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Single-payer healthcare in California is possible. An economic and political thicket stands in the way

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report on a unified financing model for healthcare in California examined the role of health plans, provider payments, and benefits, and how they could affect access, quality, and equity.
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KFF Health News

Newsom vowed to transform kids' mental health. Many California schools are waiting

Data from the California Health Interview Survey showing how many California youth weren't receiving needed mental healthcare was used in this news story to illustrate the urgent mental health crisis facing the state. Syndicated in the Redding Record Searchlight (paywall).
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Daily Californian

2.2M Californians will lose health insurance by 2030, UC Berkeley and UCLA report finds

The story features a report from the UC Berkeley Labor Center and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research that estimates the number of uninsured people living in the state will reach 4.6 million by 2030. 

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LAist

How to choose a preschool in Los Angeles

The story cited childcare 2023 data from a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study which estimated that nearly half of young children in the state do not receive childcare on a regular basis (10 or more hours per week). 

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CalMatters

Aug 07, 2026

Medicaid cuts stand to hit everyone (yes, even you). Here’s why

Nadereh Pourat, an associate center director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided expert commentary on how cuts to Medi-Cal could affect the financial outlook for California hospitals.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)

CalMatters

Aug 04, 2026

California nearly achieved universal healthcare. Now, millions are losing coverage

Nadereh Pourat, an associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and faculty affiliate Dylan Roby were both quoted in this story as experts on health insurance affordability.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)

CalMatters

Jun 18, 2026

Single-payer healthcare in California is possible. An economic and political thicket stands in the way

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report on a unified financing model for healthcare in California examined the role of health plans, provider payments, and benefits, and how they could affect access, quality, and equity.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Petra Rasmussen, Mark Peterson, Dylan H. Roby, Srikanth Kadiyala, Thomas Rice, Gerald F. Kominski, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

News Break

Jun 10, 2026

Report examines important considerations for a unified health care financing plan in California

The story features a report by the UCLA CHPR’s Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program that identified and assessed the elements needed to reform health care in California under a unified financing model. Nadereh Pourat, associate center director of the UCLA CHPR and lead author of the study, is quoted.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Dylan H. Roby, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

SF Gate

Jun 08, 2026

Newsom targets undocumented Californians with new healthcare cost increase

Associate Center Director Nadereh Pourat was quoted in a story about how Governor Newsom's cuts to Medi-Cal will leave many undocumented residents in California without health care. “The important issue here is that these changes are because of the HR1 implementation. If it was not for this law, I don’t [think] California would be trying to cut some people off,” Pourat said.

Features: Nadereh Pourat

Healthcare Brew

Apr 09, 2026

Where ACA marketplace enrollees stand post-premium tax credits

Nadereh Pourat, associate center director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in this story examining the impacts of the expiration of the Affordable Care Act's tax credits.
Features: Nadereh Pourat

KFF Health News

Jan 06, 2026

On the hook for uninsured residents, counties now wonder how they’ll pay

Nadereh Pourat, associate center director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, shared expertise about how county governments are going to have to make difficult choices when it comes to responding to President Trump's budget, which could result in 10 million newly uninsured patients over the next decade.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

JD Supra

Jun 11, 2025

California’s bold experiment with Whole-Person Centered care: Has it worked?

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research evaluation is cited in this article that highlights California Medi-Cal Program’s whole-person centered care initiative.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation