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Health IT Consultant — Telehealth was built for two. Interpreted care requires three — October 8, 2026

Telehealth was built for two. Interpreted care requires three — Health IT Consultant — October 8, 2026

Data from the California Health Interview Survey on how patients with limited English proficiency are less likely to use telehealth appointments was cited in this column from Philip Rosen.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Mother Jones — Fear kept immigrants away from Medicaid. Now many can’t come back. — October 8, 2026

Fear kept immigrants away from Medicaid. Now many can’t come back. — Mother Jones — October 8, 2026

Research led by Arturo Vargas Bustamante, faculty director of research at the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute and senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was featured in this article about how fewer immigrants are enrolled in Medi-Cal.
Features: Arturo Vargas Bustamante

Science Magazine — Poor neighborhoods linked to higher digestive cancer deaths in Asian American and Pacific Islander Californians — October 6, 2026

Poor neighborhoods linked to higher digestive cancer deaths in Asian American and Pacific Islander Californians — Science Magazine — October 6, 2026

California Health Interview Survey data on colorectal cancer screening rates among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Californians were cited in this Science Magazine story.
Features: Kekoa Taparra, Cancer, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab

The New Republic — The next front in Trump’s war against immigrants — September 28, 2026

The next front in Trump’s war against immigrants — The New Republic — September 28, 2026

This story cites a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study showing the effect of “public charge” rules on immigrants' use of safety net programs.
Features: Susan H. Babey, Joelle Wolstein, Riti Shimkhada, Ninez A. Ponce

Associated Press — Residents near Maui wildfires show elevated metals linked to impacted lung health, study says — September 28, 2026

Residents near Maui wildfires show elevated metals linked to impacted lung health, study says — Associated Press — September 28, 2026

Kekoa Taparra, an assistant professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in this AP story about the long-term health effects of wildfires and climate-related disasters.
Features: Kekoa Taparra

Los Angeles Post — His health care premium is going up 1500%. Experts say he has few options. — September 22, 2026

His health care premium is going up 1500%. Experts say he has few options. — Los Angeles Post — September 22, 2026

A California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) estimate on how the GOP spending package HR1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” could lead to a doubling of the number of uninsured Californians under the age of 65, was cited in this story.
Features: California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)

Fullterton Observer — Titans show up for Hunger Action Month at Second Harvest Food Bank — September 14, 2026

Titans show up for Hunger Action Month at Second Harvest Food Bank — Fullterton Observer — September 14, 2026

A 2025 Cal State Fullerton/UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study on food insecurity among college students at Cal State Fullerton was cited in this story.
Features: Food Insecurity

KFF Health News — ‘It’s triage’: California’s next governor will face destabilizing surge in uninsured — September 9, 2026

‘It’s triage’: California’s next governor will face destabilizing surge in uninsured — KFF Health News — September 9, 2026

Data about how many more Californians could become uninsured by 2030 from a report by the California Simulation of Insurance Markets, a joint project of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UC Berkeley Labor Center, is cited in this story.
Features: California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)

Golden State — Prop. 44 purports to improve healthcare. It could actually make it worse — September 16, 2026

Prop. 44 purports to improve healthcare. It could actually make it worse — Golden State — September 16, 2026

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez Ponce offered expert commentary in this story about the importance of community health clinics having "some measure of freedom to spend revenue on care for their high-needs populations."
Features: Ninez A. Ponce

Capital & Main — Children are losing health coverage. Federal cuts will make it worse. — August 26, 2026

Children are losing health coverage. Federal cuts will make it worse. — Capital & Main — August 26, 2026

This State of Inequality Column cites data from a 2026 California Simulation of Insurance Markets report that estimated how many more Californians could become uninsured by 2030.
Features: California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)