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California Healthline (KFF Health News) — Covered California Hits Record Enrollment, but Key Subsidies in Jeopardy — January 22, 2025

Covered California Hits Record Enrollment, but Key Subsidies in Jeopardy — California Healthline (KFF Health News) — January 22, 2025

Dylan Roby, faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, remains cautiously optimistic that federal health insurance subsidies will remain in place under the new presidential administration because enrollment in marketplace plans is especially high in Republican-controlled states that have not expanded Medicaid.
Features: Dylan H. Roby

KQED's "Forum" — California Health Programs At Risk Under Trump 2.0 — January 17, 2025

California Health Programs At Risk Under Trump 2.0 — KQED's "Forum" — January 17, 2025

Mark A. Peterson, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, West, provided insights into what’s motivating the Republican ideas, past attempts to revamp health care, and what’s at stake this year.
Features: Mark Peterson

California Healthline — Climate Change Threatens the Mental Well-Being of Youths. Here’s How To Help Them Cope. — January 13, 2025

Climate Change Threatens the Mental Well-Being of Youths. Here’s How To Help Them Cope. — California Healthline — January 13, 2025

Vickie May, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, points out that even crises can become opportunities for people to learn to become advocates or activists.
Features: Vickie Mays

California Healthline — Health Care Is Newsom’s Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task. — January 13, 2025

Health Care Is Newsom’s Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task. — California Healthline — January 13, 2025

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Senior Fellow Mark Peterson provided his thoughts about how political bias can distort facts related to health care funding for immigrants.
Features: Mark Peterson

Imperial Valley Press (El Centro) — Study on Imperial County's challenges with women’s well-being — January 2, 2025

Study on Imperial County's challenges with women’s well-being — Imperial Valley Press (El Centro) — January 2, 2025

Data from the California Health Interview Survey was used in creating the 2024 California Women’s Well-Being Index.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

North State Public Radio — Covered California urges North State residents to enroll for health care insurance — January 2, 2025

Covered California urges North State residents to enroll for health care insurance — North State Public Radio — January 2, 2025

Data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) explain the magnitude of impact that signing up eligible people for Medi-Cal coverage could have in the northern parts of California.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

San Jose Mercury News (paywall) — Wish Book: Healthier Kids Foundation brings life changes into focus with vision exams, aids — January 2, 2025

Wish Book: Healthier Kids Foundation brings life changes into focus with vision exams, aids — San Jose Mercury News (paywall) — January 2, 2025

Data from the California Health Interview Survey about the percentage of uninsured Santa Clara County residents was cited in an article about a program that helps low-income and underserved children in Santa Clara County.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Los Angeles Daily News (paywall) — Aliso Canyon gas storage facility to stay open for now, state body decides — January 2, 2025

Aliso Canyon gas storage facility to stay open for now, state body decides — Los Angeles Daily News (paywall) — January 2, 2025

This article referenced work done by UCLA researchers who are studying the effects of the Aliso Canyon gas leak, specifically preliminary data about pregnant women living near the area during and after the blowout.
Features: Aliso Canyon Health Study

Los Angles Times (Boiling Point newsletter) — Gavin Newsom’s failure to close Aliso Canyon is hurting us all — December 12, 2024

Gavin Newsom’s failure to close Aliso Canyon is hurting us all — Los Angles Times (Boiling Point newsletter) — December 12, 2024

Dozens of researchers from UCLA and other universities are studying the health fallout of the Aliso Canyon leak, which between October 2015 and February 2016 spewed a then-record 109,000 tons of methane. Michael Jerrett, an environmental health sciences professor at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, who is leading the research, was quoted.
Features: Aliso Canyon Health Study