High health care costs hurt Californians every day. Millions can’t afford the care they need. More than half of all Californians skip or delay getting care because it costs too much.
CHCF’s body of work on affordability tracks trends and identifies the systemic drivers of high health care costs, documents the impact on Californians, and lifts up policy solutions.
On this page, explore CHCF’s latest research, commentary, and storytelling to help you better understand what’s causing California’s health care affordability crisis and what we can do about it.
Essential Resources on Affordability
The 25% Problem: Why Health Care Is So Expensive (And What We Can Do About It)
Health care costs hurt Californians every day. Millions can’t afford the care they need. More than half of all Californians skip or delay getting care because it costs too much. How did we get here?
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