Center in the News
Mar 26, 2025
CalMatters
This story on barriers to using CalFresh on college campuses in California cites a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report, which highlights key findings and recommendations on improving SNAP access for college students.
AJ Scheitler
Mar 24, 2025
Times of San Diego
Paul Downey, the president and CEO of Serving Seniors, cited the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's Elder Index in his support for policies that benefit older adults.
Mar 21, 2025
TechTarget (registration required)
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.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mar 20, 2025
WTTW (PBS, Chicago)
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.
Nadereh Pourat
Mar 18, 2025
La Mesa Courier (San Diego)
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.
Elder Index
Mar 17, 2025
California Healthline
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate Arturo Vargas Bustamante provided California Health Interview Survey data about the actual rates that Latinos use Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Arturo Vargas Bustamante
Mar 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
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.
Mark Peterson
Mar 12, 2025
Daily Bruin
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.”
May Sudhinaraset
Mar 12, 2025
UCLA Anderson Review
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.
Ashvin Gandhi
Mar 09, 2025
San Francisco Chronicle (paywall)
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.
Susan H. Babey