Center in the News List
Mar 12, 2025
UCLA Center for Health Policy senior fellow Mark A. Peterson is quoted in this article about the potential consequences facing U.S. Rep. David Valadao as he prepares to vote on a Republican spending plan that would likely include cuts to Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for lower-income people.
Feb 27, 2025
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Senior Fellow Mark A. Peterson said of possible Medicaid cuts: "If they were to try to fill in, they either have to raise taxes significantly, which is not likely to happen, or they would have to cut, say, their next major spending category, which is also not likely. And even very wealthy states, like California, for instance, have been going through their own budget struggles. So, it's not as though they're sitting on a pile of money that's ready to reallocate. There would be extremely serious budgetary consequences."
Feb 11, 2025
Mark A. Peterson, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, explained how the open-ended nature of mental health therapy can conflict with health plans’ focus on their bottom lines. “It may be once a week, it may be more than once a week and go on for years.”
Jan 28, 2025
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.
Jan 13, 2025
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.
Jan 06, 2025
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.
Nov 08, 2024
Gerald Kominski, a senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and Mark Peterson, also a senior fellow at UCLA CHPR, were quoted in the L.A. Times about how things related to health care might change under the second Trump administration.
Nov 04, 2024
Mark Peterson, a senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, said many voters are worried about the high cost of health care, which has partially resulted from the 2022 inflation spike. “It’s not deciding whether or not you’re going to see a movie, or going to buy that particularly nice meal in the restaurant,” he said. “You may really need something.”