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Millions of Californians struggle with costs of housing, health care, latest California Health Interview Survey shows

The annual survey released by UCLA also highlights the health effects of wildfires, access to health care, and hate incidents, among hundreds of other topics

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Mental health care needs differ within LGBT community, UCLA study finds

Transgender and bisexual individuals had higher rates of thinking about suicide and of psychological distress

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More online resources needed for Californians with disabilities requiring help making critical decisions

UCLA analysis calls for providing supported decision-making materials tailored for more languages, cultures, employment sectors, and disability types

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Community organizations awarded $200,000 to implement UCLA students’ health equity projects

Four proposals each receive $50,000 to support Black male trauma recovery, foster youth resilience, autism-friendly emergency departments, and accessible playgrounds

The 2025 UCLA Health Equity Challenge finalists

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Save the date: A celebration of the life and work of E. Richard Brown

Save the date: A celebration of the life and work of E. Richard Brown

All are warmly invited to attend a ceremony and reception in honor of the Center's late founding director

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Obituary: Dr. E. Richard Brown, a leading proponent of health care reform and wide dissemination of public health data

E. Richard (Rick) Brown, a nationally recognized public health leader who advocated for health care reform and pioneered the collection and broad dissemination of health survey data to influence policy, died Friday, April 20. He was 70.

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Remembering E. Richard Brown

The Center mourns its beloved founding director, E. Richard Brown It is with great sadness that we share the news that the Center's founding director, Dr. E. Richard Brown, has died unexpectedly. Rick was giving a talk in Kentucky last week when he suffered a devastating stroke; he was 70.

Majority of state’s Medi-Cal caregivers live in poverty or near-poverty

Majority of state’s Medi-Cal caregivers live in poverty or near-poverty

UCLA study finds that most lack access to health insurance, adequate food The demand for caregivers is growing rapidly as California's population ages, but the majority of the state's Medi-Cal caregivers earn poverty or near-poverty wages and have poor access to health care and food, a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has found.

Center provides printable, easy-to-read Health Profiles of California counties

Center provides printable, easy-to-read Health Profiles of California counties

Need a quick snapshot of health in your county? The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research now has easy-to-read and printable county-based Health Profiles on topics ranging from health insurance, obesity, exercise and more!

New video, photos from the Center's Feb. 8 symposium on health care reform

February 29, 2012

New video, photos from the Center's Feb. 8 symposium on health care reform

Nearly 300 people attended a Feb. 8 symposium on health care reform held in honor of both the Center's founding director, E. Richard Brown, as well as the work of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

STUDY: Over 100,000 Californians Likely to Miss Out on Health Care Due to Language Barriers

February 29, 2012

STUDY: Over 100,000 Californians Likely to Miss Out on Health Care Due to Language Barriers

Los Angeles, Calif - Language barriers could deter more than 100,000 Californians from enrolling in the Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange), according to a study released today by the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN), the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education.

Medical debt keeps rising, new report shows

February 06, 2012

Medical debt keeps rising, new report shows

Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with those jobs, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

The Mandate: Without the “individual mandate” 1 million fewer Californians will enroll in health car

January 20, 2012

The Mandate: Without the “individual mandate” 1 million fewer Californians will enroll in health car

In advance of a March 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of the “individual mandate” – the requirement specified in the health care reform that all Americans purchase some type of health insurance coverage – the Center has released a new study that shows that without this mandate up to one million or more Californians will go without health insurance.

California's health leaders to speak at Feb. 8 symposium on health care reform

January 13, 2012

California's health leaders to speak at Feb. 8 symposium on health care reform

Health care reform faces legal challenges and critical tests in coming months. California in particular has been a leader in implementing the first stages of health care reform. What is the future for this important new law? Please join us at a special afternoon symposium in which California's leading health experts will discuss the future of health care reform and report on early successes and challenges in implementation.