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Single-payer healthcare in California is possible. An economic and political thicket stands in the way

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report on a unified financing model for healthcare in California examined the role of health plans, provider payments, and benefits, and how they could affect access, quality, and equity.
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KFF Health News

Newsom vowed to transform kids' mental health. Many California schools are waiting

Data from the California Health Interview Survey showing how many California youth weren't receiving needed mental healthcare was used in this news story to illustrate the urgent mental health crisis facing the state. Syndicated in the Redding Record Searchlight (paywall).
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Daily Californian

2.2M Californians will lose health insurance by 2030, UC Berkeley and UCLA report finds

The story features a report from the UC Berkeley Labor Center and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research that estimates the number of uninsured people living in the state will reach 4.6 million by 2030. 

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LAist

How to choose a preschool in Los Angeles

The story cited childcare 2023 data from a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study which estimated that nearly half of young children in the state do not receive childcare on a regular basis (10 or more hours per week). 

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Boston Globe

Aug 19, 2026

As health care costs rise, Markey and Moulton pitch similar euphemisms with far different implications (paywall)

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.
Features: Mark Peterson

CalMatters/Evident

Aug 04, 2026

Inside California's Fight to Fund Health Care

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.
Features: Mark Peterson, California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)

KFF Health News

Jul 31, 2026

They Worked To Protect Public Health. Now They Want the Public’s Votes.

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.
Features: Mark Peterson

Politico

Jul 22, 2026

‘Medical freedom’ takes a back seat in Florida’s midterm fights

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Senior Fellow Mark A. Peterson provided expert commentary about the medical freedom movement and the need for clear communication between doctors and their patients.
Features: Mark Peterson

CalMatters

Jun 18, 2026

Single-payer healthcare in California is possible. An economic and political thicket stands in the way

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report on a unified financing model for healthcare in California examined the role of health plans, provider payments, and benefits, and how they could affect access, quality, and equity.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Petra Rasmussen, Mark Peterson, Dylan H. Roby, Srikanth Kadiyala, Thomas Rice, Gerald F. Kominski, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

California Healthline

May 19, 2025

Housing, nutrition in peril as Trump pulls back Medicaid social services

Mark Peterson, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, said the Trump administration is unwinding support for using Medicaid dollars for social drivers of health.
Features: Mark Peterson

California Healthline

May 13, 2025

After promising universal health care, Gov. Newsom must reconsider immigrant coverage

Mark Peterson, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, said that the state's economic woes have likely forced the hand of California Gov. Gavin Newsom to cut health care for undocumented immigrants.
Features: Mark Peterson

NewsNation

Apr 15, 2025

What does RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement aim to do?

Mark A. Peterson, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, offered strong criticism of defunding research that has been “influential in improving the lifespan and quality of life of Americans.”
Features: Mark Peterson

LAist

Mar 26, 2025

How SoCal Democrats and advocates are responding to threats to Medi-Cal

Mark A. Peterson, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided insights into what risks Congressional Republicans could face if they vote to cut funding for health care programs.
Features: Mark Peterson