Center in the News List
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.
Aug 17, 2026
This column cites a data from the California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) that showed how many people could lose full-scope Medi-Cal coverage in Humboldt County on California's North Coast, as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. CalSIM is a joint project of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UC Berkeley Labor Center.
Aug 14, 2026
Corina Penaia, a health policy and management doctoral student, and researcher with the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was the graduate student recipient.
Aug 12, 2026
Data from the California Health Interview Survey about preventable hospitalizations was cited in this story that highlights the need for more stable funding for a hospital in South Los Angeles.
Aug 07, 2026
Nadereh Pourat, an associate center director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided expert commentary on how cuts to Medi-Cal could affect the financial outlook for California hospitals.
SmartBrief — Experts: Immigration enforcement affects public health, access to care — August 7, 2026
Aug 05, 2026
Experts: Immigration enforcement affects public health, access to care — SmartBrief — August 7, 2026
Maria-Elena Young, a faculty affiliate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided expertise in this article about immigration enforcement harms immigrants' health and affects their access to and utilization of healthcare.
Aug 05, 2026
Data from the California Health Interview Survey was cited in this story about a study that showed adult marijuana use in California remained largely stable following the legalization of licensed recreational sales. The study by UC San Diego researchers was also written about in the German publication Hanf Magazin.
Aug 04, 2026
Mark Peterson, senior fellow at UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research, provided expert commentary in a new CalMatters documentary about the fight to preserve healthcare funding in California.
Aug 04, 2026
Nadereh Pourat, an associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and faculty affiliate Dylan Roby were both quoted in this story as experts on health insurance affordability.
Jul 31, 2026
Mark A. Peterson, professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, shared his expertise on how California U.S. Senate candidate Xavier Becerra's record as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary might affect his campaign in the eyes of voters.