Repeal of EPA’s endangerment finding won’t change the realities of chronic disease
Three-quarters of adults in the U.S. have a chronic condition, and more than half grapple with two or more diagnoses. Many of the patients I treat in my primary care clinic in Chicago live with combinations of conditions like diabetes, cancer and dementia or asthma, high blood pressure and obesity. Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and treating it costs billions of dollars a year.
- ▪Three-quarters of adults in the U.S. have a chronic condition, and more than half grapple with two or more diagnoses.
- ▪Many of the patients I treat in my primary care clinic in Chicago live with combinations of conditions like diabetes, cancer and dementia or asthma, high blood pressure and obesity.
- ▪Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and treating it costs billions of dollars a year.
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Opinion>Opinions - Healthcare The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill Repeal of EPA’s endangerment finding won’t change the realities of chronic disease Comments: by Sheetal Khedkar Rao, opinion contributor - 05/24/26 10:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Sheetal Khedkar Rao, opinion contributor - 05/24/26 10:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied Getty Images In America, you are more likely to have a chronic disease than not. Three-quarters of adults in the U.S. have a chronic condition, and more than half grapple with two or more diagnoses. Many of the patients I treat in my primary care clinic in Chicago live with combinations of conditions like diabetes, cancer and dementia or asthma, high blood pressure and obesity.
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