By Kathleen Clanon, MD
With the Supreme Court ruling largely upholding the Affordable Care Act, the legal battle over health care reform may be over, but the political debate is only getting started this election year.
Despite the contentious politics surrounding health care reform, everyone agrees that our country’s health care system is too expensive and leaves too many people falling through the cracks—getting sick, dying earlier, and going bankrupt for lack of access to medical care and insurance.
In the two years since the Affordable Care Act was passed, California and many of its counties have moved ahead with major changes to expand health care coverage and improve the way patients receive care.