Center in the News
Mar 06, 2025
Capital & Main
Arturo Vargas Bustamante, a senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, discussed his recent policy brief that focused on how President Trump's executive order overturning birthright citizenship creates fear among immigrants.
Arturo Vargas Bustamante
Feb 27, 2025
Daily Bruin
Ninez Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and principal investigator of the center's California Health Interview Survey, provides insight into some of the key findings from the most recent edition. “Measurement is what detects where the needs are, and then policies can help shape programs,” Ponce said.
Ninez A. Ponce
Feb 27, 2025
ABC News
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."
Mark Peterson
Feb 24, 2025
MB News (Manhattan Beach)
Data from the California Health Interview Survey was used in compiling the 2025-2028 Beach Cities Health District Community Health Report, which examined health and well-being in the cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Feb 21, 2025
TechTarget (registration required)
This story cited 2021 California Health Interview Survey data showing that that patients with limited English proficiency were less likely to report telehealth use and more likely to rate video visit experience as worse than in-person appointments.
Feb 18, 2025
Capital & Main
This story cites 2019 California Health Interview Survey data about differences between girls' and boys' experiences with serious psychological distress.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Mental Health Program
D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto
Feb 18, 2025
KUSI (Fox 5, San Diego)
30% of Asian Americans in California reported having difficulty accessing health services, according to California Health Interview Survey data used in a 2024 report by AAPI Data and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project
Ninez A. Ponce
Feb 13, 2025
Orange County Register (paywall)
California Health Interview Survey data about adolescent obesity was cited in this column the value of prescription weight loss drugs in combatting a serious health problem facing youth.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Feb 13, 2025
LAist
Research and data from the California Health Interview Survey were cited in a news story showing how vulnerable undocumented children in California are to food insecurity, and how they could especially benefit for expanded access to CalFresh assistance in the wake of the Los Angeles fires.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Food Insecurity
Ninez A. Ponce
Feb 11, 2025
KFF Health News
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.”
Mark Peterson