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Housing discrimination in California disproportionately affects historically marginalized communities

California Health Interview Survey data show notable differences by race and ethnicity, gender identity, disability status
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Report examines important considerations for a unified health care financing plan in California

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research studied the role of health plans, provider payments, and benefits, and how they could affect access, quality, and equity

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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research receives grant to support data equity work

The $800,000 grant will help the Data Equity Center provide assistance to projects across the country.
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‘Hate is not felt equally’: study reveals who is more likely to experience hate acts

California Health Interview Survey data show which groups of Californians are among the most targeted
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July 31, 2017

Three Questions with ​Maria-Elena Young on Community Health Centers

​Maria-Elena Young is a graduate student researcher at the Center and lead author of a new policy brief about how federally qualified health centers, also called community health centers (CHCs), formed partnerships to expand coverage to the uninsured. CHCs are the main providers of health care to 25 million low-income and uninsured people in the U.S. In this brief interview, Young discusses how partnerships increased CHCs' capacity to serve patients

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Ask the Expert
October 26, 2016

"Given the choice between a community health center and a new provider, many people stuck with what they knew.

​Maria-Elena Young is a doctoral candidate in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Community Health Sciences and a co-author of a new study on the role of community health centers (CHC) in a post-ACA landscape. In this brief interview, Young discusses who uses community health centers, the state of CHC funding, and why staffing is difficult.