On July 23, 2019, Professor Scheffler was quoted in the Sacramento Bee in a piece titled “California’s health care spending is actually hurting our health, researchers say.” The articles describes the high cost of care in the state that restricts access to quality care following the publication of a Lown Institute report titled “California’s health paradox: Too much health care spending may lead to poor community health.” Scheffler points to capitation as a possible solution to increasing health prices rather than global budgeting.
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