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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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Qandaimage
Ask the Expert
April 26, 2017

"Capped funding will force states to make hard choices about who 'deserves' health care coverage."

​Haleigh Mager-Mardeusz is a co-author of the new policy brief on how GOP changes to Medicaid could affect health care for tens of millions of low-income Americans. In this brief interview, she discusses why Republicans favor "capped" financing, the political risk of undoing the ACA, and the likelihood of Medicaid caps being enacted.

Qandaimage
Ask the Expert
March 29, 2017

''Just because the AHCA is gone for now, does not mean that the fight is over.''

​Petra Rasmussen is a Ph.D. student in Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the co-author of a new Center study on how the American Health Care Act would have affected Californians. In this brief interview, Rasmussen talks about how the fight over health reform is not over, why Americans are confused about the existing law, and whether California could go single-payer.

Qandaimage
Ask the Expert
November 22, 2016

"We are in massive denial about real solutions."

​Gerald Kominski is the director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, which recently partnered with Prevention Magazine on a survey of attitudes toward health insurance in the U.S. In this brief interview, he discusses survey results ― showing 9 in 10 respondents are satisfied with their health plans ― and what can be done to rein in costs outside of the ACA as the incoming administration discusses how to "repeal and replace" the law.

Qandaimage
Ask the Expert
December 21, 2015

"We continue to make great strides in California, but health reform is an ongoing challenge."

​Gerald Kominski is the director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. In this brief interview, Kominski talks about ongoing threats to the Affordable Care Act, looks back at key health events this year, looks forward to policy issues that consumers face in 2016, and discusses the Center's holiday appeal.