Center in the News
Feb 05, 2025
Cato Institute
Ashvin Gandi and his co-authors describe their study that showed that during the pandemic employer vaccine mandates significantly increased the number of staff at nursing homes who became vaccinated, which had life-saving effects on the health of nursing home residents.
Ashvin Gandhi
Feb 04, 2025
The Well News
This commentary cites California Health Interview Survey about rising obesity rates in California to illustrate the urgent need to reform nutrition programs in the United States.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Overweight and Obesity , Chronic Disease Program
Feb 01, 2025
Newsweek
Associate Center Director Nadereh Pourat said that consolidation in the health care market is usually associated with increasing costs and subsequent increases in premiums.
Nadereh Pourat
Jan 28, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Mark A. Peterson, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, offered helpful context about the Trump administration's executive order to freeze federal funding of a wide range of programs.
Mark Peterson
Jan 27, 2025
California Black Media
Data from the California Health Interview Survey showed that one in four Black respondents said they could have received better medical care if they were a different race or ethnicity.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Jan 22, 2025
WebMD
Data from the 2021 California Health Interview Survey was cited in an article about the mental health impact of wildfires and climate change.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Jan 22, 2025
California Healthline (KFF Health News)
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.
Dylan Roby
Jan 13, 2025
KQED's "Forum"
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.
Mark Peterson
Jan 10, 2025
California Healthline
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.
Vickie Mays
Jan 06, 2025
California Healthline
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.
Mark Peterson