UCLA faculty experts advisory: High court rules on health care reform law
The U.S. Supreme Court largely upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Contact the campus media officers below to arrange interviews or to schedule live uplink time in the UCLA Broadcast Studio.
HEALTH POLICY EXPERTS
Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and professor of public health, is an expert on the financial impact of alternative approaches to health care. He recently co-authored a study on the individual mandate — the health care reform law requirement that all Americans purchase some type of coverage. The study revealed that without this mandate, up to 1 million Californians would go without health insurance.
Contact:
Contact Kominski directly at 310-794-2681 or kominski@ucla.edu, or contact the CHPR's Gwen Driscoll at 310-794-0930 or gdriscoll@ucla.edu.
Dylan H. Roby, director of the Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program at UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and an assistant professor in public health, has studied the characteristics of HMO enrollees for the Office of the Patient Advocate and has done research predicting the impact of health reform on California's population.
Contact:
Contact Roby directly at 310-794-3953 or droby@ucla.edu, or contact the CHPR's Gwen Driscoll at 310-794-0930 or gdriscoll@ucla.edu.
Shana Alex Lavarreda, director of the Health Insurance Studies Program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is an expert on health insurance, particularly in California. She is the lead author of "The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings From the 2008 California Interview Survey."
Contact:
Contact Lavarreda directly at 310-794-2261, or contact the CHPR's Gwen Driscoll at 310-794-0930 or gdriscoll@ucla.edu.
Mark Peterson, professor of public policy and political science, specializes in the interactions among the presidency, Congress and interest groups, with an emphasis on health care policy.
Media contact:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | alex.boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Dr. Neal Halfon is director of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities and also directs the Child and Family Health Program at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. A professor of pediatrics, community health sciences and public policy, his research focuses on access to care, delivery of health services and health policies and their effects on children, particularly low-income children.
Media contact:
Ali Taghavi | 310-312-9078 | ataghavi@mednet.ucla.edu
Amy Albin | 310-794-8672 | aalbin@mednet.ucla.edu
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | alex.boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Dr. David Feinberg is president of the UCLA Health System and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System, which includes one of the nation's premier academic medical centers and its dozens of outpatient clinics. He can provide perspective on how the court's decision may impact major health care providers like UCLA.
Media contacts:
Roxanne Moster | 310-794-0777 | rmoster@mednet.ucla.edu
Dale Tate | 310-794-0777 | dtate@mednet.ucla.edu
Dr. J. Thomas Rosenthal, chief medical officer of the UCLA Health System, has published research on critical Medicare reimbursement issues, including end-of-life care and geographic variations. He has commented frequently on health care reform and its potential effects on Medicare and health care providers.
Dr. J. Thomas Rosenthal, chief medical officer of the UCLA Health System, has published research on critical Medicare reimbursement issues, including end-of-life care and geographic variations. He has commented frequently on health care reform and its potential effects on Medicare and health care providers.
Media contacts:
Roxanne Moster | 310-794-0777 | rmoster@mednet.ucla.edu
Dale Tate | 310-794-0777 | dtate@mednet.ucla.edu
LEGAL EXPERTS
Allison Hoffman, acting professor at the UCLA School of Law and a faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is an expert on health care law and policy.
Media contact:
Lauri Gavel | 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Gwen Driscoll | 310-794-0930 | gdriscoll@ucla.edu
Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, is a nationally recognized expert on the Supreme Court.
Media contact:
Lauri Gavel | 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Jonathan Varat, professor of law, is an authority on constitutional law, the Supreme Court, federal courts and the separation of powers. He is co-author of the major constitutional law casebook "Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials."
Media contact:
Lauri Gavel | 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Adam Winkler, professor of law, is a specialist in American constitutional law whose scholarship has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court. His research has focused on an array of topics, including judicial independence and constitutional interpretation.
Media contact:
Lauri Gavel | 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu