Laurel
Lucia

Director, Health Care Program

Phone: 510-642-1851

laurel.lucia@berkeley.edu

Program Area

Health Care

Download CV

About Laurel

Laurel Lucia is director of the Health Care Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center, where she has worked since 2009. Her research focuses on health coverage and cost trends in California, and policies to improve access to and affordability of health care for California workers and their families. Recent publications have examined the impact of rising health care costs for workers in California, policies to improve access to health insurance for California immigrants, shifts in health coverage during COVID-19, and the health coverage and economic impacts in California had the Affordable Care Act been repealed.

She provides technical assistance to policymakers and stakeholders, and has served on consulting teams to Covered California, the California Department of Health Care Services, and the Healthy California for All Commission. In 2021, she was appointed by Governor Newsom to serve on the California Long Term Care Insurance Task Force.

Previously, Laurel worked on issues affecting long term care workers during her time as a researcher/policy analyst for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). She has served as an elected officer for three unions. Laurel received a Master of Public Policy degree from UC Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in public policy from Stanford University.