Center in the News List
Oct 07, 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.
Oct 06, 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.
Sep 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.
Sep 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.
Sep 21, 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.
Sep 12, 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.
Sep 08, 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.
Aug 28, 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."
Aug 20, 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.
Aug 19, 2026
Mark Peterson, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and professor of public policy, provided expert commentary on voters' attitudes toward the the U.S. health care system, and how political candidates campaign to reform the system.