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NPR's Planet Money: The Indicator (podcast)

A baby bonds bonanza

Naomi Zewde, fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, spoke to Planet Money's "The Indicator" podcast about the federally funded $1,000 accounts for newborns in the recently adopted budget and how they measure up to baby bonds in addressing wealth inequality.
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LAist

Childcare is a key issue in NYC's mayoral race. Advocates in California are taking note

A study based on California Health Interview Survey data about the availability of regular child care (and lack of it) for kids in the state was cited in this article.
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The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

Pride 2025: Black LGBTQ+ Californians lean on history — and each other — in the face of growing hate

Data about Californians' experiences with hate incidents from the 2023 California Health Interview Survey that showed that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and pansexual (12%) and transgender (19%) adults were more likely to experience hate than Californians overall was cited. Syndicated across outlets that are part of California Black Media.
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LAist

Sep 12, 2025

Low birth weight rates rose nearly 50% around Aliso Canyon gas leak, UCLA study finds

Professors Kimberly Paul and Michael Jerrett, of the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study, were quoted in this online and radio story about the research team's investigation of birth records. KNBC-TV (Ch. 4 Los Angeles) also covered the story.
Features: Kimberly C. Paul, Michael Jerrett, Aliso Canyon Health Study

U.S. News & World Report

Sep 04, 2025

Protect your health and finances: Do you need health insurance?

Naomi Zewde, fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and assistant professor of health policy and management, shared important reasons why even young adults should have health insurance and what could happen to them financially if they do not.
Features: Naomi Zewde

Investopedia

Aug 22, 2025

Social Security recipients struggle: Nearly one-third cut back on essentials amid rising costs

Imelda Padilla-Frausto, research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, discussed how a projected 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment to social security could leave many recipients with less buying power.
Features: D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto

The Hill

Aug 22, 2025

Wildfires could be raising local death rates by two-thirds: Study

Kekoa Taparra, who is part of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, co-authored a study published in Frontiers in Climate that analyzed deaths during the August 2023 wildfires on Maui.

Washington Post

Aug 17, 2025

Fed up with U.S. health care costs, these Americans moved abroad (paywall)

Gerald F. Kominski, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided expert context to explain how some Americans who have health insurance still end up facing medical debt and thus may move to another with more affordable health care.
Features: Gerald F. Kominski

UC Merced Newsroom

Aug 13, 2025

Fellowship lifts mission of farmworkers’ daughter to improve immigrant health

Ninez A. Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is mentioned in this profile of Fabiola Perez-Lua, a recipient of a UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program award.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce

UCLA Anderson Review

Jul 30, 2025

Paperwork issues at physical therapy providers curtail care more often for minority and low-income patients

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate Ashvin Gandhi co-authored a study shows how the cost-saving measure of soft spending caps in Medicare disproportionately affected affect racialized minorities and low-income people the most.
Features: Ashvin Gandhi

Sacramento Bee

Jul 29, 2025

CalPERS hopes to rein in rising drug costs with new pharmacy benefits contract (paywall)

Garen Corbett, executive director of the California Health Benefits Review Program and affiliate of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in this article about CalPERS choosing CVS Caremark as its new pharmacy benefit manager.
Features: Garen Corbett