, thereby increasing the probabilities that such expansions may be achieved.

Judy Y. Chen, Sharon Swonger, Gerald F. Kominski, Honghu Liu, Ji Eun Lee, Allison L. Diamant

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different school-based health insurance strategies to provide coverage to uninsured Korean American children.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Erin Peckham, Y. Jenny Chia

This policy brief draws upon CHIS 2007 data to examine latest trends in health insurance for the state of California.

David Grant, Samantha Kurosky

This policy brief compares three CHIS survey cycles –- 2001, 2003 and 2005 –- to examine key indicators of children’s health in California.

Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Y. Jenny Chia, Nicole Lordi, David Grant, Mirabai Rao

This report provides a summary of the statewide findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), with highlights of changes from 2003 to 2005.

Nadereh Pourat

This report examines dental care utilization of California children and finds that disparities in dental visits exist, including lower rates of visits for Latino and African American children and those without dental insurance.

Melissa S. Gatchell, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ninez A. Ponce

This fact sheet looks at the health insurance types and the status of people who use community health centers, public hospitals, and clinics, also called the "safety net," as their usual source of health care.

Ken Jacobs, Korey Capozza, Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, E. Richard Brown

This research brief, jointly authored by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, finds that many California families spend a substantial amount of their annual income on health care premiums and out-of-pockets costs, and could face financially devastating medical expenses if they are not adequately protected.

Joshua S. Yang, Steven P. Wallace

New expansions of health insurance in California are unlikely to attract additional undocumented immigrants to the state, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Jennifer R. Kincheloe, E. Richard Brown

Using data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey, this study examines participation (and lack of participation) by eligible children in California’s Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ninez A. Ponce, Jean Yoon, Janet Cummings, Thomas Rice

This report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that job-based health insurance coverage -- the backbone of the state's system of health insurance – continues to decline.

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research were able to produce these fact sheets detailing health insurance coverage, the lack of coverage, and demographic characteristics for counties and regions in California.

Jean Yoon, E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Sungching Glenn

Despite marginal improvements in job-based health insurance for adults and public program enrollment for children, one in five (6.5 ...

Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown, Jean Yoon, Sungching Glenn

Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, researchers found that more than half of the uninsured children in California are eligible for public programs but are not enrolled, a further sign of the limitations in current health insurance arrangements.

Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Janice Frates, E. Richard Brown

With the goal of developing a comprehensive predictive model of eligible children's enrollment in California's Medicaid (Medi-Cal [MC]) and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP; Healthy Families [HF]) programs, the authors examined the effects of multiple family-level factors and contextual county-level factors on children's enrollment in Medicaid and SCHIP using data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey, data on outstationed eligibility workers (OEWs), and administrative data from state agencies and local health insurance expansion programs for fiscal year 2000–2001.

Nadereh Pourat, Jay C. Ripps

The continued decline of employment-based coverage in California and more than 6.6 million uninsured residents are major reasons for concern, since health insurance is the primary means by which health care for employed persons and their families is financed in the state.

Gerald F. Kominski, Meghan E. Cameron, Dylan H. Roby

More than 96 percent (nearly 24 million) of insured Californians report "good" or better satisfaction with their health care.

Gerald F. Kominski, Cori Reifman, Meghan E. Cameron, Dylan H. Roby

More than 1 million adult HMO members in California with limited English proficiency are at risk for problems accessing health care services and receiving quality treatment.

Jennifer R. Kincheloe, E. Richard Brown

This report provides estimates of program participation expressed as the ratio of children who are enrolled in either the MC or the HF programs to the total number who are eligible to participate in the programs and who do not have private or employer sponsored health insurance coverage.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Thomas Rice, Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Melissa S. Gatchell

This report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that job-based health insurance coverage -- the backbone of the state's system of health insurance -- is declining.

Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce

Six in ten Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) children have employer-based health insurance and over 90% have insurance all year, but children's coverage differs across AAPI ethnic groups.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda

Between 2001 and 2003, both children and adults lost employment-based health insurance coverage. For children, increased enrollment in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families resulted in a lower uninsured rate.

Ninez A. Ponce, Robert J. Nordyke, Sherry Hirota

Ponce N, Nordyke RJ, Hirota S. (2005) Uninsured immigrant workers: A View from a California County. Journal of Immigrant Health. ...

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda

This fact sheet examines children's health insurance coverage, and children who are uninsured but eligible for coverage through public programs, using data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003).

Mona Jhawar, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Y. Jenny Chia, Steven P. Wallace

This policy brief highlights regional variations of rates among California children ages 0-5 and ages 6-17 from limited income families (below 300% FPL) who were uninsured and not eligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy families in 2001.

Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Y. Jenny Chia, Alek Sripipatana, Beth L. Newman, Steven P. Wallace

This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in uninsured children's Medi-Cal/Healthy Family eligibility rates by state Assembly, Senate and Congressional districts, as well as by counties and the Los Angeles Service Planning Areas (SPAs).

Gerald F. Kominski, Dylan H. Roby

This new study found that providing health insurance to the estimated 6.3 million Californians who are currently uninsured would increase direct health care expenditures within the state by about $7.4 ...

Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Wei Yen, Nicole Lordi, Christy McCain, Charles A. DiSogra

This report summarizes selected findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. A broad range of health topics are addressed.

E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Thomas Rice, Shana Alex Lavarreda

This report, based on data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001), examines long-term and intermittent health insurance coverage, and the sources and consequences of resulting periods of uninsurance.

Moira Inkelas, Neal Halfon, Kim Uyeda, Gregory D. Stevens, Sue Holtby, Janel Wright, E. Richard Brown

This report, prepared jointly by the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and the Public Health Institute, is the first of its kind to reveal key measures of health and well being for California's three million children under age 6.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research prepared this new fact sheet report as part of its participation in the Cover the Uninsured Week (CTUW) campaign - an unprecedented week long series of national and local activities taking place during the week of Monday, March 10, through Friday, March 14.

Nadereh Pourat, Gabrielle Lessard, Armine Lulejian, Lida M. Becerra, Rini Chakraborty

This fact sheet is a joint effort of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) using the 2001 California Health Interview Survey data.

Jennifer Aguayo, E. Richard Brown, Michael A. Rodriguez, Lia Margolis

This is a joint publication of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC).

Delight E. Satter, Steven P. Wallace, Trang M. Le, Andrea Zubiate

Background: More American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) reside in California than any other single state in the United States; Los Angeles is home to the largest number of AIAN in the country.

E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Thomas Rice, Shana Alex Lavarreda

This report examines health insurance coverage in California based on the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001) data.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Lida M. Becerra

Ninez A. Ponce, Tomiko Conner, B. Patricia Barrera, Dong Suh

E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Thomas Rice

E. Richard Brown, Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Hongjian Yu

Delight E. Satter, E. Richard Brown

On behalf of the Universal Coverage for California’s Children Coalition, Kaiser Permanente Cares for Kids (KPCK) asked the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (the Center) to study the attitudes, perceptions, and opinions of Californians with incomes between 200% – 275% of the federal poverty level about the value of health insurance for their children. Focus ...

Delight E. Satter, E. Richard Brown

Jennifer R. Kincheloe, E. Richard Brown, Hongjian Yu

Report to the California Assembly Health Committee Based on Research Funded by a Technical Assistance ...

Ninez A. Ponce, Stephanie Teleki, E. Richard Brown

More than 2 million children in California do not have any form of health insurance. The proportion of uninsured children in the state has increased over the past several years (from 17% in 1995 to 21% in 1998) and is significantly higher than in the rest of the nation (15% in 1998).

Sara Rosenbaum, Anne Markus, Dylan H. Roby

This analysis, prepared for the Health Care Financing Administration and the Health Resources and Services Administration, examines issues that arise under laws designed to avert excessive cost-sharing in the case of low income families whose children participate in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).