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Univision 34

Food insecurity among Latinos in Los Angeles County

Joelle Wolstein May, research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was interviewed on Univision 34 in Los Angeles, about what California Health Interview Survey data revealed about food insecurity among Latinx people in Los Angeles County and throughout California.
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Capital & Main

The least-bad option: A county sales tax to save California health clinics

California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) data showing that 3 million fewer Californians are expected to be enrolled in Medi-Cal by 2028 was cited in this story.
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U.S. News & World Report

Reckoning with state and federal cuts, L.A. safety-net clinics push for a new tax

Enrollment in Medi-Cal could drop by 3 million by 2028 as a result of the federal and state spending cuts, according to an analysis by CalSIM, a joint project of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the University of California-Berkeley Labor Center. Originally published by KFF Health News.
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Healthcare Brew

Apr 09, 2026

Where ACA marketplace enrollees stand post-premium tax credits

Nadereh Pourat, associate center director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in this story examining the impacts of the expiration of the Affordable Care Act's tax credits.
Features: Nadereh Pourat

KFF Health News

Jan 06, 2026

On the hook for uninsured residents, counties now wonder how they’ll pay

Nadereh Pourat, associate center director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, shared expertise about how county governments are going to have to make difficult choices when it comes to responding to President Trump's budget, which could result in 10 million newly uninsured patients over the next decade.
Features: Nadereh Pourat

JD Supra

Jun 11, 2025

California’s bold experiment with Whole-Person Centered care: Has it worked?

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research evaluation is cited in this article that highlights California Medi-Cal Program’s whole-person centered care initiative.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation

Newsweek

Feb 01, 2025

Health Care Premiums Will Go Up in 2025, Experts Say

Associate Center Director Nadereh Pourat said that consolidation in the health care market is usually associated with increasing costs and subsequent increases in premiums.
Features: Nadereh Pourat

FOX 40 (KTXL Sacramento)

Nov 26, 2024

Sutter Health approved for expansive Folsom campus

Data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's evaluation of California's Whole Person Care program were cited in a television news report about Sutter Health expanding its medical offerings in Folsom and the surrounding foothills.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation

KFF Health News

Aug 07, 2024

Medi-Cal’s Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy — Much Harder To Get an Implant

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that 21% of California dentists saw Medi-Cal patients of all ages, according to data from 2019 to 2021. Also published on California Health Line.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Quad-City Times (Illinois-Iowa)

Jul 13, 2024

12 Quad-Cities organizations to receive funds through Emergency Food and Shelter Program (paywall)

A 2021 report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showed enrollees reported 45 fewer hospital stays and 130 fewer emergency room visits per 1,000 beneficiaries per year.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program