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KTXL-TV/Fox40 (Sacramento) — Covered California enrollment ends Jan. 31 — January 30, 2026

Covered California enrollment ends Jan. 31 — Covered California enrollment ends Jan. 31 — January 30, 2026

This story cited data about uninsured Californians from the California Simulation of Insurance Market, a model created by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and UC Berkeley Labor Center.
Features: California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)

Los Angeles Daily News — Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility temporarily vented gas to the atmosphere — February 5, 2026

Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility temporarily vented gas to the atmosphere — Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility temporarily vented gas to the atmosphere — February 5, 2026

The work of the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study team was referenced in this article about gas venting at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility.
Features: Aliso Canyon Health Study

CalMatters — Suspicion looms over Aliso Canyon storage facility a decade after massive gas leak — January 21, 2026

Suspicion looms over Aliso Canyon storage facility a decade after massive gas leak — Suspicion looms over Aliso Canyon storage facility a decade after massive gas leak — January 21, 2026

In this guest commentary, a graduate student who grew up around the site of the largest uncontrolled release of toxic air pollutants from an underground gas storage facility in U.S. history, cites UCLA-led research in questioning why the Aliso Canyon facility remains open.
Features: Aliso Canyon Health Study

Healthline — Millions of Americans may lose their ACA plans. What are the alternatives? — January 20, 2026

Millions of Americans may lose their ACA plans. What are the alternatives? — Millions of Americans may lose their ACA plans. What are the alternatives? — January 20, 2026

Naomi Zewde, fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and an assistant professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, provided expertise on how the expiration of the Affordable Care Act subsidies could affect families.
Features: Naomi Zewde

KQED's The California Report Magazine — San José’s Batman, fighting for the unhoused, is the real life superhero ‘we need’ — January 16, 2026

San José’s Batman, fighting for the unhoused, is the real life superhero ‘we need’ — San José’s Batman, fighting for the unhoused, is the real life superhero ‘we need’ — January 16, 2026

This story references a report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's Health Economics and Evaluation Research team about how a housing-first model improved long-term stability and health outcomes when paired with intensive case management and support services.
Features: Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

Orange County Register — Hospital room building boom can't offset longterm need in Orange County (paywall) — January 13, 2026

Hospital room building boom can't offset longterm need in Orange County (paywall) — Hospital room building boom can't offset longterm need in Orange County (paywall) — January 13, 2026

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate Dylan Roby discussed how everyone in Orange County, California, can benefit when new hospitals expand, even if the new beds are in areas already well-served by hospitals.
Features: Dylan H. Roby

Daily Bruin — Q&A: Ninez Ponce talks Asian American representation, equity in health care — January 12, 2026

Q&A: Ninez Ponce talks Asian American representation, equity in health care — Q&A: Ninez Ponce talks Asian American representation, equity in health care — January 12, 2026

UCLA Center for Health Policy Director Ninez Ponce was interviewed by the campus student newspaper about representation in health care, the California Health Interview Survey, and getting elected to the National Academy of Medicine,
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

KFF Health News — On the hook for uninsured residents, counties now wonder how they’ll pay — January 6, 2026

On the hook for uninsured residents, counties now wonder how they’ll pay — On the hook for uninsured residents, counties now wonder how they’ll pay — January 6, 2026

Nadereh Pourate, 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