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•	Migration and Health: The Children of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. 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.	Outside Publication	Oct 2009

•	National Health Care Reform Will Help Four Million Uninsured Adults and Children in California Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown This fact sheet looks at the likely implications of national health care reform efforts on health insurance coverage in California.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2009

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey 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.	Policy Research Report	Aug 2009

•	Nearly 6.4 Million Californians Lacked Health Insurance in 2007 — Recession Likely to Reverse Small Gains in Coverage 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.	Policy Brief	Dec 2008

•	Switching Health Insurance and Its Effects on Access to Physician Services (Medical Care) Shana Alex Lavarreda, Melissa S. Gatchell, Ninez A. Ponce, E. Richard Brown, Y. Jenny Chia This study examines the factors associated with discontinuous health insurance coverage without periods of uninsurance during the past year (ie, switching coverage), and whether it has a detrimental effect on basic access to care.	Journal Article	Oct 2008

•	Something Different in the Air? The Collapse of the Schwarzegger Health Plan in California (WorkingUSA - The Journal of Labor and Society) Daniel J.B. Mitchell In January, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a state universal health care plan modeled after the Massachusetts individual mandate program.	Journal Article	Jun 2008

•	Health Coverage Expansion in California: What Can Consumers Afford to Spend? 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.	Policy Brief	Sep 2007

•	Improving Access Through Health Insurance Coverage and Safety Net Expansion: A Review of the Literature Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, Meghan E. Cameron This policy brief reviews the literature on access to health care as it relates to current proposals for health care reform in California.	Policy Brief	Aug 2007

•	What Does It Take for a Family to Afford to Pay for Health Care? David Carroll, Dylan H. Roby, Jean Ross, Michael Snavely, E. Richard Brown, Gerald F. Kominski This report, jointly authored by the California Budget Project and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, finds that many California families spend a substantial amount on health care premiums and out-of-pockets costs, and could face financially devastating medical expenses if they are not adequately protected.	Research Report	Aug 2007

•	Job-Based Insurance Declines for Moderate- and Low-Income Workers E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Shana Alex Lavarreda As California's system of job-based health insurance continues to erode, low- and moderate-income workers are increasingly being left out, according to this policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.	Policy Brief	Jul 2007

•	Expansion of Health Insurance in California Unlikely to Act as Magnet for Undocumented Immigration 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.	Policy Brief	Jul 2007

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey 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.	Research Report	Jul 2007

•	Food Security Among California's Low-Income Adults Improves, But Most Severely Affected Do Not Share in Improvement Gail G. Harrison, Matthew Sharp, George Manolo-LeClair, Anthony Ramirez, November McGarvey This policy brief reports that, according to the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, more than 2.5 ...	Policy Brief	Jun 2007

•	Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheets for California Counties and Regions 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.	Fact Sheet	Apr 2007

•	More than Half of California's Uninsured Children Eligible for Public Programs But Not Enrolled 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.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2006

•	Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States: Health Care Access Elena Zúñiga, Xóchitl Castañeda, Al Averbach, Steven P. Wallace This report focuses on the population of Mexican ancestry in the United States and in California, with an emphasis on immigrants.	Research Report	Oct 2006

•	One in Five Californians Were Uninsured in 2005 Despite Modest Gains in Coverage 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 ...	Policy Brief	Oct 2006

•	High Cost of Insurance Outweighs Other Barriers for Mid-Size Firms 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.	Policy Research Report	Jun 2006

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey 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.	Research Report	Aug 2005

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey 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.	Research Report	Jun 2002

•	Number of Uninsured Californians Declines to 6.2 Million — 2 Million Are Eligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Lida M. Becerra	Fact Sheet	Mar 2002

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Recent Trends, Future Prospects E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Thomas Rice	Policy Research Report	Mar 2001

•	Access to Health Insurance and Health Care for Immigrant Children (Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance) E. Richard Brown, Roberta Wyn, Hongjian Yu, Abel Valenzuela, Liane Dong	Journal Article	Oct 2000

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