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California's Office of Health Care Affordability handed down a regulation that aims to limit rising health care costs by capping industry spending increases. Here, a nurse checks on a patient in the emergency room unit of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023.
Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
California now is one of nine states with regulations limiting health care cost increases (Oregon is another). Consumers won’t necessarily notice the changes, but supporters say they will make a difference over time.