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A decade after the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted to expand health insurance coverage to the nation's most vulnerable uninsured, a new report by researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and Claremont Graduate University addresses the question: How large of an impact has the ACA made over the past 10 years?
April 07, 2020
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A decade after the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted to expand health insurance coverage to the nation's most vulnerable uninsured, a new report by researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and Claremont Graduate University addresses the question: How large of an impact has the ACA made over the past 10 years?
April 07, 2020
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New state policies build on the coverage gains achieved under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expand affordability help in the individual market, but number of uninsured projected to remain flat at 3.5 million in 2022.
November 19, 2019
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New state policies build on the coverage gains achieved under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expand affordability help in the individual market, but number of uninsured projected to remain flat at 3.5 million in 2022.
November 19, 2019
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An evaluation by UCLA researchers has found that a California program launched in 2016 has been a positive step toward providing better-coordinated health care for people insured by Medicaid. Initial findings from the ongoing analysis were published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
October 07, 2019
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An evaluation by UCLA researchers has found that a California program launched in 2016 has been a positive step toward providing better-coordinated health care for people insured by Medicaid. Initial findings from the ongoing analysis were published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
October 07, 2019
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Researchers develop a simulation tool to predict use of various health care settings. Out-of-pocket costs and wait times influence individuals’ choice of health care setting for minor illnesses, according to a study by UC Irvine researchers affiliated with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
September 23, 2019
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Researchers develop a simulation tool to predict use of various health care settings. Out-of-pocket costs and wait times influence individuals’ choice of health care setting for minor illnesses, according to a study by UC Irvine researchers affiliated with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
September 23, 2019
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Dahai Yue is a graduate student researcher at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. He is the lead author of a new Health Affairs article about how nonclinical services can improve access to health care.
September 06, 2019
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Dahai Yue is a graduate student researcher at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. He is the lead author of a new Health Affairs article about how nonclinical services can improve access to health care.
September 06, 2019
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Ninez Ponce, CHIS principal investigator and professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, became Center Director July 1. In a brief interview, Ponce discusses the path that led her to the Center, the roots of health inequality, and more.
July 25, 2018
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Ninez Ponce, CHIS principal investigator and professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, became Center Director July 1. In a brief interview, Ponce discusses the path that led her to the Center, the roots of health inequality, and more.
July 25, 2018
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Confusion over new benefits, preference for 'tried and true,' drive opt-outs Three in five of the poorest, sickest residents in Los Angeles County have rejected a managed health care program meant to improve their access to health services, according to a policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
September 27, 2017
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Confusion over new benefits, preference for 'tried and true,' drive opt-outs Three in five of the poorest, sickest residents in Los Angeles County have rejected a managed health care program meant to improve their access to health services, according to a policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
September 27, 2017
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Maria-Elena Young is a graduate student researcher at the Center and lead author of a new policy brief about how federally qualified health centers, also called community health centers (CHCs), formed partnerships to expand coverage to the uninsured. CHCs are the main providers of health care to 25 million low-income and uninsured people in the U.S. In this brief interview, Young discusses how partnerships increased CHCs' capacity to serve patients
July 31, 2017
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Maria-Elena Young is a graduate student researcher at the Center and lead author of a new policy brief about how federally qualified health centers, also called community health centers (CHCs), formed partnerships to expand coverage to the uninsured. CHCs are the main providers of health care to 25 million low-income and uninsured people in the U.S. In this brief interview, Young discusses how partnerships increased CHCs' capacity to serve patients
July 31, 2017
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Nadereh Pourat is the Center's director of research and author of the new policy brief that summarizes the evaluation of a pilot program that aimed to improve health care delivery at a group of California's safety-net hospitals. In this brief interview, Pourat discusses what prompted the program, how the evaluation of hospitals was conducted, and how the hospital systems achieved success through the program.
June 28, 2017
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Nadereh Pourat is the Center's director of research and author of the new policy brief that summarizes the evaluation of a pilot program that aimed to improve health care delivery at a group of California's safety-net hospitals. In this brief interview, Pourat discusses what prompted the program, how the evaluation of hospitals was conducted, and how the hospital systems achieved success through the program.
June 28, 2017
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has received a five-year contract from The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to evaluate the Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program.
January 31, 2017
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has received a five-year contract from The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to evaluate the Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program.
January 31, 2017