Repeal of EPA’s endangerment finding won’t change the realities of chronic disease

AI-generated image by Freepik via Magnific. Opinion article by Sheetal Khedkar Rao. The Hill – May 24, 2026.

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. 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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