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 Health Care Costs
Worried Sick: Californians on a Health Care System They Can’t Afford
Californians can’t afford health care. Read testimonies from Californians about the hard choices, whom they hold responsible, and which policies they feel will move us forward.
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