Policy Brief
Nine out of ten Californians under the age of 65 will enroll in health insurance as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to this joint study by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Between 1.8 million and 2.7 million previously uninsured Californians will gain coverage by 2019, when the law's effect is fully realized.
Policy Brief
Nine out of ten Californians under the age of 65 will enroll in health insurance as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to this joint study by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Between 1.8 million and 2.7 million previously uninsured Californians will gain coverage by 2019, when the law's effect is fully realized.
External Publication
Which Asian group is the most likely to be uninsured? Which group is the most impacted by language barriers? For answers to these types of questions, the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) turned to the nation's best data source on Asian American health — CHIS — for its National Healthcare Disparities Report. The report provides in-depth information on the health of the nation's racial and ethnic groups.
External Publication
Which Asian group is the most likely to be uninsured? Which group is the most impacted by language barriers? For answers to these types of questions, the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) turned to the nation's best data source on Asian American health — CHIS — for its National Healthcare Disparities Report. The report provides in-depth information on the health of the nation's racial and ethnic groups.
Policy Brief
This joint publication between the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network examines likely enrollment in California's health care coverage expansion programs and finds that language barriers could deter more than 100,000 Californians from enrolling in the state's Health Benefit Exchange.
Policy Brief
This joint publication between the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network examines likely enrollment in California's health care coverage expansion programs and finds that language barriers could deter more than 100,000 Californians from enrolling in the state's Health Benefit Exchange.
Research Report
Based on data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) that was collected during an economic downturn – 2009 – the report provides compelling evidence of the inadequacy of the nation's current system of job-based health insurance coverage.
Research Report
Based on data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) that was collected during an economic downturn – 2009 – the report provides compelling evidence of the inadequacy of the nation's current system of job-based health insurance coverage.
Policy Note
This policy note examines the potential implications of eliminating the minimum coverage requirement (MCR), or "individual mandate."
Policy Note
This policy note examines the potential implications of eliminating the minimum coverage requirement (MCR), or "individual mandate."
Policy Brief
This joint publication of the Center for Labor Research and Education at the University of California, Berkeley and the UCLA CHPR looks at the ACA mandate to offer premium subsidies to help eligible individuals and their families purchase insurance coverage when affordable job-based coverage is not available.
Policy Brief
This joint publication of the Center for Labor Research and Education at the University of California, Berkeley and the UCLA CHPR looks at the ACA mandate to offer premium subsidies to help eligible individuals and their families purchase insurance coverage when affordable job-based coverage is not available.
Policy Brief
This policy brief finds that about 1.71 million nonelderly Californians were uninsured for all or part of 2009 and are estimated to be eligible to participate and receive subsidies in the new California Health Benefit Exchange marketplace under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010.
Policy Brief
This policy brief finds that about 1.71 million nonelderly Californians were uninsured for all or part of 2009 and are estimated to be eligible to participate and receive subsidies in the new California Health Benefit Exchange marketplace under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010.
Policy Brief
This policy brief finds that about 2.13 million nonelderly Californians who were uninsured for all or part of 2009 are newly-eligible for Medi-Cal under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010.
Policy Brief
This policy brief finds that about 2.13 million nonelderly Californians who were uninsured for all or part of 2009 are newly-eligible for Medi-Cal under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010.
Policy Note
This policy note discusses the background of California's developmental disability services, identifies the challenges facing this system, and recommends that the state adjust frozen rates for services, adopt an equitable and transparent vendor payment system, as well as maximize the efficiency of the current system of service provision, among other policy solutions.
Policy Note
This policy note discusses the background of California's developmental disability services, identifies the challenges facing this system, and recommends that the state adjust frozen rates for services, adopt an equitable and transparent vendor payment system, as well as maximize the efficiency of the current system of service provision, among other policy solutions.
Journal Article
In 2008, California became the first state to mandate that private insurers pay for HIV testing even when it's not related to a patient's primary diagnosis during a medical visit. The law addresses the major public health challenge presented when people who aren't aware they have HIV unwittingly transmit the infection and delay treatment. What's the cost to insurers for routine screening? That's the question Center Senior Research Scientist Ying-Ying Meng, Center Associate Director Gerald F.
Journal Article
In 2008, California became the first state to mandate that private insurers pay for HIV testing even when it's not related to a patient's primary diagnosis during a medical visit. The law addresses the major public health challenge presented when people who aren't aware they have HIV unwittingly transmit the infection and delay treatment. What's the cost to insurers for routine screening? That's the question Center Senior Research Scientist Ying-Ying Meng, Center Associate Director Gerald F.