For those of us who live and work in the Bay Area, the price of housing and the price of health care dominate our kitchen-table conversations. That’s because we pay some of the highest prices in the nation for both, and we can’t live without either.

Things are only getting worse. Consider this: In the time it takes a worker to earn an additional $1 in monthly wages, the deductible she pays for health care has gone up $6.

Read more at: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/California-regulators-would-set-fair-prices-under-12861748.php