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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

Calvin Chang Ask the Expert

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New fact sheet shows education matters for health insurance coverage

January 30, 2020

New fact sheet shows education matters for health insurance coverage

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.

Despite health insurance gains in California, Latinos still lag in coverage, access

August 29, 2019

Despite health insurance gains in California, Latinos still lag in coverage, access

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.

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.

California’s health coverage gains will erode without new action by the state

November 27, 2018

California’s health coverage gains will erode without new action by the state

UCLA-UC Berkeley report finds up to 4.4 million Californians could be uninsured in 2023 because of changes in federal law A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley and UCLA projects that hundreds of thousands more Californians could become uninsured because of forthcoming changes in federal health insurance law.

Inclusive state policies boost health insurance coverage for Latino noncitizens

February 28, 2018

Inclusive state policies boost health insurance coverage for Latino noncitizens

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.

Medi-Cal patients' access to care “substantially” worse than those who have employer-based health coverage

Medi-Cal patients' access to care “substantially” worse than those who have employer-based health coverage

A new California Healthcare Foundation report based on California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data found Medi-Cal patients face significant gaps in access to care compared with those who have employer-sponsored health insurance. Even within the Medi-Cal group, subgroups face access gaps depending on where they live, the language they speak, or their physical limitations.

The 'bad old days': Two-thirds of California's 6.6 million uninsured lacked coverage for more than a year prior to health reform

February 25, 2015

The 'bad old days': Two-thirds of California's 6.6 million uninsured lacked coverage for more than a year prior to health reform

More than 4.1 million of the state's uninsured ― 12.6 percent of the state's nonelderly population ― went without insurance for more than a year in 2013, and an additional 2.5 million fell in and out of the ranks of the insured, according to a new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research fact sheet.

State senate bill seeks health coverage for undocumented workers

February 14, 2014

State senate bill seeks health coverage for undocumented workers

Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Long Beach) will unveil today a bill that would allow poor undocumented immigrants to sign up for Medi-Cal or qualify for state subsidies if their incomes are higher than Medi-Cal allows, according to a report by KPCC. Nadereh Pourat, research director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, told KPCC that research shows that undocumented immigrants who have private coverage tend to use it less frequently, in general, than the documented population.

ER use by newly insured drops after three years of coverage

January 29, 2014

ER use by newly insured drops after three years of coverage

An experimental program to provide a "medical home" to uninsured, low-income Californians resulted in a significant drop in costly emergency room (ER) care - but with a catch, according to a new comprehensive Center report.

Public insurance fills the health coverage gap, new UCLA analysis shows

October 30, 2013

Public insurance fills the health coverage gap, new UCLA analysis shows

In the years leading up to implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the percentage of Californians who received their health insurance through public programs continued to rise, likely in direct response to the loss of job-based coverage in the state, according to a new analysis by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.