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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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Ask the Expert: Calvin Chang on what community-engaged research means for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

The director of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab explains how good intentions haven’t always produced good collaborations
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Press Releases
April 14, 2022

Health coverage for nearly 1 million Californians will be affected by Medi-Cal expansion

New research released by the UC Berkeley Labor Center and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research examines policy decisions that will affect health coverage for nearly one million Californians.

New report highlights lesser known factors that impact insurance rates after ACA
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April 07, 2020

New report highlights lesser known factors that impact insurance rates after ACA

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?

New study shows a link between housing lacking in basic amenities and health insurance
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February 27, 2020

New study shows a link between housing lacking in basic amenities and health insurance

​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.

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

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October 31, 2018

Three Questions with Tara Becker on Health Insurance

Tara Becker is a CHIS senior public administration analyst and author of a new policy brief that analyzes the latest health insurance trends in California. In this interview, Becker discusses changes in employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) and the effects of actual and potential federal policy changes regarding elements of the ACA.

Plans to change federal Medi-Cal funding could force some California counties to slash health coverage
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September 18, 2018

Plans to change federal Medi-Cal funding could force some California counties to slash health coverage

The number of Californians who gained health insurance grew by 3 million people after the Affordable Care Act expanded Medi-Cal coverage in 2014 and 2015. But anticipated federal funding changes could over time force counties to shoulder more of the cost of paying for health care, or cut back enrollment and programs, according to a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Palliative care for seriously ill children also helps their families
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January 28, 2016

Palliative care for seriously ill children also helps their families

When a child undergoes medical care for a life-limiting condition ― such as cancer or certain neurological or cardiac conditions  ― receiving in-home palliative care at the same time improves the quality of life for both the child and the family by reducing worry and stress, according to an article by researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research published in the Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing.