“The rising cost of health care places undue stress and financial burdens on patients already struggling to access the treatment and services they need to live fuller, healthier lives.
For Californians living with chronic diseases, the high cost of health care has an even more pronounced and debilitating impact…”
Read this opinion piece by Liz Helms in CalMatters.
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Liz Helms is president and chief executive officer of the California Chronic Care Coalition, lizhelms@chroniccareca.org. She wrote this commentary for CalMatters.