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New report highlights lesser known factors that impact insurance rates after ACA
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A decade after the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted to expand health insurance coverage to the nation's most vulnerable uninsured, a new report by researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and Claremont Graduate University addresses the question: How large of an impact has the ACA made over the past 10 years?
April 07, 2020
New report highlights lesser known factors that impact insurance rates after ACA
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A decade after the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted to expand health insurance coverage to the nation's most vulnerable uninsured, a new report by researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and Claremont Graduate University addresses the question: How large of an impact has the ACA made over the past 10 years?
April 07, 2020
New study shows a link between housing lacking in basic amenities and health insurance
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​There has been recent buzz around looking at how certain factors such as income, education, employment, and access to resources impact health. For example, recent studies have looked at the relationship between housing and health outcomes, positing that unstable housing relates to poor health.
February 27, 2020
New study shows a link between housing lacking in basic amenities and health insurance
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​There has been recent buzz around looking at how certain factors such as income, education, employment, and access to resources impact health. For example, recent studies have looked at the relationship between housing and health outcomes, positing that unstable housing relates to poor health.
February 27, 2020
New fact sheet shows education matters for health insurance coverage
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped insure millions of people across the U.S. since 2013. Despite lower uninsured rates, differences in coverage persist across several factors, such as race and ethnicity, employment status, and income. According to a new fact sheet by UCLA researchers, education plays an important role in health insurance status independent from its impact on household income.

January 30, 2020
New fact sheet shows education matters for health insurance coverage
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped insure millions of people across the U.S. since 2013. Despite lower uninsured rates, differences in coverage persist across several factors, such as race and ethnicity, employment status, and income. According to a new fact sheet by UCLA researchers, education plays an important role in health insurance status independent from its impact on household income.

January 30, 2020
New policy brief shows gender differences in health insurance and access among Californians
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​In California, both men and women benefitted from insurance expansions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Using data from the 2012 to 2016 waves of the California Health Interview Survey, the policy brief outlines gender differences in health insurance and health care access in the state.
December 11, 2019
New policy brief shows gender differences in health insurance and access among Californians
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​In California, both men and women benefitted from insurance expansions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Using data from the 2012 to 2016 waves of the California Health Interview Survey, the policy brief outlines gender differences in health insurance and health care access in the state.
December 11, 2019
Despite health insurance gains in California, Latinos still lag in coverage, access
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Despite vital health insurance coverage gains in California under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Latinos continue to fall behind other racial and ethnic groups in coverage and access to health care. A study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research finds that Latinos are less likely to have health insurance due to lack of coverage through an employer and barriers such as citizenship restrictions on access.
August 29, 2019
Despite health insurance gains in California, Latinos still lag in coverage, access
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Despite vital health insurance coverage gains in California under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Latinos continue to fall behind other racial and ethnic groups in coverage and access to health care. A study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research finds that Latinos are less likely to have health insurance due to lack of coverage through an employer and barriers such as citizenship restrictions on access.
August 29, 2019
CHIS 2017 data release: 9 in 10 Californians have health insurance, but federal policy changes signal turbulence ahead
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UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey also shows increase in mental health distress among young adults; majority of adults have used marijuana. Just 8.5 percent of Californians under age 65 did not have health insurance in 2017, down from 15.5 percent in 2013, before the full expansion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — extending the state’s lowest-ever noninsured rate for a second year.
October 31, 2018
CHIS 2017 data release: 9 in 10 Californians have health insurance, but federal policy changes signal turbulence ahead
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UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey also shows increase in mental health distress among young adults; majority of adults have used marijuana. Just 8.5 percent of Californians under age 65 did not have health insurance in 2017, down from 15.5 percent in 2013, before the full expansion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — extending the state’s lowest-ever noninsured rate for a second year.
October 31, 2018
Even with health insurance, lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are more likely to delay medical care
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UCLA study analyzes rates of insurance coverage in California, access to health care and healthy behaviors Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in California have rates of health insurance coverage on par with or better than that of straight men and women in the state, but they are more likely to wait to see the doctor when they need medical care, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
October 17, 2018
Even with health insurance, lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are more likely to delay medical care
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UCLA study analyzes rates of insurance coverage in California, access to health care and healthy behaviors Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in California have rates of health insurance coverage on par with or better than that of straight men and women in the state, but they are more likely to wait to see the doctor when they need medical care, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
October 17, 2018
Inclusive state policies boost health insurance coverage for Latino noncitizens
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Granting more rights and protections to Latino noncitizens may help improve their access to health

Non-citizen Latinos living in states that have policies that include and protect them are more likely to have health insurance compared to those living in states that lack such policies, according to a new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
February 28, 2018
Inclusive state policies boost health insurance coverage for Latino noncitizens
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Granting more rights and protections to Latino noncitizens may help improve their access to health

Non-citizen Latinos living in states that have policies that include and protect them are more likely to have health insurance compared to those living in states that lack such policies, according to a new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
February 28, 2018
What's at stake: A million California adults gained insurance in Year One of the Affordable Care Act
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Report on ACA impact is benchmark against which ACA repeal can be measured ​The number of uninsured Californians ages 64 and under fell from 5.32 million in 2012 to 4.46 million in 2014 ― a decline of 16 percent, according to The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2014 California Health Interview Survey, a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
January 31, 2017
What's at stake: A million California adults gained insurance in Year One of the Affordable Care Act
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Report on ACA impact is benchmark against which ACA repeal can be measured ​The number of uninsured Californians ages 64 and under fell from 5.32 million in 2012 to 4.46 million in 2014 ― a decline of 16 percent, according to The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2014 California Health Interview Survey, a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
January 31, 2017
New on AskCHIS! Health, insurance data by industry and occupation
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How much does the health of California workers compare from industry to industry? Which workers have the highest, or lowest, rates of health insurance? You can now search and easily compare health, demographic and insurance topics by industry and occupation on the free web query tool AskCHIS.
September 14, 2016
New on AskCHIS! Health, insurance data by industry and occupation
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How much does the health of California workers compare from industry to industry? Which workers have the highest, or lowest, rates of health insurance? You can now search and easily compare health, demographic and insurance topics by industry and occupation on the free web query tool AskCHIS.
September 14, 2016