Center in the News List
Mar 21, 2025
This article cites California Health Interview Survey data in a study that compared how much different groups of patients used telehealth and rate the quality of video visits compared to in-person visits.
Mar 20, 2025
Nadereh Pourat, associate center director of the UCLA CHPR, was quoted in a story for PBS Chicago about ways that health plans try to reduce prescription drug costs.
Mar 18, 2025
Data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Elder Index about the percentage of San Diego older adults not having enough income to pay for housing and other basic needs was cited in this news article.
Mar 17, 2025
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Senior Fellow Arturo Vargas Bustamante provided California Health Interview Survey data about the actual rates that Latinos use Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Mar 12, 2025
UCLA Center for Health Policy senior fellow Mark A. Peterson is quoted in this article about the potential consequences facing U.S. Rep. David Valadao as he prepares to vote on a Republican spending plan that would likely include cuts to Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for lower-income people.
Mar 12, 2025
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate May Sudhinaraset, who is a professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in this column about immigrants and health care. “We know that undocumented (people) are much more likely to be uninsured compared to their documented peers, and are also more likely to delay care when they need it.”
Mar 12, 2025
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine co-authored by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate Ashvin Gandhi found that frequent nursing home staff testing was especially beneficial for preventing COVID cases and deaths in the era before vaccines became available.
Mar 09, 2025
Susan H. Babey, director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided expertise in this article about how in response to harsher rhetoric against immigrants, there was a decrease in use of public programs due to fear of disrupting their immigration status and immigrants were more likely to delay medical care or prescription refills.
Mar 06, 2025
Arturo Vargas Bustamante, a senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, discussed his recent policy brief that focused on how President Trump's executive order overturning birthright citizenship creates fear among immigrants.
Feb 27, 2025
Ninez Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and principal investigator of the center's California Health Interview Survey, provides insight into some of the key findings from the most recent edition. “Measurement is what detects where the needs are, and then policies can help shape programs,” Ponce said.