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Dec 06, 2024
According to UCLA researchers studying the health impacts of the gas leak, pregnant women living near the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility during and after the blowout were more likely to have premature births and low-weight newborns compared to women in other communities.
Dec 04, 2024
“Medicaid is on the chopping block, and I don’t think that’s speculation,” says Gerald Kominski, a senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. “It is widely viewed by potential members of Trump’s administration as a program that is too broad and needs to be brought under control.”
Dec 03, 2024
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showed that more than two-thirds (67.5%) of caregivers in California are middle aged, with nearly 40% between the ages of 45 and 64.
Nov 29, 2024
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research estimates that more than 1.3 uninsured Californians qualify for subsidies through Covered California or are eligible for Medi-Cal.
Nov 29, 2024
Backing up Dr Hill's observations, UCLA has been tracking behavioural trends for years, including sex, through its annual California Health Interview Survey - the largest state health survey in the nation. In 2021, the number of young Californians aged 18 to 30 who’d had no sexual partners in the past year reached a decade high of 38 per cent. This compares to 22 per cent in 2011.
Nov 26, 2024
Data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's evaluation of California's Whole Person Care program were cited in a television news report about Sutter Health expanding its medical offerings in Folsom and the surrounding foothills.
Nov 22, 2024
In 2022 in Santa Cruz County, 21.4% of people reported in a California Health Interview Survey that they had delayed medical care or didn’t receive the care they needed, compared to the statewide average of 16.5%.
Nov 21, 2024
Gerald Kominski, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, offered his ideas about how Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s qualifications for the position of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Serivces.
Nov 20, 2024
Citing the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Jessica Altman, executive director of Covered California, highlighted that roughly 1.3 million Californians are uninsured despite being eligible for low-cost coverage through Covered California or free insurance through Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program.
Nov 20, 2024
Data from the California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) and the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) were used by Covered California to demonstrate the need for getting reliable information to Californians who need health insurance.