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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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Honorees holding their awards at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's 30th anniversary gala. Dr. Efrain Talamantes, Sherry M. Hirota, Sunghee Lee, Shana Charles, Alex Ortega, Jeffrey Reynoso, Sue Holtby, Robert Otto Valdez, Ninez A. Ponce, Dr. Tomás Aragón, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, Dr. Linette T. Scott, Susan Demarois, Usha Lee Mcfarling, Louise McCarthy, Delight Satter, and Alex Sripipatana.

December 17, 2024

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research celebrates three decades of advancing health equity

The event honored 30 outstanding public health champions

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February 08, 2023

California’s Whole Person Care improved health care for high-risk Medi-Cal patients

UCLA study shows California’s Whole Person Care pilot program, launched in 2016 to address the multiple health needs of some of the state’s highest-risk Medi-Cal patients, helped improve coordination of care and reduced Medi-Cal costs.

Trust in government and healthcare workers decreases, influencing attitudes on vaccines

January 11, 2022

Trust in government and healthcare workers decreases, influencing attitudes on vaccines

Trusting health advice from governments and health workers and feeling positively about vaccines are strongly associated with trust in institutions, according to a peer-reviewed study from UCLA researchers published in the August edition of the journal Health Affairs

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September 12, 2021

"It is increasingly evident that public health is global health — the challenges we face here in the U.S. are inextricably linked to what’s happening in other countries."

Corrina Moucheraud, ScD, MPH, a global health policy, systems, and services researcher, has been named an associate center director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR).

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UCLA CHPR awarded a California 100 Grant

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has been named the recipient of a research award from California 100

Census undercount of Latinos could cost L.A. dearly in funds for critical health and social services

Census undercount of Latinos could cost L.A. dearly in funds for critical health and social services

UCLA study finds county programs could lose up to $586 million in federal funding. With Census Day approaching nationwide on April 1, researchers at UCLA and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science are warning that a Latino undercount is likely, and it could cost Los Angeles County over a half billion dollars.

New UC Berkeley/UCLA Report: California’s Health Care Policies Keep Uninsured from Growing, Improve Affordability for 1.55 Million

November 19, 2019

New UC Berkeley/UCLA Report: California’s Health Care Policies Keep Uninsured from Growing, Improve Affordability for 1.55 Million

New state policies build on the coverage gains achieved under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expand affordability help in the individual market, but number of uninsured projected to remain flat at 3.5 million in 2022.

3.6 Million Californians to Benefit if State Takes Bold Action to Expand Coverage and Improve Affordability

3.6 Million Californians to Benefit if State Takes Bold Action to Expand Coverage and Improve Affordability

Berkeley ― California made historic gains in health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but several million Californians remain uninsured and many struggle to afford individual market insurance.

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Public Comment on proposed changes to the federal "public charge" immigration test

December 13, 2018

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Public Comment on proposed changes to the federal "public charge" immigration test

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research strongly opposes the changes proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding “public charge,” published in the federal register on October 10, 2018.

January 12 legislative briefing on barriers to breast cancer care in California

January 05, 2017

January 12 legislative briefing on barriers to breast cancer care in California

'Breaking the Barriers to Breast Cancer Care: Exploring Policy Options''. One in eight women will develop breast cancer. Yet from narrow provider networks to cultural and linguistic obstacles, serious barriers exist for women seeking breast cancer treatment in California.