FROM THE FOUNDATION

All Over the Map

Newly updated to include breast cancer, prostate cancer, and spine procedures, this CHCF-sponsored research shows that practice patterns vary dramatically from place to place.

Medi-Cal Transforms

Medi-Cal is the main source of health insurance for one in five Californians. An updated report gives an overview of the program's key features, describes how the program is evolving, and examines the challenges ahead.

Obama Care in the Second Term

CHCF is a long-time sponsor of the UC Irvine Forecast Conference. A webcast of this year's conference on health policy in President Obama's second term is now available.

Health Care Costs

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

U.S. Must Address Health Care Costs, Opinion Piece Says

In an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times' "Opinion L.A.," Art Kellermann -- a physician and vice president at Rand Health -- writes that the U.S. "spends far more on health care -- per capita and as a percentage of GDP -- than any other nation on Earth." He adds, "Only by confronting the brutal facts ... can we hope to improve America's costly and underperforming health care system into the high-value system Americans need and deserve."



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